Philip Jackson
71 movies · 80 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 18, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Phillip Jackson · 필립 잭슨 · Филип Джексон · فیلیپ جکسون
Biography
Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor, known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood.
Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London. His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Little Voice (1998).
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His television appearances have included Coronation Street, Robin of Sherwood, A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Little Britain, Hamish Macbeth, Raised by Wolves and Last of the Summer Wine. He has also appeared in the films Scum, Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street, Brassed Off, Mike Bassett: England Manager, "Grow Your Own", and My Week with Marilyn. He also appeared in the music video of A-Ha's "Take On Me"
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Known for
Philip Jackson: movies and TV shows
Acting (151)
- Upcoming True Love (Once Removed)
as Bus driver
- 2024
- 2023 Your Move
as Mikey
- 2023 The Peacock
as Lord Hamish
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020 Bumps
as Howard
- 2018 Peterloo
as John Knight
- 2018 Above the Clouds
as William
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Patrick's Day
as John Freeman
- 2013 Believe
as Bob
- 2013 Ragged
as Prison Governor
- 2013 The Best Offer
as Fred
- 2012 Spike Island
as Mr. Jackson
- 2012 Stars in Shorts
as Trevor
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 My Week with Marilyn
as Roger Smith
- 2011
- 2011 City State
as William
- 2011 Friend Request Pending
as Trevor
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 The First Men in the Moon
as Voice of Grand Lunar
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Margaret
as Bernard Ingham
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Alfred Roberts
- 2007 Fanny Hill
as Mr. Croft
- 2007
- 2007 Grow Your Own
as Big John
- 2007 I Want Candy
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
as William
- 2005
- 2005 The Best Man
as Mr. Barker
- 2004 Von Trapped
as Torsten
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta
as Logan
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Second Nature
as Lawrence Augenblick
- 2003
- 2002 Cruise of the Gods
as Hugh Bispham
- 2002
- 2002 The Intended
as Norton
- 2002 Crime and Punishment
as Marmaladov
- 2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Lonnie Urquart
- 2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Willis
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Around The World In 80 Days
as Inspector Fix (voice)
- 1999
- 1998 Little Voice
as George
- 1998
- 1998 Girls' Night
as Dave Simpson
- 1998 Cousin Bette
as De Wissembourg
- 1998
- 1998 Our Boy
as DS Yorke
- 1998
- 1997 The Opium War
as 船长怀特
- 1997
- 1996 Brassed Off
as Jim
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993 The Last Dance
as Police Inspector
- 1993 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
as Stan Eastwood
- 1993 Bad Behavior
as Howard Spink
- 1992
- 1992 Thacker
as Ben Royce
- 1992
- 1991
- 1989 High Hopes
as Martin Burke
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot · TV
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp / Assistant Commissioner Japp · 47 episodes
- 1988 The Storyteller: The Luck Child
as King
- 1988
- 1988 The Dark Room
as Greg
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 On the Palm
as Dawlish
- 1987 The Fourth Protocol
as Burkinshaw
- 1987 Rat in the Skull
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
- 1986
- 1986 A Passage to Wisbech
as Narrator
- 1985 The Doctor and the Devils
as Andrew Merry-Lees
- 1985 Glamour Night
as Bob
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Alan
- 1984 Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
- 1984
- 1983 A Pattern of Roses
as Builder
- 1982 Pocketful of Dreams
as Denny
- 1981
- 1980 Pasmore
as Colin Pasmore
- 1980
- 1980 Games Without Frontiers
as Clive
- 1979 Scum
as Mr Greaves
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Afternoon Off
as Bernard
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 The Sea
as Thompson
- 1978
- 1977 A Little Outing
as Geoff
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Pressure
as 2nd CID Officer
- 1976 Rogue Male
as 1st Seaman
- 1976
- 1976 Well Thank You, Thursday
as Stan
- 1976
- 1975 Keep an Eye on Albert
as Tarpy
- 1974
- 1974 Pig Bin
as Ken
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 Blooming Youth
as Jeff
- 1973 Shakespeare or Bust
as Hippie
- 1973
- 1971 The Pigeon Fancier
as Harry
- 1970
- 1965
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2026
- 2020
- 2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
1 episode
- 2003