Actor
Philip Jackson
June 18, 1948 · Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
7.8The Best Offer (2013)
as Fred
6.7My Week with Marilyn (2011)
as Roger Smith
8.2The Day of the Jackal (2024)
as Trevor
8.2Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp and as Assistant Commissioner Japp
7.5Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Daniel Snape
7.5Death in Paradise (2011)
as David Witton
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