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

Shakespeare or Bust

Your Move

The Window

Sugartown

The Day of the Jackal

Raised by Wolves

The Storyteller

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Black Cab

The Best Offer

Porridge

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

Murder in Suburbia

Hamish Macbeth

Death in Paradise

Shameless

Silent Witness

Midsomer Murders

Robin of Sherwood

A Touch of Frost

Murder, They Hope

Pennies from Heaven

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

New Tricks

Two Up, Two Down

Fanny Hill

Heartbeat

Sherwood

The Queen

Little Britain

Place of Execution

Coogan's Runner

Strangers

Mike Bassett: England Manager

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Screen Two

High Hopes

The Last Salute

Brassed Off

Peterloo