Philip Jackson
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-06-18
- Place of birth:
- Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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"
Known For
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
The Day of the Jackal
Your Move
The Peacock
Sherwood
Avoidance
The Window
Murder, They Hope
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Isolation Stories
Bumps
Peterloo
Above the Clouds
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Bad Move
The Good Karma Hospital
Raised by Wolves
Boomers
Patrick's Day
Believe
Ragged
The Best Offer
Spike Island
Stars in Shorts
Cuckoo
Playhouse Presents
My Week with Marilyn
Death in Paradise
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
City State
Friend Request Pending
Sugartown
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
The First Men in the Moon
The Queen
Home Time
Margaret
Crooked House
Place of Execution
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill
Grow Your Own
I Want Candy
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
The Chase
A Little Trip to Heaven
Funland
The Best Man
Von Trapped
London
Murder in Suburbia
Hustle
Shameless
New Tricks
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Little Britain
Second Nature
Coogan's Runner
Trust
Cruise of the Gods
Foyle's War
The Intended
Crime and Punishment
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
The Sins
Black Cab
Around The World In 80 Days
The Vice
Little Voice
What Rats Won't Do
Girls' Night
Cousin Bette
The Last Salute
Our Boy
The Ambassador
The Opium War
Midsomer Murders
Brassed Off
Silent Witness
Black Hearts in Battersea
Bramwell
Hamish Macbeth
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Downwardly Mobile
The Last Dance
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Bad Behavior
A Touch of Frost
Thacker
Heartbeat
Murder Most Horrid
High Hopes
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
The Storyteller
The Dark Room
The Play on One
First Sight
Lizzie's Pictures
On the Palm
The Fourth Protocol
Rat in the Skull
Casualty
A Passage to Wisbech
The Doctor and the Devils
Glamour Night
Summer Season
Screen Two
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Robin of Sherwood
A Pattern of Roses
Pocketful of Dreams
Coming Home
Pasmore
Sounding Brass
Games Without Frontiers
Scum
Two Up, Two Down
Tales of the Unexpected
Afternoon Off
Leave it to Charlie
Strangers
Pickersgill People
Pennies from Heaven
The Sea
Life at Stake
A Little Outing
For the Love of Albert
Premiere
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Don't Forget to Write!
Brensham People
Pressure
Rogue Male
The Chester Mystery Plays
Well Thank You, Thursday
Red Letter Day
Keep an Eye on Albert
Churchill's People
Pig Bin
Porridge
Playhouse
Second City Firsts
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Blooming Youth
Shakespeare or Bust
Last of the Summer Wine
The Pigeon Fancier
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
True Love (Once Removed)