---
name: "Phill Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phill-lewis"
fi1m_id: "phill-lewis"
imdb_id: "nm0507629"
tmdb_id: 33490
wikidata_id: "Q372613"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 February 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:29:00.436025+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Phill Lewis

## Identity

Phill Lewis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phill-lewis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phill-lewis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0507629
- **TMDB ID:** 33490
- **Wikidata ID:** Q372613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phill_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33490

Director. Born 14 February 1968 in Uganda, East Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 February 1968, Uganda, East Africa
- **Active:** 1989–2016
- **Also known as:** Phillip David Lewis
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 77 (2), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phill_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33490

## Biography

Phill Lewis, also credited as Phillip David Lewis, is an American actor, comedian and television director. Born in Uganda in 1968 to American parents, he began acting in the late 1980s with roles in films such as *Heathers* (1989) and guest appearances on series including *Friends* and *Scrubs*.

He is best known for playing hotel manager Marion Moseby on the Disney Channel series *The Suite Life of Zack & Cody* (2005–2008) and its spin-off *The Suite Life on Deck* (2008–2011). Lewis has directed numerous television episodes, including one of *Angie Tribeca* (2016) and multiple instalments of *2 Broke Girls*, *Mike & Molly* and *One Day at a Time*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4)

- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Fi1m 80, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Loan Officer — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, as Steve Jessup — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Heathers* (1989), Fi1m 80, as Dennis — [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)

