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.
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"
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273669
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Filmography (Movies)
Your Move
Character:Mikey
Release Date:15/03/2023
The Peacock
Character:Lord Hamish
Release Date:09/03/2023
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Character:Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Release Date:10/10/2020
Bumps
Character:Howard
Release Date:21/02/2020
Peterloo
Character:John Knight
Release Date:01/11/2018
Above the Clouds
Character:William
Release Date:01/10/2018
Patrick's Day
Character:John Freeman
Release Date:08/03/2014
Believe
Character:Bob
Release Date:04/10/2013
Ragged
Character:Prison Governor
Release Date:06/06/2013
The Best Offer
Character:Fred
Release Date:01/01/2013
Spike Island
Character:Mr. Jackson
Release Date:11/10/2012
Stars in Shorts
Character:Trevor
Release Date:28/09/2012
My Week with Marilyn
Character:Roger Smith
Release Date:23/11/2011
City State
Character:William
Release Date:14/10/2011
Friend Request Pending
Character:Trevor
Release Date:13/10/2011
The First Men in the Moon
Character:Voice of Grand Lunar
Release Date:19/10/2010
Margaret
Character:Bernard Ingham
Release Date:26/03/2009
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Character:Alfred Roberts
Release Date:12/06/2008
Fanny Hill
Character:Mr. Croft
Release Date:22/10/2007
Grow Your Own
Character:Big John
Release Date:15/06/2007
I Want Candy
Character:Stephen, Joe's Dad
Release Date:23/03/2007
A Little Trip to Heaven
Character:William
Release Date:26/12/2005
The Best Man
Character:Mr. Barker
Release Date:09/07/2005
Von Trapped
Character:Torsten
Release Date:04/09/2004
Second Nature
Character:Lawrence Augenblick
Release Date:22/06/2003
Coogan's Runner
Character:Self
Release Date:02/06/2003
Cruise of the Gods
Character:Hugh Bispham
Release Date:23/12/2002
The Intended
Character:Norton
Release Date:06/06/2002
Crime and Punishment
Character:Marmaladov
Release Date:12/02/2002
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Character:Lonnie Urquart
Release Date:28/09/2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Character:Willis
Release Date:25/12/2000
Around The World In 80 Days
Character:Inspector Fix (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Little Voice
Character:George
Release Date:05/11/1998
What Rats Won't Do
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1998
Girls' Night
Character:Dave Simpson
Release Date:26/06/1998
Cousin Bette
Character:De Wissembourg
Release Date:12/06/1998
Our Boy
Character:DS Yorke
Release Date:15/02/1998
The Opium War
Character:Captain White
Release Date:09/06/1997
Brassed Off
Character:Jim
Release Date:01/11/1996
The Last Dance
Character:Police Inspector
Release Date:25/12/1993
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Character:Stan Eastwood
Release Date:18/08/1993
Bad Behavior
Character:Howard Spink
Release Date:28/05/1993
Thacker
Character:Ben Royce
Release Date:20/04/1992
High Hopes
Character:Martin Burke
Release Date:13/01/1989
The Dark Room
Character:Greg
Release Date:26/01/1988
On the Palm
Character:Dawlish
Release Date:05/04/1987
The Fourth Protocol
Character:Burkinshaw
Release Date:20/03/1987
Rat in the Skull
Character:Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
Release Date:01/01/1987
A Passage to Wisbech
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/04/1986
The Doctor and the Devils
Character:Andrew Merry-Lees
Release Date:04/10/1985
Glamour Night
Character:Bob
Release Date:09/07/1985
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Character:Alan
Release Date:28/11/1984
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Character:Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Release Date:28/04/1984
A Pattern of Roses
Character:Builder
Release Date:29/12/1983
Pocketful of Dreams
Character:Denny
Release Date:12/03/1982
Pasmore
Character:Colin Pasmore
Release Date:21/10/1980
Games Without Frontiers
Character:Clive
Release Date:09/05/1980
Scum
Character:Mr Greaves
Release Date:12/09/1979
Afternoon Off
Character:Bernard
Release Date:03/02/1979
A Little Outing
Character:Geoff
Release Date:20/10/1977
Pressure
Character:2nd CID Officer
Release Date:19/11/1976
Rogue Male
Character:1st Seaman
Release Date:22/09/1976
Well Thank You, Thursday
Character:Stan
Release Date:25/01/1976
Keep an Eye on Albert
Character:Tarpy
Release Date:11/11/1975
Pig Bin
Character:Ken
Release Date:28/10/1974
Blooming Youth
Character:Jeff
Release Date:18/06/1973
Shakespeare or Bust
Character:Hippie
Release Date:08/01/1973
The Pigeon Fancier
Character:Harry
Release Date:09/12/1971
Television Appearances
The Day of the Jackal
Character:Trevor
Sherwood
Character:Mickey Sparrow
Avoidance
Character:Peter
The Window
Character:Martin Dewsbury
Murder, They Hope
Character:Phil
Isolation Stories
Character:Peter
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Character:Chamberlain
Bad Move
Character:Ken
The Good Karma Hospital
Character:Paul Smart
Raised by Wolves
Character:Grampy
Boomers
Character:Alan
Cuckoo
Character:Tony
Death in Paradise
Character:David Witton
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character:Self - Participant
Sugartown
Character:
The Queen
Character:Harold Wilson
Home Time
Character:Roy Jacks
Crooked House
Character:Joseph Bloxham
Place of Execution
Character:Old George Bennett
Fanny Hill
Character:Mr. Croft
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Character:Jovius
The Chase
Character:
Funland
Character:
London
Character:Samuel Pepys
Murder in Suburbia
Character:
Hustle
Character:Arthur Bond
Shameless
Character:Barry
New Tricks
Character:
Little Britain
Character:
Foyle's War
Character:Alan Carter
Sins
Character:Mickey Thomas
Black Cab
Character:Robert
The Vice
Character:
The Last Salute
Character:Leonard Spanwick
The Ambassador
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Daniel Snape
Silent Witness
Character:
Black Hearts in Battersea
Character:Eustace Buckle
Bramwell
Character:Ronald Kennedy
Hamish Macbeth
Character:Malachi McBean
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Character:Detective Inspector Russell Rush
Downwardly Mobile
Character:
A Touch of Frost
Character:Sergent Sharpe
A Touch of Frost
Character:D.S. Sharpe
Heartbeat
Character:Ken Marsden
Heartbeat
Character:Brian Simpson
Murder Most Horrid
Character:Patron
Murder Most Horrid
Character:Police Sergeant
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Assistant Commissioner Japp
The Storyteller
Character:King
Lizzie's Pictures
Character:
Casualty
Character:Rob Royson
Robin of Sherwood
Character:Abbot Hugo de Rainault
The Gentle Touch
Character:
Two Up, Two Down
Character:
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:George Forester
Leave it to Charlie
Character:Geoffrey
Pennies from Heaven
Character:Dave
Churchill's People
Character:Boatman
Porridge
Character:Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
Playhouse
Character:Clive
Playhouse
Character:Denny
Last of the Summer Wine
Character:Gordon
Play for Today
Character:Colin Pasmore
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Thompson
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