
Philip Jackson
Known for Acting · 141 credits
- Born
- 1948-06-18 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- 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"
Known For
TV Shows (68)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Daniel Snape

Death in Paradise
2011
as David Witton

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp / Assistant Commissioner Japp

Casualty
1986
as Rob Royson

Silent Witness
1996

Play for Today
1970
as Colin Pasmore

The Day of the Jackal
2024
as Trevor

Heartbeat
1992
as Ken Marsden / Brian Simpson

Foyle's War
2002
as Alan Carter

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Thompson

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as George Forester

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Sergent Sharpe / D.S. Sharpe

Shameless
2004
as Barry

Hustle
2004
as Arthur Bond

New Tricks
2004

Screen Two
1985
as Dawlish

Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Gordon

Playhouse
1974
as Clive / Denny

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Chamberlain

Playhouse Presents
2012
as Prison Governor

Little Britain
2003

Robin of Sherwood
1984
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault

Cuckoo
2012
as Tony

Churchill's People
1974
as Boatman

The Storyteller
1988
as King

Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Patron / Police Sergeant

The Vice
1999
as Nigel Wingrave

Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Malachi McBean

Bramwell
1995
as Ronald Kennedy

Strangers
1978
as Nose Treacy

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Carson

Sherwood
2022
as Mickey Sparrow

The Play on One
1988
as Greg

Murder in Suburbia
2004
as Bill Jackson

Porridge
1974
as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Jovius

The Good Karma Hospital
2017
as Paul Smart

Funland
2005
as Leo Finch

The Queen
2009
as Harold Wilson

Murder, They Hope
2021
as Phil

Pennies from Heaven
1978
as Dave

The Sins
2000
as Mickey Thomas

Avoidance
2022
as Peter

The Chase
2006
as Frank Jones

Crooked House
2008
as Joseph Bloxham

Bad Move
2017
as Ken

Trust
2003
as James

Boomers
2014
as Alan

Raised by Wolves
2015
as Grampy
London
2004
as Samuel Pepys

The Ambassador
1998

The Window
2021
as Martin Dewsbury
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Geoffrey

Place of Execution
2008
as Old George Bennett
The Last Salute
1998
as Leonard Spanwick

Black Hearts in Battersea
1995
as Eustace Buckle

Isolation Stories
2020
as Peter

Fanny Hill
2007
as Mr. Croft

Sugartown
2011
Movies (73)

The Best Offer
2013
as Fred

Brassed Off
1996
as Jim

My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Roger Smith

The Opium War
1997
as 船长怀特

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Burkinshaw

Peterloo
2018
as John Knight

Little Voice
1998
as George

City State
2011
as William

Rogue Male
1976
as 1st Seaman

Spike Island
2012
as Mr. Jackson

Ragged
2013
as Prison Governor

Keep an Eye on Albert
1975
as Tarpy

Grow Your Own
2007
as Big John

Cousin Bette
1998
as De Wissembourg

Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001
as Lonnie Urquart

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as William

The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Andrew Merry-Lees

What Rats Won't Do
1998

Scum
1979
as Mr Greaves

Believe
2013
as Bob

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Alfred Roberts

Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003
as Logan

I Want Candy
2007
as Stephen, Joe's Dad

Fanny Hill
2007
as Mr. Croft

The Best Man
2005
as Mr. Barker

High Hopes
1989
as Martin Burke

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot

The Intended
2002
as Norton

Stars in Shorts
2012
as Trevor

Girls' Night
1998
as Dave Simpson

Cruise of the Gods
2002
as Hugh Bispham
Rat in the Skull
1987
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris

Second Nature
2003
as Lawrence Augenblick

Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault

Games Without Frontiers
1980
as Clive

Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
as Alan

Margaret
2009
as Bernard Ingham

Thacker
1992
as Ben Royce

Coogan's Runner
2003
as Self

Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
as Stan

The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Voice of Grand Lunar

A Pattern of Roses
1983
as Builder

Friend Request Pending
2011
as Trevor

The Peacock
2023
as Lord Hamish

Above the Clouds
2018
as William

Pressure
1976
as 2nd CID Officer

Afternoon Off
1979
as Bernard

Pasmore
1980
as Colin Pasmore

Crime and Punishment
2002
as Marmaladov

Your Move
2023
as Mikey

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Willis

The Last Dance
1993
as Police Inspector

On the Palm
1987
as Dawlish

The Dark Room
1988
as Greg
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
as Stan Eastwood

Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self

The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
True Love (Once Removed)
as Bus driver

The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988
as King

Bad Behavior
1993
as Howard Spink

Shakespeare or Bust
1973
as Hippie

Around The World In 80 Days
2000
as Inspector Fix (voice)

Pig Bin
1974
as Ken

The Pigeon Fancier
1971
as Harry

Blooming Youth
1973
as Jeff
Bumps
2020
as Howard

Patrick's Day
2014
as John Freeman

Our Boy
1998
as DS Yorke

A Passage to Wisbech
1986
as Narrator
Von Trapped
2004
as Torsten

Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Denny

Glamour Night
1985
as Bob

A Little Outing
1977
as Geoff
About 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 Q… With 141 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Philip Jackson has appeared in 73 films and 68 TV shows.
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Most Popular Philip Jackson Movies
- The Best Offer (2013) — as Fred
- Brassed Off (1996) — as Jim
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) — as Roger Smith
- The Opium War (1997) — as 船长怀特
- The Fourth Protocol (1987) — as Burkinshaw
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