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
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as General Wilkes
RoboCop (2014)
as Dr. Alan
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
as Reverend
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
as The General
Fly Away Home (1996)
as Air Force Reporter
P2 (2007)
as Karl
The Man (2005)
as Internal Affairs Agent
The Perfect Man (2005)
as English Teacher
Iceman (1984)
as Dr. Vermeil
Pushing Tin (1999)
as Paul
Millennium (1989)
as Briley
F/X2 (1991)
as Detective McQuay
Left Behind (2000)
as Alan Tompkins
Switching Channels (1988)
as Guard
The Stupids (1996)
as Henchman #1
The Ref (1994)
as State Trooper
Mistrial (1996)
as Foreman
How to Deal (2003)
Actor
Shock-Trauma (1982)
as Sam Hooker
Covergirl (1984)
as Cairo
Blue Monkey (1987)
as Anthony Rivers
Stella (1990)
as Police Officer
Mafia Doctor (2003)
as Dr. Lawrence
The Skulls III (2004)
as Captain Harlan
Nightstick (1987)
as Price
Married to It (1991)
as Limo Driver
Bottom Feeder (2007)
as Sarge
Love, of Course (2018)
as Edward Seton
...First Do No Harm (1997)
Actor
One Tough Cop (1998)
as Inspector Cheney
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
as Kofi Annan
Color of Justice (1997)
as New York Assistant D.A
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
as ESU lieutenant
The Judge (2001)
as Mel Paroff
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Harvey
Pretend You Don't See Her (2002)
as Witness Protection Agent
Custody of the Heart (2000)
as Police Officer
The Don's Analyst (1997)
as Dr. Lustig
Christmas Eve (1986)
as Mays
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
as Cabbie
To Love, Honor, & Betray (1999)
as Det. Gonda
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as OB-Gyn doctor
The Wrong Girl (1999)
as Police Detective Jacobs
Running (1979)
as Chuck Stone
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)
as Det. Arthur Brown
The Red Sneakers (2002)
as Mr. Seabrooke
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
as George
Terror on Track 9 (1992)
as Reporter #2
Liar, Liar (1993)
as Dr. Kerr
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999)
as Desk Sargeant
P.T. Barnum (1999)
as Jeremiah
The Haunting of Lisa (1996)
as Sgt. Hill
Airborne (1998)
Actor
Down in the Delta (1998)
as Manager
One True Love (2000)
as Mark
Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000)
as Police Spokesman
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (2009)
as Jules Grandfield
The Conspiracy of Fear (1996)
as Patterson
Pretty Kill (1987)
as Joey
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
as Det. Lewis Cook
Hitched (2001)
as Judge
Easy Prey (1986)
as Blair
One Kill (2000)
as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Burnt Toast (2005)
as Lou
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
as Richard
Love Rules! (2004)
as The Minister
Blackout (2001)
as First Official
Everybody's Doing It (2002)
as Principal Kerr
Range of Motion (2000)
as Flozell
Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
as Judge Gleason
The High Price of Passion (1986)
as Locksmith
Improper Channels (1981)
as Motorcycle Cop
Talk to Me (1996)
as Public Defender
Deadline (1980)
as Student #1
Highlander: Unholy Alliance (1994)
as Charlie DeSalvo
Search and Destroy (1979)
as Rosie Washington
Absolution (2006)
as Dr. Mitch Powell
A Far Cry From Home (1981)
Actor