David Phillips (born 1978) is a Canadian actor.

David Joseph Phillips was born in Brampton, Ontario to a waitress mother, and a father who was the foreman at General Electric lightbulb plant. Phillips attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (Brampton), then attended Ryerson University's Theatre School, where he received his BFA, and played the lead in his graduate production of Henry IV, directed by John Neville.

After graduating he took a hiatus from performing and was a grade nine math and geography teacher at his old high school in Brampton. He went back to entertainment when he was asked to co-host the hit Canadian kids game show Video & Arcade Top 10. He did this for two years on YTV, before leaving to be a part of the classical acting company at The Stratford Festival of Canada for three years, where he appeared in eight productions and studied in their illustrious conservatory program. He then returned to the Greater Toronto Area, where he performed in many theatrical productions such as the lead in "Waiting For Godot" and Hamlet in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" at The Heritage Theatre, and Daniel in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at the Rose Theatre. He was then asked to host the Miss World Canada Pageant.