
Philip Jackson
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Day of the Jackal as Trevor
- 2022 · Sherwood as Mickey Sparrow
- 2021 · Murder, They Hope as Phil
- 2018 · Peterloo as John Knight
- 2018 · Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Chamberlain
- 2017 · The Good Karma Hospital as Paul Smart
- 2013 · Believe as Bob
- 2013 · The Best Offer as Fred
- 2012 · Spike Island as Mr. Jackson
- 2012 · Cuckoo as Tony
- 2011 · My Week with Marilyn as Roger Smith
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as David Witton
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · City State as William
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Jovius
- 2005 · A Little Trip to Heaven as William
- 2005 · Funland as
- 2005 · The Best Man as Mr. Barker
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as
- 2004 · Hustle as Arthur Bond
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Little Britain as
- 2003 · Second Nature as Lawrence Augenblick
- 2003 · Coogan's Runner as Self
- 2002 · Foyle's War as Alan Carter
- 2002 · Crime and Punishment as Marmaladov
- 2001 · Mike Bassett: England Manager as Lonnie Urquart
- 1999 · The Vice as
- 1998 · Little Voice as George
- 1998 · Cousin Bette as De Wissembourg
- 1998 · Our Boy as DS Yorke
- 1997 · The Opium War as Captain White
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Daniel Snape
- 1996 · Silent Witness as
- 1995 · Bramwell as Ronald Kennedy
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Malachi McBean
- 1993 · 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight as Stan Eastwood
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Sergent Sharpe
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as D.S. Sharpe
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ken Marsden
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Brian Simpson
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Patron
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Police Sergeant
- 1989 · High Hopes as Martin Burke
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Assistant Commissioner Japp
- 1988 · The Storyteller as King
- 1987 · The Fourth Protocol as Burkinshaw
- 1986 · Casualty as Rob Royson
- 1985 · a-ha: Take on Me as The Enemy
- 1984 · Give My Regards to Broad Street as Alan
- 1984 · Robin of Sherwood as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
- 1983 · A Pattern of Roses as Builder
- 1982 · Pocketful of Dreams as Denny
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1979 · Scum as Mr Greaves
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as George Forester
- 1978 · Pennies from Heaven as Dave
- 1976 · Pressure as 2nd CID Officer
- 1976 · Rogue Male as 1st Seaman
- 1974 · Porridge as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
- 1974 · Playhouse as Clive
- 1974 · Playhouse as Denny
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Gordon
- 1971 · The Pigeon Fancier as Harry
- 1970 · Play for Today as Colin Pasmore
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Thompson
- Future · True Love (Once Removed) as Bus driver
- 2023 · Your Move as Mikey
- 2023 · The Peacock as Lord Macintosh
- 2022 · Avoidance as Peter
- 2021 · The Window as Martin Dewsbury
- 2020 · Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
- 2020 · Isolation Stories as Peter
- 2020 · Bumps as Howard
- 2018 · Above the Clouds as William
- 2017 · Bad Move as Ken
- 2015 · Raised by Wolves as Grampy
- 2014 · Boomers as Alan
- 2014 · Patrick's Day as John Freeman
- 2013 · Ragged as Prison Governor
- 2012 · Stars In Shorts as Trevor
- 2011 · Friend Request Pending as Trevor
- 2011 · Sugartown as
- 2010 · The First Men in the Moon as Voice of Grand Lunar
- 2009 · The Queen as Harold Wilson
- 2009 · Home Time as Roy Jacks
- 2009 · Margaret as Bernard Ingham
- 2008 · Crooked House as
- 2008 · Crooked House as Bloxham
- 2008 · Place of Execution as Old George Bennett
- 2008 · Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Alfred Roberts
- 2007 · Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
- 2007 · Fanny Hill as Mr. Croft
- 2007 · Grow Your Own as Big John
- 2007 · I Want Candy as Stephen, Joe's Dad
- 2006 · The Chase as
- 2004 · Von Trapped as Torsten
- 2004 · London as Samuel Pepys
- 2002 · Cruise of the Gods as Hugh Bispham
- 2002 · The Intended as Norton
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Willis
- 2000 · Sins as Mickey Thomas
- 2000 · Around The World In 80 Days as Inspector Fix (voice)
- 1998 · What Rats Won't Do as
- 1998 · Girls' Night as Dave Simpson
- 1998 · The Last Salute as
- 1998 · The Ambassador as
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Jim
- 1995 · Black Hearts in Battersea as Eustace Buckle
- 1994 · The Wimbledon Poisoner as Detective Inspector Russell Rush
- 1994 · Downwardly Mobile as
- 1993 · The Last Dance as Police Inspector
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Howard Spink
- 1992 · Thacker as Ben Royce
- 1988 · The Dark Room as Greg
- 1987 · Lizzie's Pictures as
- 1987 · On the Palm as Dawlish
- 1987 · Rat in the Skull as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
- 1986 · A Passage to Wisbech as Narrator
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Andrew Merry-Lees
- 1985 · Glamour Night as Bob
- 1984 · Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
- 1980 · Pasmore as Colin Pasmore
- 1980 · Games Without Frontiers as Clive
- 1979 · Two Up, Two Down as
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Bernard
- 1977 · A Little Outing as Geoff
- 1976 · Well Thank You, Thursday as Stan
- 1975 · Keep an Eye on Albert as Tarpy
- 1974 · Pig Bin as Ken
- 1973 · Blooming Youth as Jeff
- 1973 · Shakespeare or Bust as Hippie