Phillip Mackenzie has been acting in community and professional theatre since the 1960s in Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide and Mackay. Since 1986 he has appeared in a range of TV and screen commercials, in-house training and promotional videos and as Smith MP in George Whaley’s film version of On Our Selection (1994). Voice-over credits include work for the National War Memorial, NSW State Library, NSW Department of Health and, in 2009, a BHP-Billiton in-house presentation. Professional/cooperative roles in Perth since 2005 include A Girl in a Greatcoat (2006, dir Jenny Davis), Scheherazade (2007, dir Bruce Denny) and The Birthday Party (2008, dir Peter Clark). Phillip played Jock in The Club for Roleystone Theatre, Old Capulet (R & J) for Marloo, Dr Balanzoni (Venetian Twins) for The Old Mill in 2008. In 2009 he played Danforth in The Crucible (Roleystone) and King Lear in an excerpt directed by Melissa Merchant (Nexus Theatre, Murdoch Uni.) Since 2007 he has featured in four short student films – The Neighbour, A Matter of Faith, A Walk in the Park and Balloons and is at present cast in three other short films.