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"
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Daniel Snape
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Assistant Commissioner Japp
Death in Paradise
David Witton
Silent Witness
Casualty
Rob Royson
Foyle's War
Alan Carter
The Day of the Jackal
Trevor
BBC Play of the Month
Thompson
Play for Today
Colin Pasmore
Tales of the Unexpected
George Forester
Heartbeat
Ken Marsden
Heartbeat
Brian Simpson
Playhouse
Clive
Playhouse
Denny
Shameless
Barry
New Tricks
Last of the Summer Wine
Gordon
Hustle
Arthur Bond
A Touch of Frost
Sergent Sharpe
A Touch of Frost
D.S. Sharpe
Little Britain
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Chamberlain
The Storyteller
King
Robin of Sherwood
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Cuckoo
Tony
Murder Most Horrid
Patron
Murder Most Horrid
Police Sergeant
Hamish Macbeth
Malachi McBean
Churchill's People
Boatman
Sherwood
Mickey Sparrow
The Good Karma Hospital
Paul Smart
Porridge
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
The Gentle Touch
The Vice
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Jovius
Scum
Mr Greaves
Murder in Suburbia
Murder, They Hope
Phil
Girls' Night
Dave Simpson
The Queen
Harold Wilson
Bramwell
Ronald Kennedy
My Week with Marilyn
Roger Smith
The Window
Martin Dewsbury
Thacker
Ben Royce
Pennies from Heaven
Dave
Funland
The Best Offer
Fred
I Want Candy
Stephen, Joe's Dad
Boomers
Alan
Above the Clouds
William
Bad Move
Ken
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
The Ambassador
Avoidance
Peter
Pig Bin
Ken
Crooked House
Joseph Bloxham
The Sins
Mickey Thomas
Raised by Wolves
Grampy
The Chase
Spike Island
Mr. Jackson
The Intended
Norton
London
Samuel Pepys
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
Isolation Stories
Peter
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
The Fourth Protocol
Burkinshaw
Two Up, Two Down
Brassed Off
Jim
Place of Execution
Old George Bennett
The Best Man
Mr. Barker
Cousin Bette
De Wissembourg
Ragged
Prison Governor
Leave it to Charlie
Geoffrey
Little Voice
George
Stars in Shorts
Trevor
Second Nature
Lawrence Augenblick
The Last Salute
Leonard Spanwick
Friend Request Pending
Trevor
Peterloo
John Knight
The Opium War
Captain White
Black Cab
Robert
Home Time
Roy Jacks
Sugartown
Margaret
Bernard Ingham
What Rats Won't Do
The First Men in the Moon
Voice of Grand Lunar
Shakespeare or Bust
Hippie
High Hopes
Martin Burke
Downwardly Mobile
Pasmore
Colin Pasmore
Black Hearts in Battersea
Eustace Buckle
Cruise of the Gods
Hugh Bispham
Believe
Bob
The Doctor and the Devils
Andrew Merry-Lees
Grow Your Own
Big John
A Little Trip to Heaven
William
Rogue Male
1st Seaman
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Alan
Pressure
2nd CID Officer
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Willis
Afternoon Off
Bernard
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Lonnie Urquart
The Peacock
Lord Hamish
Crime and Punishment
Marmaladov
Bumps
Howard
Lizzie's Pictures
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Alfred Roberts
City State
William
True Love (Once Removed)
Bus driver
Coogan's Runner
Self
On the Palm
Dawlish
Rat in the Skull
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
Your Move
Mikey
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Stan Eastwood
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
King
The Last Dance
Police Inspector
A Pattern of Roses
Builder
A Little Outing
Geoff
Glamour Night
Bob
Bad Behavior
Howard Spink
Von Trapped
Torsten
Our Boy
DS Yorke
Keep an Eye on Albert
Tarpy
Games Without Frontiers
Clive
Blooming Youth
Jeff
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Pocketful of Dreams
Denny
Well Thank You, Thursday
Stan
Around The World In 80 Days
Inspector Fix (voice)
The Dark Room
Greg
The Pigeon Fancier
Harry
Patrick's Day
John Freeman
A Passage to Wisbech
Narrator
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant