Philip Akin
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force. Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra. In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan. Akin first came to prominence in the early 1980s when he performed on the zany comedy series Bizarre. Other recognizable roles include computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in Highlander: The Series has also brought him much recognition. In Shake Hands with the Devil he portrays Kofi Annan, then United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. In 2007, Akin will be performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a prestigious summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He is cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Othello, and also in the role of Crooks in the Festival’s rendition of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Phil Akin can also be seen in a long list of guest appearances on television series filmed in Canada, for example: F/X: The Series, Mutant X, and most recently, Flashpoint (2008). Akin is a founding member and currently the Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprising seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Akin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
RoboCop (2014)
as Dr. Alan
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as General Wilkes
P2 (2007)
as Karl
Iceman (1984)
as Dr. Vermeil
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
as Reverend
Nightstick (1987)
as Price
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
as The General
Mistrial (1996)
as Foreman
Switching Channels (1988)
as Guard
Goosebumps: Chillogy (1998)
as Bob Erikson
Fly Away Home (1996)
as Air Force Reporter
The Perfect Man (2005)
as English Teacher
Pushing Tin (1999)
as Paul
Bottom Feeder (2007)
as Sarge
The Man (2005)
as Internal Affairs Agent
Covergirl (1984)
as Cairo
Left Behind (2000)
as Alan Tompkins
Love, of Course (2018)
as Edward Seton
Mafia Doctor (2003)
as Dr. Lawrence
The Ref (1994)
as State Trooper
To Love, Honor, & Betray (1999)
as Det. Gonda
F/X2 (1991)
as Detective McQuay
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
as Kofi Annan
Shock-Trauma (1982)
as Sam Hooker
Pretend You Don't See Her (2002)
as Witness Protection Agent
The Stupids (1996)
as Henchman #1
Stella (1990)
as Police Officer
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000)
as Detective Albany
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as OB-Gyn Doctor
How to Deal (2003)
Actor
The Haunting of Lisa (1996)
as Sgt. Hill
The Red Sneakers (2002)
as Mr. Seabrooke
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999)
as Desk Sargeant
Custody of the Heart (2000)
as Police Officer
Millennium (1989)
as Briley
One True Love (2000)
as Mark
Everybody's Doing It (2002)
as Principal Kerr
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Harvey
Blue Monkey (1987)
as Anthony Rivers
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)
as Det. Arthur Brown
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
as ESU lieutenant
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (2009)
as Jules Grandfield
The Skulls III (2004)
as Captain Harlan
...First Do No Harm (1997)
Actor
The Don's Analyst (1997)
as Dr. Lustig
The Judge (2001)
as Mel Paroff
Deadline (1980)
as Student #1
One Tough Cop (1998)
as Inspector Cheney
Love Rules! (2004)
as The Minister
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
as Lewis Cook
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
as Cabbie
Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000)
as Police Spokesman
Range of Motion (2000)
as Flozell
The High Price of Passion (1986)
as Locksmith
Down in the Delta (1998)
as Manager
Running (1979)
as Chuck Stone
The Wrong Girl (1999)
as Police Detective Jacobs
Absolution (2006)
as Dr. Mitch Powell
P.T. Barnum (1999)
as Jeremiah
Color of Justice (1997)
as New York Assistant D.A
One Kill (2000)
as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
as Judge Gleason
Married to It (1991)
as Limo Driver
Christmas Eve (1986)
as Mays
Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
The Conspiracy of Fear (1996)
as Patterson
Terror on Track 9 (1992)
as Reporter #2
Search and Destroy (1979)
as Rosie Washington
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
as George
Airborne (1998)
Actor
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
as Richard
Liar, Liar (1993)
as Dr. Kerr
Talk to Me (1996)
as Public Defender
Burnt Toast (2005)
as Lou
Highlander: Unholy Alliance (1994)
as Charlie DeSalvo
Improper Channels (1981)
as Motorcycle Cop
Pretty Kill (1987)
as Joey
Blackout (2001)
as First Official
Easy Prey (1986)
as Blair
A Far Cry From Home (1981)
Actor
Hitched (2001)
as Judge