Philip Jackson
Acting
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
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movieYour Move
2023
Mikey
movieThe Peacock
2023
Lord Hamish
tvSherwood
2022
Mickey Sparrow
tvAvoidance
2022
Peter
tvThe Window
2021
Martin Dewsbury
movieAgatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Bumps
2020
Howard
moviePeterloo
2018
John Knight
movieAbove the Clouds
2018
William
tvThe Good Karma Hospital
2017
Paul Smart
tvRaised by Wolves
2015
Grampy
tvBoomers
2014
Alan
moviePatrick's Day
2014
John Freeman
movieRagged
2013
Prison Governor
movieSpike Island
2012
Mr. Jackson
movieStars in Shorts
2012
Trevor
tvCuckoo
2012
Tony
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012
Prison Governor
movieMy Week with Marilyn
2011
Roger Smith
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
David Witton
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
movieCity State
2011
William
movieThe First Men in the Moon
2010
Voice of Grand Lunar
tvThe Queen
2009
Harold Wilson
tvHome Time
2009
Roy Jacks
movieMargaret
2009
Bernard Ingham
tvCrooked House
2008
Joseph Bloxham
tvPlace of Execution
2008
Old George Bennett
movieMargaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
Alfred Roberts
movieFanny Hill
2007
Mr. Croft
tvFanny Hill
2007
Mr. Croft
movieGrow Your Own
2007
Big John
movieI Want Candy
2007
Stephen, Joe's Dad
tvThe Chase
2006
Frank Jones
tvFunland
2005
Leo Finch
movieThe Best Man
2005
Mr. Barker
London
2004
Samuel Pepys
tvMurder in Suburbia
2004
Bill Jackson
tvHustle
2004
Arthur Bond
tvShameless
2004
Barry
movieSecond Nature
2003
Lawrence Augenblick
tvTrust
2003
James
movieCruise of the Gods
2002
Hugh Bispham
tvFoyle's War
2002
Alan Carter
movieThe Intended
2002
Norton
movieCrime and Punishment
2002
Marmaladov
movieMike Bassett: England Manager
2001
Lonnie Urquart
tvThe Sins
2000
Mickey Thomas
tvBlack Cab
2000
Robert
movieAround The World In 80 Days
2000
Inspector Fix (voice)
tvThe Vice
1999
Nigel Wingrave
movieLittle Voice
1998
George
movieGirls' Night
1998
Dave Simpson
movieCousin Bette
1998
De Wissembourg
The Last Salute
1998
Leonard Spanwick
movieOur Boy
1998
DS Yorke
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Daniel Snape
tvBlack Hearts in Battersea
1995
Eustace Buckle
tvBramwell
1995
Ronald Kennedy
tvHamish Macbeth
1995
Malachi McBean
tvThe Wimbledon Poisoner
1994
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
movieThe Last Dance
1993
Police Inspector
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
Stan Eastwood
movieBad Behavior
1993
Howard Spink
tvA Touch of Frost
1992
Sergent Sharpe / D.S. Sharpe
movieThacker
1992
Ben Royce
tvHeartbeat
1992
Ken Marsden / Brian Simpson
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Patron / Police Sergeant
movieHigh Hopes
1989
Martin Burke
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp / Assistant Commissioner Japp
First Sight
1987
Malcolm
movieOn the Palm
1987
Dawlish
movieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
Burkinshaw
Rat in the Skull
1987
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
tvCasualty
1986
Rob Royson
movieA Passage to Wisbech
1986
Narrator
movieThe Doctor and the Devils
1985
Andrew Merry-Lees
tvScreen Two
1985
Dawlish
movieRobin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
tvRobin of Sherwood
1984
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
movieA Pattern of Roses
1983
Builder
moviePasmore
1980
Colin Pasmore
Sounding Brass
1980
Arthur Mannion
movieScum
1979
Mr Greaves
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
George Forester
movieAfternoon Off
1979
Bernard
tvStrangers
1978
Nose Treacy
Pickersgill People
1978
DC Billy Blincoe
Life at Stake
1978
Mallison
tvBrensham People
1976
Jeremy Briggs
moviePressure
1976
2nd CID Officer
movieRogue Male
1976
1st Seaman
tvChurchill's People
1974
Boatman
tvPorridge
1974
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
tvPlayhouse
1974
Clive / Denny
tvPlay for Today
1970
Colin Pasmore
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Thompson