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
2024
- The Day of the Jackal as Trevor
2023
- The Peacock as Lord Hamish
- Your Move as Mikey
2021
- Murder, They Hope as Phil
- The Window as Martin Dewsbury
2020
- Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
- Isolation Stories as Peter
- 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
- Patrick's Day as John Freeman
- Boomers as Alan
2013
- Believe as Bob
- The Best Offer as Fred
- Ragged as Prison Governor
2012
- 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
- City State as William
- My Week with Marilyn as Roger Smith
- Friend Request Pending as Trevor
- Sugartown
2010
- The First Men in the Moon as Voice of Grand Lunar
2008
- Crooked House as Joseph Bloxham
- Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Alfred Roberts
- Place of Execution as Old George Bennett
2007
- Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
- Grow Your Own as Big John
- I Want Candy as Stephen, Joe's Dad
- Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
2006
2005
- The Best Man as Mr. Barker
- Funland
- A Little Trip to Heaven as William
2004
- New Tricks
- Shameless as Barry
- Hustle as Arthur Bond
- Von Trapped as Torsten
- Murder in Suburbia
- London as Samuel Pepys
2003
- Little Britain
- Second Nature as Lawrence Augenblick
- Coogan's Runner as Self
2002
- Foyle's War as Alan Carter
- The Intended as Norton
- Cruise of the Gods as Hugh Bispham
- Crime and Punishment as Marmaladov
2001
- Mike Bassett: England Manager as Lonnie Urquart
2000
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Willis
- Around The World In 80 Days as Inspector Fix (voice)
- Sins as Mickey Thomas
1999
1998
- Little Voice as George
- Cousin Bette as De Wissembourg
- Our Boy as DS Yorke
- What Rats Won't Do
- Girls' Night as Dave Simpson
- The Ambassador
- The Last Salute
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Daniel Snape
- The Opium War as Captain White
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
- Bad Behavior as Howard Spink
- 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight as Stan Eastwood
- The Last Dance as Police Inspector
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 Dark Room as Greg
1987
- The Fourth Protocol as Burkinshaw
- On the Palm as Dawlish
- Rat in the Skull as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
- Lizzie's Pictures
1986
- Casualty as Rob Royson
- A Passage to Wisbech as Narrator
1985
- 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
- Pasmore as Colin Pasmore
- The Gentle Touch
- Games Without Frontiers as Clive
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as George Forester
- Afternoon Off as Bernard
- Scum as Mr Greaves
- Two Up, Two Down
1978
- Pennies from Heaven as Dave
- Leave it to Charlie as Geoffrey
1977
- A Little Outing as Geoff
1976
- Rogue Male as 1st Seaman
- Pressure as 2nd CID Officer
- Well Thank You, Thursday as Stan
1975
- Keep an Eye on Albert as Tarpy
1974
- Playhouse as Clive
- Porridge as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
- Churchill's People as Boatman
- Pig Bin as Ken
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Gordon
- Shakespeare or Bust as Hippie
- Blooming Youth as Jeff
1971
- The Pigeon Fancier as Harry
1970
- Play for Today as Colin Pasmore
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Thompson