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Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson

Actor · Born 1948-06-18 · Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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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 mus…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Best Offer (2013) — Fred
  2. My Week with Marilyn (2011) — Roger Smith
  3. The Day of the Jackal (2024) — Trevor
  4. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
  5. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Daniel Snape
  6. Death in Paradise (2011) — David Witton
  7. Brassed Off (1996) — Jim
  8. Little Britain (2003)
  9. The Storyteller (1988) — King
  10. Scum (1979) — Mr Greaves
  11. The Fourth Protocol (1987) — Burkinshaw
  12. Little Voice (1998) — George
  13. Hustle (2004) — Arthur Bond
  14. Peterloo (2018) — John Knight
  15. Shameless (2004) — Barry
  16. I Want Candy (2007) — Stephen, Joe's Dad
  17. Silent Witness (1996)
  18. Foyle's War (2002) — Alan Carter
  19. High Hopes (1989) — Martin Burke
  20. Robin of Sherwood (1984) — Abbot Hugo de Rainault
  21. Cuckoo (2012) — Tony
  22. Casualty (1986) — Rob Royson
  23. A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) — William
  24. Sherwood (2022) — Mickey Sparrow
  25. Spike Island (2012) — Mr. Jackson
  26. The Best Man (2005) — Mr. Barker
  27. A Touch of Frost (1992) — Sergent Sharpe
  28. Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) — Lonnie Urquart
  29. New Tricks (2004)
  30. The Doctor and the Devils (1985) — Andrew Merry-Lees
  31. Porridge (1974) — Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
  32. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — George Forester
  33. Cousin Bette (1998) — De Wissembourg
  34. Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018) — Chamberlain
  35. Last of the Summer Wine (1973) — Gordon
  36. Believe (2013) — Bob
  37. Heartbeat (1992) — Ken Marsden
  38. The First Men in the Moon (2010) — Voice of Grand Lunar
  39. Fanny Hill (2007) — Mr. Croft
  40. Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) — Jovius