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