Philip Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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). 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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Filmography
True Love (Once Removed)
Movie · as Bus driver
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
The Day of the Jackal
TV · as Trevor · 1 ep
Your Move
Movie · as Mikey
The Peacock
Movie · as Lord Hamish
Sherwood
TV · as Mickey Sparrow · 12 eps
Avoidance
TV · as Peter · 1 ep
The Window
TV · as Martin Dewsbury · 10 eps
Murder, They Hope
TV · as Phil · 1 ep
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Movie · as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Bumps
Movie · as Howard
Isolation Stories
TV · as Peter · 4 eps
Peterloo
Movie · as John Knight
Above the Clouds
Movie · as William
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV · as Chamberlain · 1 ep
The Good Karma Hospital
TV · as Paul Smart · 6 eps
Bad Move
TV · as Ken · 13 eps
Raised by Wolves
TV · as Grampy · 12 eps
Patrick's Day
Movie · as John Freeman
Boomers
TV · as Alan · 12 eps
The Best Offer
Movie · as Fred
Believe
Movie · as Bob
Ragged
Movie · as Prison Governor
Spike Island
Movie · as Mr. Jackson
Stars in Shorts
Movie · as Trevor
Cuckoo
TV · as Tony · 2 eps
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Prison Governor · 1 ep
My Week with Marilyn
Movie · as Roger Smith
City State
Movie · as William
Friend Request Pending
Movie · as Trevor
Sugartown
TV · 3 eps
Death in Paradise
TV · as David Witton · 1 ep
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
The First Men in the Moon
Movie · as Voice of Grand Lunar
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
TV · as Father · 1 ep
Margaret
Movie · as Bernard Ingham
Home Time
TV · as Roy Jacks · 6 eps
The Queen
TV · as Harold Wilson · 5 eps
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Movie · as Alfred Roberts
Place of Execution
TV · as Old George Bennett · 3 eps
Crooked House
TV · as Joseph Bloxham · 1 ep
Fanny Hill
Movie · as Mr. Croft
Grow Your Own
Movie · as Big John
I Want Candy
Movie · as Stephen Clark
Fanny Hill
TV · as Mr. Croft · 2 eps
The Chase
TV · as Frank Jones · 9 eps
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV · as Jovius · 1 ep
The Best Man
Movie · as Mr. Barker
A Little Trip to Heaven
Movie · as William
Funland
TV · as Leo Finch · 11 eps
Von Trapped
Movie · as Torsten
Hustle
TV · as Arthur Bond · 1 ep
New Tricks
TV · 1 ep
London
TV · as Samuel Pepys · 3 eps
Shameless
TV · as Barry · 1 ep
Murder in Suburbia
TV · as Bill Jackson · 1 ep
Second Nature
Movie · as Lawrence Augenblick
Coogan's Runner
Movie · as Self
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Movie · as Logan
Little Britain
TV · 1 ep
Trust
TV · as James · 1 ep
Mother Teresa
TV · as Logan · 2 eps
Crime and Punishment
Movie · as Marmaladov
Cruise of the Gods
Movie · as Hugh Bispham
The Intended
Movie · as Norton
Foyle's War
TV · as Alan Carter · 1 ep
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Movie · as Lonnie Urquart
Around The World In 80 Days
Movie · as Inspector Fix (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Willis
The Sins
TV · as Mickey Thomas · 7 eps
Black Cab
TV · as Robert · 1 ep
The Vice
TV · as Nigel Wingrave · 2 eps
Girls' Night
Movie · as Dave Simpson
Little Voice
Movie · as George
Our Boy
Movie · as DS Yorke
What Rats Won't Do
Movie
Cousin Bette
Movie · as De Wissembourg
The Ambassador
TV · 1 ep
The Last Salute
TV · as Leonard Spanwick · 12 eps
The Opium War
Movie · as 船长怀特
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Daniel Snape · 1 ep
Brassed Off
Movie · as Jim
Silent Witness
TV · as DI Mike Toner · 1 ep
Bramwell
TV · as Ronald Kennedy · 1 ep
Black Hearts in Battersea
TV · as Eustace Buckle · 6 eps
Hamish Macbeth
TV · as Malachi McBean · 1 ep
Downwardly Mobile
TV · 7 eps
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV · as Detective Inspector Russell Rush · 2 eps
The Last Dance
Movie · as Police Inspector
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Movie · as Stan Eastwood
Bad Behavior
Movie · as Howard Spink
Thacker
Movie · as Ben Royce
Heartbeat
TV · as Ken Marsden, Brian Simpson · 1 ep
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Sergent Sharpe, D.S. Sharpe · 1 ep
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Patron, Police Sergeant · 1 ep
High Hopes
Movie · as Martin Burke
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp, Assistant Commissioner Japp · 46 eps
The Dark Room
Movie · as Greg
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
Movie · as King
The Storyteller
TV · as King · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Greg · 1 ep
The Fourth Protocol
Movie · as Burkinshaw
Rat in the Skull
Movie · as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
On the Palm
Movie · as Dawlish
Lizzie's Pictures
TV · 4 eps
First Sight
TV · as Malcolm · 1 ep
A Passage to Wisbech
Movie · as Narrator
Casualty
TV · as Rob Royson · 1 ep
The Doctor and the Devils
Movie · as Andrew Merry-Lees
Glamour Night
Movie · as Bob
Screen Two
TV · as Dawlish · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Bob - Photographer · 1 ep
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Movie · as Alan
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Movie · as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Robin of Sherwood
TV · as Abbot Hugo de Rainault · 26 eps
A Pattern of Roses
Movie · as Builder
Pocketful of Dreams
Movie · as Denny
Coming Home
TV · as Donald Maddocks · 6 eps
Games Without Frontiers
Movie · as Clive
Pasmore
Movie · as Colin Pasmore
Sounding Brass
TV · as Arthur Mannion · 6 eps
Scum
Movie · as Mr Greaves
Afternoon Off
Movie · as Bernard
Two Up, Two Down
TV · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as George Forester · 1 ep
The Sea
Movie · as Thompson
Pennies from Heaven
TV · as Dave · 2 eps
Leave it to Charlie
TV · as Geoffrey · 1 ep
Strangers
TV · as Nose Treacy · 1 ep
Pickersgill People
TV · as DC Billy Blincoe · 2 eps
Life at Stake
TV · as Mallison · 1 ep
A Little Outing
Movie · as Geoff
For the Love of Albert
TV · 5 eps
Don't Forget to Write!
TV · as Norman · 1 ep
Premiere
TV · as Geoff · 1 ep
A Sharp Intake of Breath
TV · as Terry Glover · 1 ep
Rogue Male
Movie · as 1st Seaman
Pressure
Movie · as 2nd CID Officer
Well Thank You, Thursday
Movie · as Stan
The Chester Mystery Plays
Movie
Red Letter Day
TV · as Stan · 1 ep
Brensham People
TV · as Jeremy Briggs · 1 ep
Keep an Eye on Albert
Movie · as Tarpy
Pig Bin
Movie · as Ken
Porridge
TV · as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley · 1 ep
Playhouse
TV · as Clive, Denny · 1 ep
Churchill's People
TV · as Boatman · 1 ep
Blooming Youth
Movie · as Jeff
Shakespeare or Bust
Movie · as Hippie
Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as Gordon · 3 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Carson · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Ken · 1 ep
The Pigeon Fancier
Movie · as Harry
Play for Today
TV · as Colin Pasmore · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Thompson · 1 ep