Philip Jackson
Born: 1948-06-18 in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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"
Filmography
2026
- Becoming Victoria Wood as Self
2024
- The Day of the Jackal as Trevor
2023
- Your Move as Mikey
- The Peacock as Lord Hamish
2021
- Murder, They Hope as Phil
- The Window as Martin Dewsbury
2020
- Isolation Stories as Peter
- Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
- Bumps as Howard
2018
- Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Chamberlain
- Peterloo as John Knight
- Above the Clouds as William
2017
- The Good Karma Hospital as Paul Smart
- Bad Move as Ken
2015
- Raised by Wolves as Grampy
2014
- Boomers as Alan
- Patrick's Day as John Freeman
2013
- The Best Offer as Fred
- Believe as Bob
- Ragged as Prison Governor
2012
- Playhouse Presents as Prison Governor
- Cuckoo as Tony
- Spike Island as Mr. Jackson
- Stars in Shorts as Trevor
2011
- Death in Paradise as David Witton
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- My Week with Marilyn as Roger Smith
- Sugartown
- City State as William
- Friend Request Pending as Trevor
2010
- The First Men in the Moon as Voice of Grand Lunar
2008
- Crooked House as Joseph Bloxham
- Place of Execution as Old George Bennett
- Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Alfred Roberts
2007
- I Want Candy as Stephen, Joe's Dad
- Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
- Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
- Grow Your Own as Big John
2006
2005
- Funland as Leo Finch
- The Best Man as Mr. Barker
- A Little Trip to Heaven as William
2004
- Shameless as Barry
- Hustle as Arthur Bond
- New Tricks
- Murder in Suburbia as Bill Jackson
- London as Samuel Pepys
- Von Trapped as Torsten
2003
- Little Britain
- Trust as James
- Second Nature as Lawrence Augenblick
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta as Logan
- Coogan's Runner as Self
2002
- Foyle's War as Alan Carter
- The Intended as Norton
- Crime and Punishment as Marmaladov
- Cruise of the Gods as Hugh Bispham
2001
- Mike Bassett: England Manager as Lonnie Urquart
2000
- Black Cab as Robert
- The Sins as Mickey Thomas
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Willis
- Around The World In 80 Days as Inspector Fix (voice)
1999
- The Vice as Nigel Wingrave
1998
- Cousin Bette as De Wissembourg
- The Ambassador
- Little Voice as George
- The Last Salute as Leonard Spanwick
- Girls' Night as Dave Simpson
- What Rats Won't Do
- Our Boy as DS Yorke
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Daniel Snape
- The Opium War as 船长怀特
1996
- Silent Witness
- Brassed Off as Jim
1995
- Hamish Macbeth as Malachi McBean
- Bramwell as Ronald Kennedy
- Black Hearts in Battersea as Eustace Buckle
1994
- The Wimbledon Poisoner as Detective Inspector Russell Rush
- Downwardly Mobile
1993
- The Last Dance as Police Inspector
- Bad Behavior as Howard Spink
- 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight as Stan Eastwood
1992
- Heartbeat as Ken Marsden
- A Touch of Frost as Sergent Sharpe
- Thacker as Ben Royce
1991
- Murder Most Horrid as Patron
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
- High Hopes as Martin Burke
1988
- The Storyteller as King
- The Play on One as Greg
- The Dark Room as Greg
- The Storyteller: The Luck Child as King
1987
- The Fourth Protocol as Burkinshaw
- On the Palm as Dawlish
- Lizzie's Pictures
- Rat in the Skull as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
- First Sight as Malcolm
1986
- Casualty as Rob Royson
- A Passage to Wisbech as Narrator
1985
- Screen Two as Dawlish
- The Doctor and the Devils as Andrew Merry-Lees
- Glamour Night as Bob
1984
- Robin of Sherwood as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
- Give My Regards to Broad Street as Alan
- Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1983
- A Pattern of Roses as Builder
1982
- Pocketful of Dreams as Denny
1980
- Sounding Brass as Arthur Mannion
- Pasmore as Colin Pasmore
- Games Without Frontiers as Clive
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as George Forester
- Scum as Mr Greaves
- Afternoon Off as Bernard
- Two Up, Two Down
1978
- Strangers as Nose Treacy
- Pennies from Heaven as Dave
- Leave it to Charlie as Geoffrey
- Life at Stake as Mallison
1977
- Don't Forget to Write! as Norman
- For the Love of Albert
- A Little Outing as Geoff
1976
- Brensham People as Jeremy Briggs
- Rogue Male as 1st Seaman
- Red Letter Day as Stan
- The Chester Mystery Plays
- Pressure as 2nd CID Officer
- Well Thank You, Thursday as Stan
1975
- Keep an Eye on Albert as Tarpy
1974
- Playhouse as Clive
- Churchill's People as Boatman
- Porridge as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
- Pig Bin as Ken
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Gordon
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Carson
- Second City Firsts as Ken
- Blooming Youth as Jeff
- Shakespeare or Bust as Hippie
1971
- The Pigeon Fancier as Harry
1970
- Play for Today as Colin Pasmore
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Thompson