1948-06-18 ( 76 years old ) in 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"
Movies
Your Move
2023-03-15
The Peacock
2023-03-09
Peterloo
2018-11-01
Above the Clouds
2018-10-01
Patrick's Day
2014-03-08
Believe
2013-10-04
Ragged
2013-06-06
The Best Offer
2013-01-01
Spike Island
2012-10-11
Stars In Shorts
2012-09-28
My Week with Marilyn
2011-11-23
City State
2011-10-14
Friend Request Pending
2011-10-13
The First Men in the Moon
2010-10-19
Margaret
2009-03-26
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008-06-12
Fanny Hill
2007-10-22
Grow Your Own
2007-06-15
I Want Candy
2007-03-23
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005-12-26
The Best Man
2005-07-09
Von Trapped
2004-09-04
Second Nature
2003-06-22
Coogan's Runner
2003-06-02
Cruise of the Gods
2002-12-23
The Intended
2002-06-06
Crime and Punishment
2002-02-12
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001-09-28
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
Around The World In 80 Days
2000-01-01
Little Voice
1998-11-05
What Rats Won't Do
1998-07-01
Girls' Night
1998-06-26
Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Our Boy
1998-02-15
The Opium War
1997-06-09
Brassed Off
1996-11-01
The Last Dance
1993-12-25
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993-08-18
Bad Behavior
1993-05-28
Thacker
1992-04-20
High Hopes
1989-01-13
The Dark Room
1988-01-26
On the Palm
1987-04-05
The Fourth Protocol
1987-03-20
Rat in the Skull
1987-01-01
A Passage to Wisbech
1986-04-17
The Doctor and the Devils
1985-10-04
a-ha: Take on Me
1985-05-23
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984-11-28
A Pattern of Roses
1983-12-29
Pocketful of Dreams
1982-03-12
Pasmore
1980-10-21
Games Without Frontiers
1980-05-09
Scum
1979-09-12
Afternoon Off
1979-02-03
A Little Outing
1977-10-20
Pressure
1976-11-19
Rogue Male
1976-09-22
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976-01-25
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975-11-11
Pig Bin
1974-10-28
Blooming Youth
1973-06-18
Shakespeare or Bust
1973-01-08
The Pigeon Fancier
1971-12-09
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