Editing Sam Phillips (section)

==Notable portrayals==
* [[Charles Cyphers]] portrayed Phillips in the 1979 ABC television drama [[Elvis (1979 film)|''Elvis'']], starring [[Kurt Russell]] in the title role.  The program aired on February 11, 1979.
* [[Paul Eiding]] played the role of Phillips in the ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[The Once and Future King (The Twilight Zone)|The Once and Future King]]".<ref>{{cite web |publisher=IMDb|title=The Once and Future King full cast & crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734699/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast}}</ref>
* [[Trey Wilson]] portrayed Phillips in ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'', a biopic about [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] released in June 1989.
* Phillips was portrayed by [[Gregory Itzin]] in the penultimate ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' episode, "Memphis Melody".<ref>{{cite web|title=Memphis Melody cast|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/quantum-leap/memphis-melody-60574/cast/|website=Quantum Leap TV.com|access-date=November 12, 2016|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807185534/http://www.tv.com/shows/quantum-leap/memphis-melody-60574/cast/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Phillips was portrayed by [[Dallas Roberts]] in the film ''[[Walk the Line]]''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=IMDb|title=Walk the Line full cast & crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1}}</ref>
* Phillips was portrayed by [[Tim Guinee]] in the [[CBS]] miniseries ''[[Elvis (miniseries)|Elvis]]''.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=IMDb|title=Elvis full cast & crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437714/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast}}</ref>
* On October 21, 2016, it was announced that [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] will portray Sam Phillips in the forthcoming film based on [[Peter Guralnick]]'s book, ''Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/leonardo-dicaprio-sam-phillips-sun-studio-movie-1201840489/|title=Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Music Pioneer Sam Phillips; Launched Elvis, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=October 21, 2016|work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
* Phillips was portrayed by [[Chad Michael Murray]] in the [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]] drama series ''[[Sun Records (TV series)|Sun Records]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5583410/fullcredits|title=Sun Records (TV Series 2017–2018) |publisher=IMDb|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
* Philips was portrayed by [[Josh McConville]] in the 2022 Elvis Presley biopic ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]].''