Philip Akin
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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.
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The Expanse
Craig
Relic Hunter
Budur
Warehouse 13
Principal Hendricks
Highlander: The Series
Charlie DeSalvo
Lost Girl
Tshombe
Goosebumps
Bob Erikson
X-Men
Bishop (voice)
Flashpoint
Mutant X
General Sutton
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Doc
Twice in a Lifetime
Todd
War of the Worlds
Norton Drake
FX: The Series
Tod Rossi
ReGenesis
Wayne MacPherson
Friday the 13th: The Series
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Airborne
Switching Channels
Guard
Mistrial
Foreman
This Is Wonderland
Mr. Johnson
Kevin Hill
Judge Sawyer
Running
Chuck Stone
Cube 2: Hypercube
The General
RoboCop
Dr. Alan
Iceman
Dr. Vermeil
The Sum of All Fears
General Wilkes
P2
Karl
Blackout
First Official
Pretend You Don't See Her
Witness Protection Agent
Puppets Who Kill
Covergirl
Cairo
Highlander: The Raven
Simon Clark
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Reverend
Millennium
Briley
Deep in My Heart
OB-Gyn doctor
Improper Channels
Motorcycle Cop
Nightstick
Price
Love, of Course
Edward Seton
Mafia Doctor
Dr. Lawrence
Pushing Tin
Paul
Hitched
Judge
Pretty Kill
Joey
Ms. Scrooge
George
Stella
Police Officer
The Perfect Man
English Teacher
The Red Sneakers
Mr. Seabrooke
The Man
Second I.A. Agent
Shock-Trauma
Sam Hooker
The Stupids
Henchman #1
Bottom Feeder
Sarge
Caitlin's Way
Caitlin's Way
Mr. Watson
Everybody's Doing It
Principal Kerr
Fly Away Home
Air Force Reporter
Monster Force
Swamp Thing
H2O
U.S. President Monroe
Platinum
Allen
Left Behind
Alan Tompkins
Absolution
Dr. Mitch Powell
F/X2
Detective McQuay
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Det. Gonda
...First Do No Harm
The Skulls III
Captain Harlan
How to Deal
The Wrong Girl
Police Detective Jacobs
One Kill
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Police Spokesman
Shake Hands with the Devil
Kofi Annan
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
ESU lieutenant
The Judge
Mel Paroff
Color of Justice
New York Assistant D.A
One Tough Cop
Inspector Cheney
Custody of the Heart
Police Officer
Married to It
Limo Driver
Liar, Liar
Dr. Kerr
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Desk Sargeant
Blue Monkey
Anthony Rivers
P.T. Barnum
Jeremiah
Down in the Delta
Manager
Nowhere to Hide
Harvey
A Dad for Christmas
Richard
Christmas Eve
Mays
Knights of the South Bronx
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Elvis Meets Nixon
Cabbie
The Conspiracy of Fear
Patterson
The Don's Analyst
Dr. Lustig
The High Price of Passion
Locksmith
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Det. Arthur Brown
Talk to Me
Public Defender
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Det. Lewis Cook
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Jules Grandfield
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
Charlie DeSalvo
Deadline
Student #1
Easy Prey
Blair
Love Rules!
The Minister
Burnt Toast
Lou
Range of Motion
Flozell
Giving Up the Ghost
Judge Gleason
Terror on Track 9
Reporter #2
Search and Destroy
Rosie Washington
The Haunting of Lisa
Sgt. Hill