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