Jon Paul David Phillips (born March 27, 1980) is an English actor of English, Russian and Mexican decent.[citation needed] Born and raised in County Durham in the north of England, he is the great-grandson of Mexican painter Diego Rivera and Russian-born Cubist painter Marie Vorobieff. He made his feature debut in a leading role to as Jake, in the independent film, X/Y, directed by Ryan Piers Williams portraying a flawed but loyal young man who guides his lost friend through the murky waters of his own journey toward self-discovery. 
