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 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"
Born: 18 June 1948
Played In
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Jan 2026
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
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Nov 2024
The Day of the Jackal
Trevor
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Mar 2023
Your Move
Mikey
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Mar 2023
The Peacock
Lord Hamish
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Jun 2022
Sherwood
Mickey Sparrow
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Jun 2022
Avoidance
Peter
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Nov 2021
The Window
Martin Dewsbury
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May 2021
Murder, They Hope
Phil
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Oct 2020
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
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May 2020
Isolation Stories
Peter
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Feb 2020
Bumps
Howard
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Nov 2018
Peterloo
John Knight
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Oct 2018
Above the Clouds
William
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Feb 2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Chamberlain
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Sep 2017
Bad Move
Ken
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Feb 2017
The Good Karma Hospital
Paul Smart
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Mar 2015
Raised by Wolves
Grampy
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Aug 2014
Boomers
Alan
Movie
Mar 2014
Patrick's Day
John Freeman
Movie
Oct 2013
Believe
Bob
Movie
Jun 2013
Ragged
Prison Governor
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Jan 2013
The Best Offer
Fred
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Oct 2012
Spike Island
Mr. Jackson
Movie
Sep 2012
Stars in Shorts
Trevor
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Sep 2012
Cuckoo
Tony
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Apr 2012
Playhouse Presents
Prison Governor
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Nov 2011
My Week with Marilyn
Roger Smith
TV Show
Oct 2011
Death in Paradise
David Witton
TV Show
Oct 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Movie
Oct 2011
City State
William
Movie
Oct 2011
Friend Request Pending
Trevor
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Jul 2011
Sugartown
Movie
Oct 2010
The First Men in the Moon
Voice of Grand Lunar
TV Show
Nov 2009
The Queen
Harold Wilson
TV Show
Sep 2009
Home Time
Roy Jacks
Movie
Mar 2009
Margaret
Bernard Ingham
TV Show
Dec 2008
Crooked House
Joseph Bloxham
TV Show
Sep 2008
Place of Execution
Old George Bennett
Movie
Jun 2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Alfred Roberts
Movie
Oct 2007
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
TV Show
Oct 2007
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
Movie
Jun 2007
Grow Your Own
Big John
Movie
Mar 2007
I Want Candy
Stephen, Joe's Dad
TV Show
Sep 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Jovius
TV Show
Jul 2006
The Chase
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Jul 2006
The Chase
Frank Jones
Movie
Dec 2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
William
TV Show
Oct 2005
Funland
Leo Finch
Movie
Jul 2005
The Best Man
Mr. Barker
Movie
Sep 2004
Von Trapped
Torsten
TV Show
May 2004
London
Samuel Pepys
TV Show
Mar 2004
Murder in Suburbia
Bill Jackson
TV Show
Feb 2004
Hustle
Arthur Bond
TV Show
Jan 2004
Shameless
Barry
TV Show
Jan 2004
New Tricks
Movie
Oct 2003
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Logan
TV Show
Sep 2003
Little Britain
Movie
Jun 2003
Second Nature
Lawrence Augenblick
Movie
Jun 2003
Coogan's Runner
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Trust
James
Movie
Dec 2002
Cruise of the Gods
Hugh Bispham
TV Show
Oct 2002
Foyle's War
Alan Carter
Movie
Jun 2002
The Intended
Norton
Movie
Feb 2002
Crime and Punishment
Marmaladov
Movie
Sep 2001
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Lonnie Urquart
Movie
Dec 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Willis
TV Show
Oct 2000
The Sins
