Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Movie
as Self
Philip Jackson
1948-06-18
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Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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"
Filmography
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · TV Show
as Trevor
Your Move
2023 · Movie
as Mikey
The Peacock
2023 · Movie
as Lord Hamish
Sherwood
2022 · TV Show
as Mickey Sparrow
Avoidance
2022 · TV Show
as Peter
The Window
2021 · TV Show
as Martin Dewsbury
Murder, They Hope
2021 · TV Show
as Phil
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020 · Movie
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
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Bumps
2020 · Movie
as Howard
Isolation Stories
2020 · TV Show
as Peter
Peterloo
2018 · Movie
as John Knight
Above the Clouds
2018 · Movie
as William
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · TV Show
as Chamberlain
The Good Karma Hospital
2017 · TV Show
as Paul Smart
Bad Move
2017 · TV Show
as Ken
Raised by Wolves
2015 · TV Show
as Grampy
Patrick's Day
2014 · Movie
as John Freeman
Boomers
2014 · TV Show
as Alan
The Best Offer
2013 · Movie
as Fred
Believe
2013 · Movie
as Bob
Ragged
2013 · Movie
as Prison Governor
Spike Island
2012 · Movie
as Mr. Jackson
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Movie
as Trevor
Cuckoo
2012 · TV Show
as Tony
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV Show
as Prison Governor
My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Movie
as Roger Smith
City State
2011 · Movie
as William
Friend Request Pending
2011 · Movie
as Trevor
Sugartown
2011 · TV Show
Death in Paradise
2011 · TV Show
as David Witton
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV Show
as Self - Participant
The First Men in the Moon
2010 · Movie
as Voice of Grand Lunar
Margaret
2009 · Movie
as Bernard Ingham
Home Time
2009 · TV Show
as Roy Jacks
The Queen
2009 · TV Show
as Harold Wilson
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008 · Movie
as Alfred Roberts
Place of Execution
2008 · TV Show
as Old George Bennett
Crooked House
2008 · TV Show
as Joseph Bloxham
Fanny Hill
2007 · Movie
as Mr. Croft
Grow Your Own
2007 · Movie
as Big John
I Want Candy
2007 · Movie
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
Fanny Hill
2007 · TV Show
as Mr. Croft
The Chase
2006 · TV Show
as Frank Jones
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · TV Show
as Jovius
The Best Man
2005 · Movie
as Mr. Barker
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Movie
as William
Funland
2005 · TV Show
as Leo Finch
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Von Trapped
2004 · Movie
as Torsten
Hustle
2004 · TV Show
as Arthur Bond
New Tricks
2004 · TV Show
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London
2004 · TV Show
as Samuel Pepys
Shameless
2004 · TV Show
as Barry
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · TV Show
as Bill Jackson
Second Nature
2003 · Movie
as Lawrence Augenblick
Coogan's Runner
2003 · Movie
as Self
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003 · Movie
as Logan
Little Britain
2003 · TV Show
Trust
2003 · TV Show
as James
Crime and Punishment
2002 · Movie
as Marmaladov
Cruise of the Gods
2002 · Movie
as Hugh Bispham
The Intended
2002 · Movie
as Norton
Foyle's War
2002 · TV Show
as Alan Carter
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001 · Movie
as Lonnie Urquart
Around The World In 80 Days
2000 · Movie
as Inspector Fix (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
as Willis
The Sins
2000 · TV Show
as Mickey Thomas
Black Cab
2000 · TV Show
as Robert
The Vice
1999 · TV Show
as Nigel Wingrave
Girls' Night
1998 · Movie
as Dave Simpson
Little Voice
1998 · Movie
as George
Our Boy
1998 · Movie
as DS Yorke
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Movie
Cousin Bette
1998 · Movie
as De Wissembourg
The Ambassador
1998 · TV Show
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The Last Salute
1998 · TV Show
as Leonard Spanwick
The Opium War
1997 · Movie
as 船长怀特
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
as Daniel Snape
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
as Jim
Silent Witness
1996 · TV Show
as DI Mike Toner
Bramwell
1995 · TV Show
as Ronald Kennedy
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995 · TV Show
as Eustace Buckle
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · TV Show
as Malachi McBean
Downwardly Mobile
1994 · TV Show
The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994 · TV Show
as Detective Inspector Russell Rush
The Last Dance
1993 · Movie
as Police Inspector
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15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993 · Movie
as Stan Eastwood
Bad Behavior
1993 · Movie
as Howard Spink
Thacker
1992 · Movie
as Ben Royce
Heartbeat
1992 · TV Show
as Ken Marsden, Brian Simpson
A Touch of Frost
1992 · TV Show
as Sergent Sharpe, D.S. Sharpe
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV Show
as Patron, Police Sergeant
High Hopes
1989 · Movie
as Martin Burke
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV Show
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp, Assistant Commissioner Japp
The Dark Room
1988 · Movie
as Greg
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988 · Movie
as King
The Storyteller
1988 · TV Show
as King
The Play on One
1988 · TV Show
as Greg
The Fourth Protocol
1987 · Movie
as Burkinshaw
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Rat in the Skull
1987 · Movie
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
On the Palm
1987 · Movie
as Dawlish
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Lizzie's Pictures
1987 · TV Show
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First Sight
1987 · TV Show
as Malcolm
A Passage to Wisbech
1986 · Movie
as Narrator
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
as Rob Royson
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Movie
as Andrew Merry-Lees
Glamour Night
1985 · Movie
as Bob
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
as Dawlish
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984 · Movie
as Alan
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984 · Movie
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · TV Show
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
A Pattern of Roses
1983 · Movie
as Builder
Pocketful of Dreams
1982 · Movie
as Denny
Games Without Frontiers
1980 · Movie
as Clive
Pasmore
1980 · Movie
as Colin Pasmore
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Sounding Brass
1980 · TV Show
as Arthur Mannion
Scum
1979 · Movie
as Mr Greaves
Afternoon Off
1979 · Movie
as Bernard
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Two Up, Two Down
1979 · TV Show
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as George Forester
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · TV Show
as Dave
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Leave it to Charlie
1978 · TV Show
as Geoffrey
Strangers
1978 · TV Show
as Nose Treacy
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Life at Stake
1978 · TV Show
as Mallison
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Pickersgill People
1978 · TV Show
as DC Billy Blincoe
A Little Outing
1977 · Movie
as Geoff
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For the Love of Albert
1977 · TV Show
Don't Forget to Write!
1977 · TV Show
as Norman
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Premiere
1977 · TV Show
as Geoff
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977 · TV Show
as Terry Glover
Rogue Male
1976 · Movie
as 1st Seaman
Pressure
1976 · Movie
as 2nd CID Officer
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976 · Movie
as Stan
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976 · Movie
Red Letter Day
1976 · TV Show
as Stan
Brensham People
1976 · TV Show
as Jeremy Briggs
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975 · Movie
as Tarpy
Pig Bin
1974 · Movie
as Ken
Porridge
1974 · TV Show
as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
as Clive, Denny
Churchill's People
1974 · TV Show
as Boatman
Blooming Youth
1973 · Movie
as Jeff
Shakespeare or Bust
1973 · Movie
as Hippie
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · TV Show
as Gordon
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · TV Show
as Carson
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Second City Firsts
1973 · TV Show
as Ken
The Pigeon Fancier
1971 · Movie
as Harry
Play for Today
1970 · TV Show
as Colin Pasmore
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV Show
as Thompson
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True Love (Once Removed)
· Movie
as Bus driver
