2002年に、『Role of a Lifetime』で俳優デビュー。「Home」の司会者や、「The DA」のゲスト出演など、テレビにも活躍の場を広げ、「クローザー」シリーズで名を知られる。語学が堪能で、スペイン語とドイツ語を話す。カリフォルニア大学では歴史/美術史を専攻。俳優の道を志す前に、パイロットのライセンスを取得している。
Two of the best looking guys on television are working together this week.
Phillip Keene, a longtime cast member of TNT’s Major Crimes and before that The Closer, poses with guest star Greg Rikaart.
Greg, of course, is the Emmy winning actor who plays Kevin on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless.
He is doing a multi-episode arc on Major Crimes playing the role of Bobby G. Monroe, a confident young lawyer and anti-death penalty activist who is currently defending a young man awaiting trial for murder.
Phillip played Buzz Watson for seven seasons on The Closer and since 2012 has played the role on the spinoff Major Crimes.
Both men are out actors who have gotten married in recent years.
Greg and Robert Sudduth got married in May. while Phillip and husband James Duff – already been together for 20 years - got married in 2013. Duff is the creator of The Closer and Major Crimes.