Philip Jackson
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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
The Best Offer (2013)
as Fred
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
as Roger Smith
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Burkinshaw
Cousin Bette (1998)
as De Wissembourg
The Best Man (2005)
as Mr. Barker
Brassed Off (1996)
as Jim
Scum (1979)
as Mr Greaves
I Want Candy (2007)
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
as Andrew Merry-Lees
Little Voice (1998)
as George
The Sea (1978)
as Thompson
Fanny Hill (2007)
as Mr. Croft
Peterloo (2018)
as John Knight
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
as William
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
as Lonnie Urquart
Spike Island (2012)
as Mr. Jackson
Girls' Night (1998)
as Dave Simpson
The Intended (2002)
as Norton
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
as Alan
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008)
as Alfred Roberts
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple (2020)
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Cruise of the Gods (2002)
as Hugh Bispham
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003)
as Logan
High Hopes (1989)
as Martin Burke
Crime and Punishment (2002)
as Marmaladov
The First Men in the Moon (2010)
as Voice of Grand Lunar
The Chester Mystery Plays (1976)
Actor
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
as Willis
Rat in the Skull (1987)
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Actor
The Storyteller: The Luck Child (1988)
as King
The Opium War (1997)
as 船长怀特
Grow Your Own (2007)
as Big John
Keep an Eye on Albert (1975)
as Tarpy
Rogue Male (1976)
as 1st Seaman
A Pattern of Roses (1983)
as Builder
Believe (2013)
as Bob
Above the Clouds (2018)
as William
Pig Bin (1974)
as Ken
Well Thank You, Thursday (1976)
as Stan
Stars in Shorts (2012)
as Trevor
The Last Dance (1993)
as Police Inspector
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1984)
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993)
as Stan Eastwood
Thacker (1992)
as Ben Royce
Glamour Night (1985)
as Bob
The Peacock (2023)
as Lord Hamish
Afternoon Off (1979)
as Bernard
Around The World In 80 Days (2000)
as Inspector Fix (voice)
On the Palm (1987)
as Dawlish
Coogan's Runner (2003)
as Self
Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
as Self
Games Without Frontiers (1980)
as Clive
Friend Request Pending (2011)
as Trevor
Pressure (1976)
as 2nd CID Officer
Shakespeare or Bust (1973)
as Hippie
True Love (Once Removed) (—)
as Bus driver
Our Boy (1998)
as DS Yorke
Your Move (2023)
as Mikey
Margaret (2009)
as Bernard Ingham
The Dark Room (1988)
as Greg
A Little Outing (1977)
as Geoff
Second Nature (2003)
as Lawrence Augenblick
Bad Behavior (1993)
as Howard Spink
City State (2011)
as William
Pasmore (1980)
as Colin Pasmore
A Passage to Wisbech (1986)
as Narrator
Bumps (2020)
as Howard
Pocketful of Dreams (1982)
as Denny
The Pigeon Fancier (1971)
as Harry
Patrick's Day (2014)
as John Freeman
Von Trapped (2004)
as Torsten
Blooming Youth (1973)
as Jeff
Ragged (2013)
as Prison Governor