Acting credits
123
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Philip Jackson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 67Series: 56
TMDB ID: 25532
IMDb ID: nm0413946
Known for: Acting
Born: June 18, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2026
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q1273669
Also known as
Phillip Jackson • 필립 잭슨 • Филип Джексон • فیلیپ جکسون
Biography
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"
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Philip Jackson.
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026 Movie
9.0
Your Move
as Mikey
2023 Movie
4.6
The Peacock
as Lord Hamish
2023 Movie
6.6
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
2020 Movie
6.8
Peterloo
as John Knight
2018 Movie
5.0
Above the Clouds
as William
2018 Movie
5.9
Patrick's Day
as John Freeman
2014 Movie
6.0
Believe
as Bob
2013 Movie
Ragged
as Prison Governor
2013 Movie
7.8
The Best Offer
as Fred
2013 Movie
6.3
Spike Island
as Mr. Jackson
2012 Movie
6.0
Stars in Shorts
as Trevor
2012 Movie
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
as Roger Smith
2011 Movie
5.2
City State
as William
2011 Movie
7.7
Friend Request Pending
as Trevor
2011 Movie
5.6
The First Men in the Moon
as Voice of Grand Lunar
2010 Movie
5.8
Margaret
as Bernard Ingham
2009 Movie
6.8
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Alfred Roberts
2008 Movie
5.8
Fanny Hill
as Mr. Croft
2007 Movie
6.5
Grow Your Own
as Big John
2007 Movie
5.1
I Want Candy
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
2007 Movie
5.4
A Little Trip to Heaven
as William
2005 Movie
5.3
The Best Man
as Mr. Barker
2005 Movie
4.7
Second Nature
as Lawrence Augenblick
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Philip Jackson.
8.2
The Day of the Jackal
as Trevor • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.0
Sherwood
as Mickey Sparrow • 12 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Avoidance
as Peter • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.7
The Window
as Martin Dewsbury • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Murder, They Hope
as Phil • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.3
Isolation Stories
as Peter • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.2
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Chamberlain • 1 eps
2018 Series
5.5
Bad Move
as Ken • 13 eps
2017 Series
7.6
The Good Karma Hospital
as Paul Smart • 6 eps
2017 Series
7.8
Raised by Wolves
as Grampy • 12 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Boomers
as Alan • 12 eps
2014 Series
6.8
Cuckoo
as Tony • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as David Witton • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Sugartown
3 eps
2011 Series
7.0
The Queen
as Harold Wilson • 5 eps
2009 Series
6.0
Home Time
as Roy Jacks • 6 eps
2009 Series
6.8
Crooked House
as Joseph Bloxham • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.0
Place of Execution
as Old George Bennett • 3 eps
2008 Series
7.2
Fanny Hill
as Mr. Croft • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Jovius • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.5
The Chase
9 eps
2006 Series
5.7
Funland
11 eps
2005 Series
7.3
Murder in Suburbia
1 eps
2004 Series