Philip Jackson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-06-18
Place of Birth
Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Philip Jackson
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"
Also Known For
True Love (Once Removed)
Girls' Night
Jun 26, 1998
Pig Bin
Oct 28, 1974
Little Voice
Nov 05, 1998
Scum
Sep 12, 1979
Brassed Off
Nov 01, 1996
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Nov 28, 1984
High Hopes
Jan 13, 1989
The First Men in the Moon
Oct 19, 2010
Fanny Hill
Oct 22, 2007
Grow Your Own
Jun 15, 2007
The Dark Room
Jan 26, 1988
The Doctor and the Devils
Oct 04, 1985
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Sep 28, 2001
My Week with Marilyn
Nov 23, 2011
The Best Offer
Jan 01, 2013
The Last Dance
Dec 25, 1993
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Aug 18, 1993
Believe
Oct 04, 2013
Patrick's Day
Mar 08, 2014
City State
Oct 14, 2011
Bad Behavior
May 28, 1993
Around The World In 80 Days
Jan 01, 2000
Second Nature
Jun 22, 2003
Our Boy
Feb 15, 1998
Coogan's Runner
Jun 02, 2003
Friend Request Pending
Oct 13, 2011
Spike Island
Oct 11, 2012
Blooming Youth
Jun 18, 1973
The Pigeon Fancier
Dec 09, 1971
Your Move
Mar 15, 2023
Margaret
Mar 26, 2009
I Want Candy
Mar 23, 2007
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Oct 10, 2020
The Peacock
Mar 09, 2023
Afternoon Off
Feb 03, 1979
The Best Man
Jul 09, 2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
Dec 26, 2005
Games Without Frontiers
May 09, 1980
What Rats Won't Do
Jul 01, 1998
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Jun 12, 2008
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Dec 25, 2000
Crime and Punishment
Feb 12, 2002
The Fourth Protocol
Mar 20, 1987
Cruise of the Gods
Dec 23, 2002
A Pattern of Roses
Dec 29, 1983
Rogue Male
Sep 22, 1976
Stars In Shorts
Sep 28, 2012
Von Trapped
Sep 04, 2004
The Intended
Jun 06, 2002
A Little Outing
Oct 20, 1977
Rat in the Skull
Jan 01, 1987
The Opium War
Jun 09, 1997
Pressure
Nov 19, 1976
Thacker
Apr 20, 1992
Peterloo
Nov 01, 2018
Well Thank You, Thursday
Jan 25, 1976
Ragged
Jun 06, 2013
Cousin Bette
Jun 12, 1998
Above the Clouds
Oct 01, 2018
Shakespeare or Bust
Jan 08, 1973
Keep an Eye on Albert
Nov 11, 1975
Pasmore
Oct 21, 1980
On the Palm
Apr 05, 1987
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Apr 28, 1984
Pocketful of Dreams
Mar 12, 1982
A Passage to Wisbech
Apr 17, 1986
a-ha: Take on Me
May 23, 1985
Bumps
Feb 21, 2020
Glamour Night
Jul 09, 1985
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jan 08, 1989
Murder Most Horrid
Nov 14, 1991
The Chase
Jul 16, 2006
Hustle
Feb 24, 2004
Silent Witness
Feb 21, 1996
Heartbeat
Apr 10, 1992
Robin of Sherwood
Apr 28, 1984
Two Up, Two Down
May 11, 1979
The Storyteller
May 15, 1988
New Tricks
Jan 01, 2004
Funland
Oct 23, 2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jan 08, 1989
The Last Salute
Mar 15, 1998
The Vice
Jan 04, 1999
Lizzie's Pictures
Jun 03, 1987
Place of Execution
Sep 22, 2008
Porridge
Sep 05, 1974
Downwardly Mobile
Jul 21, 1994
Home Time
Sep 14, 2009
Sins
Oct 24, 2000
Fanny Hill
Oct 22, 2007
Sugartown
Jul 24, 2011
The Window
Nov 03, 2021
Raised by Wolves
Mar 16, 2015
Murder Most Horrid
Nov 14, 1991
London
May 07, 2004
Bramwell
May 01, 1995
Cuckoo
Sep 25, 2012
The Gentle Touch
Apr 11, 1980
Little Britain
Sep 16, 2003
Boomers
Aug 15, 2014
The Ambassador
Jan 04, 1998
The Good Karma Hospital
Feb 05, 2017
Murder in Suburbia
Mar 13, 2004
Sherwood
Jun 13, 2022
Murder, They Hope
May 08, 2021
Bad Move
Sep 19, 2017
A Touch of Frost
Dec 06, 1992
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
The Queen
Nov 29, 2009
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Dec 11, 1994
Black Hearts in Battersea
Dec 31, 1995
Death in Paradise
Oct 25, 2011
A Touch of Frost
Dec 06, 1992
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
Heartbeat
Apr 10, 1992
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Feb 26, 2018
Avoidance
Jun 10, 2022
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Isolation Stories
May 04, 2020
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Hamish Macbeth
Mar 26, 1995
Last of the Summer Wine
Jan 04, 1973
The Day of the Jackal
Nov 07, 2024
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Sep 21, 2006
Foyle's War
Oct 27, 2002
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
Pennies from Heaven
Mar 07, 1978
