Philip Glenister
Biography
Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes. He also played DCI William Bell in State of Play (2003) and Reverend Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018). Glenister was born on 10 February 1963 in Harrow, Middlesex, and grew up in Hatch End. He is the son of director John Glenister and Joan Fry Lewis, and the younger brother of fellow actor Robert Glenister. He attended Hatch End High School.…
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Filmography
Acting (97)
Movies (29)
Sheene
2023as Narrator (voice)
Just in Case
2021as Mark
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019as Pierce Brosnan
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
2013as Narrator
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
2013as Sir William Boyd-Carrington
Tales of Television Centre
2012as Self
Bel Ami
2012as Charles Forestier
Treasure Island
2012as Captain Smollett
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
2011as Narrator
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010as Poker Friend
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009as Himself
Tu£sday
2008as Earp
The End of 'Life on Mars'
2007as Self
Kingdom of Heaven
2005as Squire
The Walk
2005as Eddie
Calendar Girls
2003as Lawrence Sertain
Lloyd & Hill
2003as Daniel Lloyd
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003as William Strafford
Byron
2003as William Fletcher
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001as Hobbs
Hornblower: Retribution
2001as Gunner Hobbs
The Perfect Blue
1998as Tom
Sharpe's Justice
1997as Matt Truman
Sharpe: The Legend
1997as Truman
True Love
1996as Phil
I.D.
1995as Charlie
Loved Up
1995as Ray
A Fatal Inversion
1992as Young Detective
London Kills Me
1991as Suited Man
Television (68)
The Lady
2026as DCI Jim Dickie
Bergerac
2025as Arthur Wakefield
After the Flood
2024as Jack Radcliffe
Steeltown Murders
2023as DCI Paul Bethell
Remembers…
2022as Self
Carthago
2022as Lord James Davidson
Foundation
2021as Commdor Argo
Belgravia
2020as James Trenchard
DNA Journey
2019as Self
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
2019as Betty Spud
What The Killer Did Next
2019as Self - Host
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017as Self - Contestant
Urban Myths
2017as Kev Wells
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017as Self
Living the Dream
2017as Mal Pemberton
Outcast
2016as Reverend Anderson
The Level
2016as Frank Le Saux
Inside No. 9
2014as Craig
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Prey
2014as David Murdoch
From There to Here
2014as Daniel
For the Love of Cars
2014as Himself
Big School
2013as Mr Gunn
The Hollow Crown
2012as Talbot
Treasure Island
2012as Captain Smollett
Mad Dogs
2011as Quinn
Hidden
2011as Harry Venn
The Secret Life of the National Grid
2010as Narrator (Voice)
Eyewitness
2010
Demons
2009as Rupert Galvin
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009as Self
Lost Land of the Volcano
2009as Self - Narrator
The Secret Life of the Airport
2009as Narrator
Ashes to Ashes
2008as Gene Hunt
Cranford
2007as Mr Carter
The Secret Life of the motorway
2007as Narrator (Voice)
The One Show
2006as Self
Life on Mars
2006as Gene Hunt
Legends
2006as Self - Narrator (voice)
New Street Law
2006
Last Rights
2005as John Speers
Vincent
2005
The Stepfather
2005as Dougie Molloy
Island at War
2004as Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten
State of Play
2003as DCI William Bell
Top Gear
2002as Self
Clocking Off
2000as James 'Mack' Mackintosh
Clocking Off
2000as James 'Mack' Mackintosh
The Vice
1999
Hornblower
1998as Gunner Hobbs
Vanity Fair
1998as William Dobbin
Roger Roger
1998as Phil
Silent Witness
1996
My Wonderful Life
1996as Phil
Frontiers
1996as DS Danny Curtis
Soccer AM
1995as Self
Law and Disorder
1994
GMTV
1993as Self
The Detectives
1993as Uniformed Officer
Heartbeat
1992as Julian Cantley
Blue Heaven
1992as Paul Twice
The Chief
1990as Angus Shadwell
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Sir William Boyd Carrington
This Morning
1988as Self
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987as Brian Gregson
Bergerac
1981as Philip
Minder
1979as Greg Hunter
Crew (1)
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