Philip Jackson

Known for ActingBorn 1948-06-18 (age 78)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

Shakespeare or Bust

Your Move

The Window

Sugartown

The Day of the Jackal

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Storyteller

Black Cab

Raised by Wolves

Porridge

The Best Offer

Foyle's War

Friend Request Pending

Leave it to Charlie

The Good Karma Hospital

Hustle

The Pigeon Fancier

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Hamish Macbeth

Silent Witness

Death in Paradise

Shameless

Murder in Suburbia

A Touch of Frost

Midsomer Murders

Robin of Sherwood

Pennies from Heaven

New Tricks

Murder, They Hope

Two Up, Two Down

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Fanny Hill

Little Britain

Sherwood

The Queen

Place of Execution

Coogan's Runner

Heartbeat

Mike Bassett: England Manager

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

The Last Salute

Strangers

A Sharp Intake of Breath

Brassed Off

Screen Two

Last of the Summer Wine

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple