Philip Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 18, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 155
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
The Best Offer
2013Movie
Fred
My Week with Marilyn
2011Movie
Roger Smith
The Day of the Jackal
2024TV
Trevor
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp, Assistant Commissioner Japp
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Daniel Snape
Death in Paradise
2011TV
David Witton
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026Movie
Self
The Day of the Jackal
2024TV
Trevor
Your Move
2023Movie
Mikey
The Peacock
2023Movie
Lord Hamish
Sherwood
2022TV
Mickey Sparrow
Avoidance
2022TV
Peter
The Window
2021TV
Martin Dewsbury
Murder, They Hope
2021TV
Phil
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020Movie
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Isolation Stories
2020TV
Peter
Bumps
2020Movie
Howard
Peterloo
2018Movie
John Knight
Above the Clouds
2018Movie
William
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018TV
Chamberlain
Bad Move
2017TV
Ken
The Good Karma Hospital
2017TV
Paul Smart
Raised by Wolves
2015TV
Grampy
Boomers
2014TV
Alan
Patrick's Day
2014Movie
John Freeman
Believe
2013Movie
Bob
Ragged
2013Movie
Prison Governor
The Best Offer
2013Movie
Fred
Spike Island
2012Movie
Mr. Jackson
Stars in Shorts
2012Movie
Trevor
Cuckoo
2012TV
Tony
Playhouse Presents
2012TV
Prison Governor
My Week with Marilyn
2011Movie
Roger Smith
Death in Paradise
2011TV
David Witton
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011TV
Self - Participant
City State
2011Movie
William
Friend Request Pending
2011Movie
Trevor
Sugartown
2011TV
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010TV
Father
The First Men in the Moon
2010Movie
Voice of Grand Lunar
The Queen
2009TV
Harold Wilson
Home Time
2009TV
Roy Jacks
Margaret
2009Movie
Bernard Ingham
Crooked House
2008TV
Joseph Bloxham
Place of Execution
2008TV
Old George Bennett
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008Movie
Alfred Roberts
Fanny Hill
2007Movie
Mr. Croft
Fanny Hill
2007TV
Mr. Croft
Grow Your Own
2007Movie
Big John
I Want Candy
2007Movie
Stephen, Joe's Dad
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006TV
Jovius
The Chase
2006TV
Frank Jones
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005Movie
William
Funland
2005TV
Leo Finch
The Best Man
2005Movie
Mr. Barker
Von Trapped
2004Movie
Torsten
London
2004TV
Samuel Pepys
Murder in Suburbia
2004TV
Bill Jackson
Hustle
2004TV
Arthur Bond
Shameless
2004TV
Barry
New Tricks
2004TV
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003Movie
Logan
Mother Teresa
2003TV
Logan
Little Britain
2003TV
Second Nature
2003Movie
Lawrence Augenblick
Coogan's Runner
2003Movie
Self
Trust
2003TV
James
Cruise of the Gods
2002Movie
Hugh Bispham
Foyle's War
2002TV
Alan Carter
The Intended
2002Movie
Norton
Crime and Punishment
2002Movie
Marmaladov
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001Movie
Lonnie Urquart
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000Movie
Willis
The Sins
2000TV
Mickey Thomas
Black Cab
2000TV
Robert
Around The World In 80 Days
2000Movie
Inspector Fix (voice)
The Vice
1999TV
Nigel Wingrave
Little Voice
1998Movie
George
What Rats Won't Do
1998Movie
Girls' Night
1998Movie
Dave Simpson
Cousin Bette
1998Movie
De Wissembourg
The Last Salute
1998TV
Leonard Spanwick
Our Boy
1998Movie
DS Yorke
The Ambassador
1998TV
The Opium War
1997Movie
船长怀特
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Daniel Snape
Brassed Off
1996Movie
Jim
Silent Witness
1996TV
DI Mike Toner
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995TV
Eustace Buckle
Bramwell
1995TV
Ronald Kennedy
Hamish Macbeth
1995TV
Malachi McBean
The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994TV
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
Downwardly Mobile
1994TV
The Last Dance
1993Movie
Police Inspector
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993Movie
Stan Eastwood
Bad Behavior
1993Movie
Howard Spink
A Touch of Frost
1992TV
Sergent Sharpe, D.S. Sharpe
Thacker
1992Movie
Ben Royce
Heartbeat
1992TV
Ken Marsden, Brian Simpson
Murder Most Horrid
1991TV
Patron, Police Sergeant
High Hopes
1989Movie
Martin Burke
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp, Assistant Commissioner Japp
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988Movie
King
The Storyteller
1988TV
King
The Dark Room
1988Movie
Greg
The Play on One
1988TV
Greg
First Sight
1987TV
Malcolm
Lizzie's Pictures
1987TV
On the Palm
1987Movie
Dawlish
The Fourth Protocol
1987Movie
Burkinshaw
Rat in the Skull
1987Movie
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
Casualty
1986TV
Rob Royson
A Passage to Wisbech
1986Movie
Narrator
The Doctor and the Devils
1985Movie
Andrew Merry-Lees
Glamour Night
1985Movie
Bob
Summer Season
1985TV
Bob - Photographer
Screen Two
1985TV
Dawlish
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984Movie
Alan
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984Movie
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Robin of Sherwood
1984TV
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
A Pattern of Roses
1983Movie
Builder
Pocketful of Dreams
1982Movie
Denny
Coming Home
1981TV
Donald Maddocks
Pasmore
1980Movie
Colin Pasmore
Sounding Brass
1980TV
Arthur Mannion
Games Without Frontiers
1980Movie
Clive
Scum
1979Movie
Mr Greaves
Two Up, Two Down
1979TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
George Forester
Afternoon Off
1979Movie
Bernard
Leave it to Charlie
1978TV
Geoffrey
Strangers
1978TV
Nose Treacy
Pickersgill People
1978TV
DC Billy Blincoe
Pennies from Heaven
1978TV
Dave
The Sea
1978Movie
Thompson
Life at Stake
1978TV
Mallison
A Little Outing
1977Movie
Geoff
For the Love of Albert
1977TV
Premiere
1977TV
Geoff
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977TV
Terry Glover
Don't Forget to Write!
1977TV
Norman
Brensham People
1976TV
Jeremy Briggs
Pressure
1976Movie
2nd CID Officer
Rogue Male
1976Movie
1st Seaman
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976Movie
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976Movie
Stan
Red Letter Day
1976TV
Stan
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975Movie
Tarpy
Churchill's People
1974TV
Boatman
Pig Bin
1974Movie
Ken
Porridge
1974TV
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
Playhouse
1974TV
Clive, Denny
Second City Firsts
1973TV
Ken
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973TV
Carson
Blooming Youth
1973Movie
Jeff
Shakespeare or Bust
1973Movie
Hippie
Last of the Summer Wine
1973TV
Gordon
The Pigeon Fancier
1971Movie
Harry
Play for Today
1970TV
Colin Pasmore
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Thompson
True Love (Once Removed)
Movie
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