Philip Jackson

Actor Jun 18 (age 77) Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 1965–2026 (61 year career)

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Biography

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 Po…

Known For

Film

The Best Offer

Fred

Film

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Film

My Week with Marilyn

Roger Smith

Film

Brassed Off

Jim

Film

Scum

Mr Greaves

Film

Peterloo

John Knight

Film

Little Voice

George

Film

Robin of Sherwood

Abbot Hugo de Rainault

Filmography

Acting (137)

Movies (73)

Becoming Victoria Wood

as Self

The Peacock

as Lord Hamish

Your Move

as Mikey

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

2020

as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot

6.7

Bumps

2020

as Howard

Peterloo

as John Knight

Above the Clouds

as William

Patrick's Day

as John Freeman

The Best Offer

as Fred

Believe

as Bob

Ragged

as Prison Governor

Stars in Shorts

as Trevor

Spike Island

as Mr. Jackson

My Week with Marilyn

as Roger Smith

City State

as William

Friend Request Pending

2011

as Trevor

7.7

The First Men in the Moon

2010

as Voice of Grand Lunar

5.6

Margaret

2009

as Bernard Ingham

5.8

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

2008

as Alfred Roberts

6.8

I Want Candy

2007

as Stephen, Joe's Dad

Fanny Hill

as Mr. Croft

Grow Your Own

as Big John

The Best Man

as Mr. Barker

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005

as William

5.4

Von Trapped

2004

as Torsten

Second Nature

2003

as Lawrence Augenblick

4.7

Coogan's Runner

2003

as Self

The Intended

as Norton

Crime and Punishment

as Marmaladov

Cruise of the Gods

as Hugh Bispham

Mike Bassett: England Manager

2001

as Lonnie Urquart

7.0

Around The World In 80 Days

2000

as Inspector Fix (voice)

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Willis

Girls' Night

as Dave Simpson

Our Boy

as DS Yorke

Cousin Bette

as De Wissembourg

Little Voice

as George

What Rats Won't Do

The Opium War

as Captain White

Brassed Off

as Jim

Bad Behavior

as Howard Spink

15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight

as Stan Eastwood

The Last Dance

as Police Inspector

Thacker

as Ben Royce

High Hopes

1989

as Martin Burke

7.1

The Third Floor Flat

1989

as Chief Inspector Japp

The Dark Room

1988

as Greg

The Storyteller: The Luck Child

1988

as King

Rat in the Skull

1987

as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris

The Fourth Protocol

1987

as Burkinshaw

6.3

On the Palm

1987

as Dawlish

A Passage to Wisbech

1986

as Narrator

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

as Andrew Merry-Lees

6.2

Glamour Night

1985

as Bob

Give My Regards to Broad Street

1984

as Alan

5.0

Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer

1984

as Abbot Hugo de Rainault

A Pattern of Roses

1983

as Builder

5.0

Pocketful of Dreams

1982

as Denny

Games Without Frontiers

1980

as Clive

Pasmore

1980

as Colin Pasmore

Scum

1979

as Mr Greaves

7.1

Afternoon Off

1979

as Bernard

A Little Outing

1977

as Geoff

Rogue Male

as 1st Seaman

Pressure

as 2nd CID Officer

Well Thank You, Thursday

1976

as Stan

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976

Keep an Eye on Albert

1975

as Tarpy

Pig Bin

1974

as Ken

Shakespeare or Bust

1973

as Hippie

Blooming Youth

1973

as Jeff

The Pigeon Fancier

1971

as Harry

True Love (Once Removed)

as Bus driver

Television (64)

The Day of the Jackal

as Trevor

Sherwood

as Mickey Sparrow

Avoidance

as Peter

Murder, They Hope

as Phil

The Window

as Martin Dewsbury

Isolation Stories

as Peter

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

2018

as Chamberlain

7.3

The Good Karma Hospital

as Paul Smart

Bad Move

as Ken

Raised by Wolves

as Grampy

Boomers

as Alan

Playhouse Presents

as Prison Governor

Cuckoo

as Tony

Death in Paradise

as David Witton

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Sugartown

The Queen

as Harold Wilson

Home Time

as Roy Jacks

Crooked House

as Joseph Bloxham

Place of Execution

as Old George Bennett

7.0

Fanny Hill

2007

as Mr. Croft

7.2

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Jovius

The Chase

Funland

Shameless

as Barry

New Tricks

Hustle

as Arthur Bond

Murder in Suburbia

London

as Samuel Pepys

Little Britain

Foyle's War

as Alan Carter

Black Cab

as Robert

Sins

as Mickey Thomas

The Vice

The Ambassador

The Last Salute

as Leonard Spanwick

Midsomer Murders

as Daniel Snape

Silent Witness

Hamish Macbeth

as Malachi McBean

Bramwell

as Ronald Kennedy

Black Hearts in Battersea

1995

as Eustace Buckle

The Wimbledon Poisoner

1994

as Detective Inspector Russell Rush

Downwardly Mobile

A Touch of Frost

as Sergent Sharpe

Heartbeat

as Ken Marsden

Murder Most Horrid

as Patron

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

The Storyteller

as King

Lizzie's Pictures

Casualty

as Rob Royson

Robin of Sherwood

as Abbot Hugo de Rainault

7.6

The Gentle Touch

1980

6.9

Tales of the Unexpected

as George Forester

Two Up, Two Down

Strangers

as Nose Treacy

Leave it to Charlie

as Geoffrey

Pennies from Heaven

as Dave

Playhouse

as Clive

Churchill's People

as Boatman

Porridge

as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley

8.1

Last of the Summer Wine

as Gordon

Play for Today

as Colin Pasmore

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Thompson

5.0