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