
Philip Jackson
Known for ActingBorn 1948-06-18 (age 77)Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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"Read more
Movies & web series
London
★ 10.0View details →
London
2004 · Series
★ 10.0View details →
Shakespeare or Bust
1973 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Your Move
2023 · Movie
★ 8.7View details →
The Window
2021 · Series
★ 8.5View details →
Sugartown
2011 · Series
★ 8.2View details →
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
Raised by Wolves
2015 · Series
★ 8.2View details →
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
★ 8.2View details →
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
Black Cab
2000 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
The Best Offer
2013 · Movie
★ 8.1View details →
Porridge
1974 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
★ 7.7View details →
Friend Request Pending
2011 · Movie
Leave it to Charlie
★ 8.0View details →
Leave it to Charlie
1978 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Good Karma Hospital
2017 · Series
★ 7.7View details →
Hustle
2004 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
The Pigeon Fancier
1971 · Movie
★ 7.6View details →
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · Series
★ 7.7View details →
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Shameless
2004 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Death in Paradise
2011 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
New Tricks
2004 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Murder, They Hope
2021 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Series
Two Up, Two Down
★ 7.5View details →
Two Up, Two Down
1979 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Fanny Hill
2007 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
★ 6.9View details →
Sherwood
2022 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
The Queen
2009 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Place of Execution
2008 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
The Gentle Touch
1980 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Coogan's Runner
2003 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Little Britain
2003 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Strangers
1978 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
The Last Salute
★ 7.0View details →
The Last Salute
1998 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
★ 6.8View details →
Peterloo
2018 · Movie
★ 7.1View details →
High Hopes
1989 · Movie