Mickey Thomas
TV Show
May 2000
Black Cab
Robert
Movie
Jan 2000
Around The World In 80 Days
Inspector Fix (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1999
The Vice
Nigel Wingrave
Movie
Nov 1998
Little Voice
George
Movie
Jul 1998
What Rats Won't Do
Movie
Jun 1998
Girls' Night
Dave Simpson
Movie
Jun 1998
Cousin Bette
De Wissembourg
TV Show
Mar 1998
The Last Salute
Leonard Spanwick
Movie
Feb 1998
Our Boy
DS Yorke
TV Show
Jan 1998
The Ambassador
Movie
Jun 1997
The Opium War
船长怀特
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Daniel Snape
Movie
Nov 1996
Brassed Off
Jim
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
TV Show
Dec 1995
Black Hearts in Battersea
Eustace Buckle
TV Show
May 1995
Bramwell
Ronald Kennedy
TV Show
Mar 1995
Hamish Macbeth
Malachi McBean
TV Show
Dec 1994
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
TV Show
Jul 1994
Downwardly Mobile
Movie
Dec 1993
The Last Dance
Police Inspector
Movie
Aug 1993
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Stan Eastwood
Movie
May 1993
Bad Behavior
Howard Spink
TV Show
Dec 1992
A Touch of Frost
Sergent Sharpe
TV Show
Dec 1992
A Touch of Frost
D.S. Sharpe
Movie
Apr 1992
Thacker
Ben Royce
TV Show
Apr 1992
Heartbeat
Ken Marsden
TV Show
Apr 1992
Heartbeat
Brian Simpson
TV Show
Nov 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Patron
TV Show
Nov 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Police Sergeant
Movie
Jan 1989
High Hopes
Martin Burke
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Assistant Commissioner Japp
Movie
May 1988
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
King
TV Show
May 1988
The Storyteller
King
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Jan 1988
The Dark Room
Greg
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Play on One
Greg
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Jun 1987
Lizzie's Pictures
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Apr 1987
On the Palm
Dawlish
Movie
Mar 1987
The Fourth Protocol
Burkinshaw
Movie
Jan 1987
Rat in the Skull
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
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Sep 1986
Casualty
Rob Royson
Movie
Apr 1986
A Passage to Wisbech
Narrator
Movie
Oct 1985
The Doctor and the Devils
Andrew Merry-Lees
Movie
Jul 1985
Glamour Night
Bob
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Dawlish
Movie
Nov 1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Alan
Movie
Apr 1984
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
TV Show
Apr 1984
Robin of Sherwood
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Movie
Dec 1983
A Pattern of Roses
Builder
Movie
Mar 1982
Pocketful of Dreams
Denny
Movie
Oct 1980
Pasmore
Colin Pasmore
TV Show
Jul 1980
Sounding Brass
Arthur Mannion
Movie
May 1980
Games Without Frontiers
Clive
Movie
Sep 1979
Scum
Mr Greaves
TV Show
May 1979
Two Up, Two Down
TV Show
Mar 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
George Forester
Movie
Feb 1979
Afternoon Off
Bernard
TV Show
Jul 1978
Leave it to Charlie
Geoffrey
TV Show
Jun 1978
Strangers
Nose Treacy
TV Show
Mar 1978
Pennies from Heaven
Dave
TV Show
Feb 1978
Life at Stake
Mallison
Movie
Oct 1977
A Little Outing
Geoff
TV Show
Sep 1977
For the Love of Albert
TV Show
Dec 1976
Brensham People
Jeremy Briggs
Movie
Nov 1976
Pressure
2nd CID Officer
Movie
Sep 1976
Rogue Male
1st Seaman
Movie
Apr 1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
Movie
Jan 1976
Well Thank You, Thursday
Stan
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Jan 1976
Red Letter Day
Stan
Movie
Nov 1975
Keep an Eye on Albert
Tarpy
TV Show
Dec 1974
Churchill's People
Boatman
Movie
Oct 1974
Pig Bin
Ken
TV Show
Sep 1974
Porridge
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
TV Show
Mar 1974
Playhouse
Clive
TV Show
Mar 1974
Playhouse
Denny
TV Show
Oct 1973
Second City Firsts
Ken
TV Show
Sep 1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Carson
Movie
Jun 1973
Blooming Youth
Jeff
Movie
Jan 1973
Shakespeare or Bust
Hippie
TV Show
Jan 1973
Last of the Summer Wine
Gordon
Movie
Dec 1971
The Pigeon Fancier
Harry
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Colin Pasmore
TV Show
Oct 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Thompson
Movie
True Love (Once Removed)
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