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