Philip Akin
81 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Also known as
- Philip Akon · Phil Aiken · Philip Aikin · Phil Aken
Biography
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Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.
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Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.
In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.
Akin first came to prominence in the early 1980s when he performed on the zany comedy series Bizarre. Other recognizable roles include computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in Highlander: The Series has also brought him much recognition. In Shake Hands with the Devil he portrays Kofi Annan, then United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. In 2007, Akin will be performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a prestigious summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He is cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Othello, and also in the role of Crooks in the Festival’s rendition of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Phil Akin can also be seen in a long list of guest appearances on television series filmed in Canada, for example: F/X: The Series, Mutant X, and most recently, Flashpoint (2008).
Akin is a founding member and currently the Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprising seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child.
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Acting (106)
- 2018 Love, of Course
as Edward Seton
- 2015
- 2014 RoboCop
as Dr. Alan
- 2010
- 2010 Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
as Lewis Cook
- 2009
- 2009 The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
as Jules Grandfield
- 2008
- 2007 P2
as Karl
- 2007 Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kofi Annan
- 2007 Bottom Feeder
as Sarge
- 2006 A Dad for Christmas
as Richard
- 2006 Absolution
as Dr. Mitch Powell
- 2005 Knights of the South Bronx
as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
- 2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Reverend
- 2005 Burnt Toast
as Lou
- 2005 The Man
as Internal Affairs Agent
- 2005 The Perfect Man
as English Teacher
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Love Rules!
as The Minister
- 2004 The Skulls III
as Captain Harlan
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Mafia Doctor
as Dr. Lawrence
- 2002 Everybody's Doing It
as Principal Kerr
- 2002
- 2002 The Sum of All Fears
as General Wilkes
- 2002 Cube 2: Hypercube
as The General
- 2002 The Red Sneakers
as Mr. Seabrooke
- 2002 Pretend You Don't See Her
as Witness Protection Agent
- 2001
- 2001 Hitched
as Judge
- 2001 The Judge
as Mel Paroff
- 2001
- 2001 Blackout
as First Official
- 2000 Range of Motion
as Flozell
- 2000 Left Behind
as Alan Tompkins
- 2000 One True Love
as Mark
- 2000 Custody of the Heart
as Police Officer
- 2000 One Kill
as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
- 2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as Police Spokesman
- 2000
- 2000 All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Detective Albany
- 1999
- 1999 P.T. Barnum
as Jeremiah
- 1999
- 1999 To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Det. Gonda
- 1999 Pushing Tin
as Paul
- 1999 Deep in My Heart
as OB-Gyn Doctor
- 1999 Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Desk Sargeant
- 1999 The Wrong Girl
as Police Detective Jacobs
- 1998 Down in the Delta
as Manager
- 1998 One Tough Cop
as Inspector Cheney
- 1998
- 1998 Giving Up the Ghost
as Judge Gleason
- 1998
- 1998 Goosebumps: Chillogy
as Bob Erikson
- 1998 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as ESU lieutenant
- 1997 Ms. Scrooge
as George
- 1997 Color of Justice
as New York Assistant D.A
- 1997 The Don's Analyst
as Dr. Lustig
- 1997 Elvis Meets Nixon
as Cabbie
- 1997
- 1996 Mistrial
as Foreman
- 1996 Talk to Me
as Public Defender
- 1996
- 1996 Fly Away Home
as Air Force Reporter
- 1996
- 1996 The Stupids
as Henchman #1
- 1996 The Haunting of Lisa
as Sgt. Hill
- 1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
as Det. Arthur Brown
- 1996 The Conspiracy of Fear
as Patterson
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 The Ref
as State Trooper
- 1994 Highlander: Unholy Alliance
as Charlie DeSalvo
- 1993 Liar, Liar
as Dr. Kerr
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 Terror on Track 9
as Reporter #2
- 1991 Married to It
as Limo Driver
- 1991 F/X2
as Detective McQuay
- 1990
- 1990 Stella
as Police Officer
- 1989 Millennium
as Briley
- 1988
- 1988 Switching Channels
as Guard
- 1987
- 1987 Blue Monkey
as Anthony Rivers
- 1987 Nightstick
as Price
- 1987 Nowhere to Hide
as Harvey
- 1987 Pretty Kill
as Joey
- 1986 Christmas Eve
as Mays
- 1986 The High Price of Passion
as Locksmith
- 1986 Easy Prey
as Blair
- 1984 Iceman
as Dr. Vermeil
- 1984 Covergirl
as Cairo
- 1982 Shock-Trauma
as Sam Hooker
- 1981
- 1981 Improper Channels
as Motorcycle Cop
- 1980 Deadline
as Student #1
- 1979 Running
as Chuck Stone
- 1979 Search and Destroy
as Rosie Washington