Philip is a Yorkshire native, born and raised in Bradford. He trained at Birmingham School of Acting and graduated in 2010. In 2016 he won the London Tri-Force Monologue Slam at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Theatre credits include: Jumpers for Goalposts (Paines Plough, Hull Truck, Watford Palace & Bush Theatre), Punk Rock (White Bear), North Country (Freedom Studios), Punjabi Boy (RichMix) Execution of Justice (Southwark Playhouse), and The History Boys (Theatre by the Lake).

Film credits include: Making It (Independent Feature), Eliminate: Archie Cookson (Independent Feature), and Love Type-D (Independent Feature).