## Complete filmography (146)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Scrubs* (2026), series, as Hooch
- *Vampirina: Teenage Vampire* (2025), series, Director
- *Electric Bloom* (2025), series, Director
- *Poppa's House* (2024), series, Director
- *Frasier* (2023), series, Director
- *Night Court* (2023), series, Director
- *Lopez vs Lopez* (2022), series, Director
- *The Really Loud House* (2022), series, as Mr. Rickshaw · Director
- *How We Roll* (2022), series, Director
- *How I Met Your Father* (2022), series, Director
- *American Auto* (2021), series, Director
- *Head of the Class* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Pretty Smart* (2021), series, Director
- *iCarly* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Upshaws* (2021), series, Director
- *Punky Brewster* (2021), series, Director
- *Call Me Kat* (2021), series, Director
- *Side Hustle* (2020), series, Director
- *B Positive* (2020), series, Director
- *The Big Show Show* (2020), series, Director
- *Broke* (2020), series, Director
- *Indebted* (2020), series, Director
- *Second Team* (2020), Actor
- *Merry Happy Whatever* (2019), series, Director
- *Mad About You* (2019), series, Director
- *Carol's Second Act* (2019), series, Director
- *Team Kaylie* (2019), series, Director
- *Mr. Iglesias* (2019), series, Director
- *All That* (2019), series, Director
- *No Good Nick* (2019), series, Director
- *Abby's* (2019), series, Director
- *Prince of Peoria* (2018), series, Director
- *The Neighborhood* (2018), series, Director
- *Happy Together* (2018), series, Director
- *The Cool Kids* (2018), series, Director
- *All About the Washingtons* (2018), series, Director
- *Alexa & Katie* (2018), series, Director
- *Marlon* (2017), series, Director
- *Superior Donuts* (2017), series, Director
- *One Day at a Time* (2017), series, Director
- *Man with a Plan* (2016), series, Director
- *Fuller House* (2016), series, Director
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Dr. Ken* (2015), series, Director
- *Mr. Robinson* (2015), series, Director
- *BUNK'D: Learning the Ropes* (2015), series, Director
- *Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything* (2015), series, Director
- *Your Family or Mine* (2015), series, Director
- *Richie Rich* (2015), series, Director
- *The Odd Couple* (2015), series, Director
- *K.C. Undercover* (2015), series, Director
- *The McCarthys* (2014), series, Director
- *Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn* (2014), series, as Mayor
- *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, Director
- *Undateable* (2014), series, as Lauren's dad · Director
- *Friends with Better Lives* (2014), series, Director
- *Ground Floor* (2013), series, Director
- *The Millers* (2013), series, Director
- *Malibu Country* (2012), series, Director
- *Sullivan & Son* (2012), series, Director
- *The Soul Man* (2012), series, Director
- *Austin & Ally* (2011), series, Director
- *Last Man Standing* (2011), series, Director
- *Jessie* (2011), series, as Marion Moseby · Director
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, Director
- *Kickin' It* (2011), series, Director
- *A.N.T. Farm* (2011), series, Director
- *The Suite Life Movie* (2011), as Mr. Moseby
- *Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2* (2011), as Judge McKible
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, as Donovan
- *Mike & Molly* (2010), series, Director
- *Melissa & Joey* (2010), series, Director
- *The Big C* (2010), series, as Cool pool boss
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, Director
- *Good Luck Charlie* (2010), series, Director
- *Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana* (2009), as Marion Moseby
- *Special Agent Oso* (2009), series, Actor
- *Dadnapped* (2009), as Maurice Legarche
- *Pretty Ugly People* (2008), as Raye · Thanks
- *The Suite Life on Deck* (2008), series, as Marion Moseby · Director
- *Wish Gone Amiss* (2007), Actor
- *Wizards of Waverly Place* (2007), series, as Marion Moseby
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, Actor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Dr. Peter Edwards
- *The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman* (2006), series, Actor
- *That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana* (2006), as Marion Moseby
- *Monster Night* (2006), as Carlton
- *Hannah Montana* (2006), series, as Marion Moseby
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Loan Officer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Greener Mountains* (2005), as Officer Maxwell
- *Kicking & Screaming* (2005), as John Ryan
- *The Suite Life of Zack & Cody* (2005), series, as Marion Moseby · Director
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Duper (voice)
- *Surviving Christmas* (2004), as Levine
- *Elvis Has Left the Building* (2004), as Charlie
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Naval Officer God
- *That's So Raven* (2003), series, as Marion Moseby
- *I Spy* (2002), as Jerry
- *8 Simple Rules* (2002), series, as Cop
- *Kim Possible* (2002), series, as Coco Banana (voice)
- *The Third Wheel* (2002), as Mitch
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Hooch
- *Two Can Play That Game* (2001), Loop Group Coordinator
- *Lizzie McGuire* (2001), series, as Mr. Tweedy
- *Yes, Dear* (2000), series, as Roy
- *What Planet Are You From?* (2000), as Other MD
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Lawyer
- *Bowfinger* (1999), as Actor at Audition
- *$pent* (1999), as Doug
- *Over the Top* (1997), series, Actor
- *Working* (1997), series, as Bobby
- *Dharma & Greg* (1997), series, as Mr. Walden
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as D.A. Kessler — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Mr. Platt — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Museum of Love* (1996), as Dave
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Detective Meyers
- *Men Behaving Badly* (1996), series, as Jim, The Husband
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as James Upchurch
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Petty Officer Scalline
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, as Mike
- *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, as T.C.
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Steve — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Detective Davis
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Detective Danner — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Hardball* (1994), series, as Arnold Nixon
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Clifton McNair, Mr. Berry
- *Living Single* (1993), series, as J.T.
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Jason Disbrow, Jim Weaver
- *Iron Eagle III* (1992), as Tee Vee
- *Teech* (1991), series, as Teech Gibson
- *City Slickers* (1991), as Steve Jessup — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Brother Future* (1991), as T.J.
- *Tagteam* (1991), as Ray Tyler
- *The Outsiders* (1990), series, as Ben
- *Protect and Surf* (1989), as Bob Bailey
- *How I Got Into College* (1989), as Earnest Boy
- *Heathers* (1989), as Dennis — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)
- *The Women of Brewster Place* (1989), as Bottom
- *The Women of Brewster Place* (1989), series, as Bottom
- *TV 101* (1988), series, as Noah Hawkins
- *A Different World* (1987), series, as Sam Lee
- *Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story* (1987), Actor
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as George
- *The Bronx Zoo* (1987), series, Actor
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, as Bernie
- *Jump Start*, series, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Phill Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/352299/gallery-39f4f577f8c2.jpg) Phill Lewis — Phill_Lewis.jpg: Jennifer
derivative work: Hoangquan hientrang (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Phill_Lewis_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Phill Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/352299/gallery-99dc6a03259f.jpg) Phill Lewis — Image via TMDB

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