Philip Akin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Credits
- 106
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Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.
Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.
In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.
Akin first came to prominence in the early 1980s when he performed on the zany comedy series Bizarre. Other recognizable roles include computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in Highlander: The Series has also brought him much recognition. In Shake Hands with the Devil he portrays Kofi Annan, then United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. In 2007, Akin will be performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a prestigious summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He is cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Othello, and also in the role of Crooks in the Festival’s rendition of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Phil Akin can also be seen in a long list of guest appearances on television series filmed in Canada, for example: F/X: The Series, Mutant X, and most recently, Flashpoint (2008).
Akin is a founding member and currently the Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprising seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child.
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Known for
Filmography
Love, of Course
2018Movie
Edward Seton
The Expanse
2015TV
Craig
RoboCop
2014Movie
Dr. Alan
Lost Girl
2010TV
Tshombe
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010Movie
Lewis Cook
Warehouse 13
2009TV
Principal Hendricks
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009Movie
Jules Grandfield
Flashpoint
2008TV
P2
2007Movie
Karl
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007Movie
Kofi Annan
Bottom Feeder
2007Movie
Sarge
A Dad for Christmas
2006Movie
Richard
Absolution
2006Movie
Dr. Mitch Powell
Knights of the South Bronx
2005Movie
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005Movie
Reverend
Burnt Toast
2005Movie
Lou
The Man
2005Movie
Internal Affairs Agent
The Perfect Man
2005Movie
English Teacher
H2O
2004TV
U.S. President Monroe
ReGenesis
2004TV
Wayne MacPherson
Kevin Hill
2004TV
Judge Sawyer
Love Rules!
2004Movie
The Minister
The Skulls III
2004Movie
Captain Harlan
This Is Wonderland
2004TV
Mr. Johnson
How to Deal
2003Movie
Platinum
2003TV
Allen
Mafia Doctor
2003Movie
Dr. Lawrence
Everybody's Doing It
2002Movie
Principal Kerr
Puppets Who Kill
2002TV
The Sum of All Fears
2002Movie
General Wilkes
Cube 2: Hypercube
2002Movie
The General
The Red Sneakers
2002Movie
Mr. Seabrooke
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002Movie
Witness Protection Agent
Mutant X
2001TV
General Sutton
Hitched
2001Movie
Judge
The Judge
2001Movie
Mel Paroff
Doc
2001TV
Dr. Getner
Blackout
2001Movie
First Official
Range of Motion
2000Movie
Flozell
Left Behind
2000Movie
Alan Tompkins
One True Love
2000Movie
Mark
Custody of the Heart
2000Movie
Police Officer
One Kill
2000Movie
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000Movie
Police Spokesman
Caitlin's Way
2000TV
Mr. Watson
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000Movie
Detective Albany
Relic Hunter
1999TV
Budur
P.T. Barnum
1999Movie
Jeremiah
Twice in a Lifetime
1999TV
Todd
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999Movie
Det. Gonda
Pushing Tin
1999Movie
Paul
Deep in My Heart
1999Movie
OB-Gyn Doctor
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
1999Movie
Desk Sargeant
The Wrong Girl
1999Movie
Police Detective Jacobs
Down in the Delta
1998Movie
Manager
One Tough Cop
1998Movie
Inspector Cheney
Highlander: The Raven
1998TV
Simon Clark
Giving Up the Ghost
1998Movie
Judge Gleason
Airborne
1998Movie
Goosebumps: Chillogy
1998Movie
Bob Erikson
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998Movie
ESU lieutenant
Ms. Scrooge
1997Movie
George
Color of Justice
1997Movie
New York Assistant D.A
The Don's Analyst
1997Movie
Dr. Lustig
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997Movie
Cabbie
...First Do No Harm
1997Movie
Mistrial
1996Movie
Foreman
Talk to Me
1996Movie
Public Defender
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996TV
Fly Away Home
1996Movie
Air Force Reporter
FX: The Series
1996TV
Tod Rossi
The Stupids
1996Movie
Henchman #1
The Haunting of Lisa
1996Movie
Sgt. Hill
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996Movie
Det. Arthur Brown
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996Movie
Patterson
Goosebumps
1995TV
Bob Erikson
Monster Force
1994TV
The Ref
1994Movie
State Trooper
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
1994Movie
Charlie DeSalvo
Liar, Liar
1993Movie
Dr. Kerr
X-Men
1992TV
Bishop (voice)
Highlander: The Series
1992TV
Charlie DeSalvo
Terror on Track 9
1992Movie
Reporter #2
Married to It
1991Movie
Limo Driver
F/X2
1991Movie
Detective McQuay
Swamp Thing
1990TV
Stella
1990Movie
Police Officer
Millennium
1989Movie
Briley
War of the Worlds
1988TV
Norton Drake
Switching Channels
1988Movie
Guard
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987TV
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Blue Monkey
1987Movie
Anthony Rivers
Nightstick
1987Movie
Price
Nowhere to Hide
1987Movie
Harvey
Pretty Kill
1987Movie
Joey
Christmas Eve
1986Movie
Mays
The High Price of Passion
1986Movie
Locksmith
Easy Prey
1986Movie
Blair
Iceman
1984Movie
Dr. Vermeil
Covergirl
1984Movie
Cairo
Shock-Trauma
1982Movie
Sam Hooker
A Far Cry From Home
1981Movie
Improper Channels
1981Movie
Motorcycle Cop
Deadline
1980Movie
Student #1
Running
1979Movie
Chuck Stone
Search and Destroy
1979Movie
Rosie Washington