John Billingsley

John Billingsley was born in Media, Pennsylvania, and lived for a time in Alabama and Louisiana. His family finally settled down in Connecticut, where John had his southern drawl beaten out of him by Yankee children, and where he began to act in school plays, initially A Christmas Carol, playing a ferocious (albeit gap-toothed and lisping) Ebenezer Scrooge. He graduated Bennington College, in Bennington, VT, where he studied theatre with Nicholas Martin and literature with Bernard Malamud. Upon graduation, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where, over a fifteen year period, he appeared on regional stages both well and ill regarded. He toured Europe and portions of the US garnering theater credits including Candide, David Mamet's Bobby Gould in Hell, The Seagull, The Birthday Party, Great Expectations, 12th Night and Bitter Bierce, a one man show he produced himself about the life and times of Ambrose Bierce. He also played a Berber taxi-cab driver in Ugly's First World at The Actor's Gang appearing opposite his lovely wife Bonita Friedericy, who played Lady Jane Greystoke, aka Mrs. Tarzan (and who plays, coincidentally, Mrs. Egan Foote on The Nine).

After moving to Los Angeles in 1995, John caught a break and was cast in NYPD Blue as a pathetic and addled child molester. A variety of guest starring roles followed: NCIS, Suspect, Ghost Whisperer, Standoff, The Practice, Profiler, Pretender, Marshall Law, Nash Bridges, The X-Files, Time of Your Life, Judging Amy, Arli$$, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, 24, True Blood, Grey's Anatomy, Angel, Eli Stone, CSI, Nip/Tuck, Cold Case and The Closer among others. In l999, Stephen Spielberg cast him as Professor Miles Ballard in The Others. And in 2000, John was cast as "Dr. Phlox" in Star Trek: Enterprise. Dr. Phlox was an eccentric alien with a whimsical sense of humor, and John wore the requisite rubber head for four seasons. John also had a recurring role, playing the evil Vice-President's hapless (and toothless) brother on Prison Break. In 2006, John was cast as a series regular on the ABC show The Nine where he played "Egan Foote," a repressed and depressed underachiever who finds the lion inside him. He costarred with Tim Daly, Kim Raver and Scott Wolf.

He also has appeared in Out of Time opposite Denzel Washington, American Summer, High Crimes, The Glass House, White Oleander, Born to be Wild, I Love You To Death, A Cinderella Story, and 12 Dogs of Christmas, to name a few. Recently, in addition to Losing Control, John appeared in the film 2012, as well as shows such as 90210, The Mentalist and The Violet Hour.

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