Philip Akin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Akin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Love, of Course as Edward Seton
- 2015 · The Expanse as Craig
- 2014 · RoboCop as Dr. Alan
- 2010 · Who Is Clark Rockefeller? as Det. Lewis Cook
- 2010 · Lost Girl as Tshombe
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Principal Hendricks
- 2009 · The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love as Jules Grandfield
- 2008 · Flashpoint as
- 2007 · P2 as Karl
- 2007 · Shake Hands with the Devil as Kofi Annan
- 2007 · Bottom Feeder as Sarge
- 2006 · A Dad for Christmas as Richard
- 2006 · Absolution as Dr. Mitch Powell
- 2005 · Knights of the South Bronx as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
- 2005 · Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Reverend
- 2005 · Burnt Toast as Lou
- 2005 · The Man as Second I.A. Agent
- 2005 · The Perfect Man as English Teacher
- 2004 · H2O as U.S. President Monroe
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Wayne MacPherson
- 2004 · Kevin Hill as Judge Sawyer
- 2004 · The Skulls III as Captain Harlan
- 2004 · This Is Wonderland as Mr. Johnson
- 2003 · How to Deal as
- 2003 · Platinum as Allen
- 2003 · Mafia Doctor as Dr. Lawrence
- 2002 · Everybody's Doing It as Principal Kerr
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as General Wilkes
- 2002 · Cube 2: Hypercube as The General
- 2002 · The Red Sneakers as Mr. Seabrooke
- 2002 · Pretend You Don't See Her as Witness Protection Agent
- 2001 · Mutant X as General Sutton
- 2001 · Doc as
- 2001 · Blackout as First Official
- 2000 · Range of Motion as Flozell
- 2000 · Left Behind as Alan Tompkins
- 2000 · Custody of the Heart as Police Officer
- 2000 · One Kill as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
- 2000 · Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as Police Spokesman
- 2000 · Caitlin's Way as
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Budur
- 1999 · Twice in a Lifetime as Todd
- 1999 · To Love, Honor, & Betray as Det. Gonda
- 1999 · Deep in My Heart as OB-Gyn doctor
- 1999 · Family of Cops III as Desk Sargeant
- 1999 · The Wrong Girl as Police Detective Jacobs
- 1998 · Down in the Delta as Manager
- 1998 · Highlander: The Raven as Simon Clark
- 1998 · Giving Up the Ghost as Judge Gleason
- 1998 · Airborne as
- 1998 · The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as ESU lieutenant
- 1997 · Color of Justice as New York Assistant D.A
- 1997 · The Don's Analyst as Dr. Lustig
- 1997 · ...First Do No Harm as
- 1996 · Talk to Me as Public Defender
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as
- 1996 · Fly Away Home as Air Force Reporter
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Tod Rossi
- 1996 · The Haunting of Lisa as Sgt. Hill
- 1996 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Det. Arthur Brown
- 1996 · The Conspiracy of Fear as Patterson
- 1995 · Goosebumps as Bob Erikson
- 1994 · Monster Force as
- 1994 · Highlander: Unholy Alliance as Charlie DeSalvo
- 1993 · Du lügst as Dr. Kerr
- 1992 · X-Men as Bishop (voice)
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Charlie DeSalvo
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Charlie DeSalvo (credit only)
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Charlie DeSalvo (uncredited)
- 1992 · Terror on Track 9 as Reporter #2
- 1991 · Married to It as Limo Driver
- 1991 · F/X2 as Detective McQuay
- 1990 · Swamp Thing as
- 1989 · Millennium as Briley
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Norton Drake
- 1988 · Switching Channels as Guard
- 1987 · Friday the 13th: The Series as Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
- 1987 · Blue Monkey as Anthony Rivers
- 1987 · Nightstick as Price
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Harvey
- 1987 · Pretty Kill as Joey
- 1986 · Christmas Eve as Mays
- 1986 · The High Price of Passion as Locksmith
- 1986 · Easy Prey as Blair
- 1984 · Iceman as Dr. Vermeil
- 1984 · Covergirl as Cairo
- 1982 · Shock-Trauma as Sam Hooker
- 1981 · A Far Cry From Home as
- 1980 · Deadline as Student #1
- 1979 · Running as Chuck Stone
- 1979 · Search and Destroy as Rosie Washington