Kyle Brandt (born January 24, 1979; Hinsdale, Illinois) is an actor best known for portraying Philip Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives from 2003 until October 12, 2006. Brandt first appeared on television on MTV's reality television series The Real World: Chicago in 2002. He attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois and in 2001 graduated from Princeton University, where he played football and majored in English. He was also a part of Beta Theta Pi while enrolled at Princeton. Brandt is currently a writer and producer of the Jim Rome Show..