Philip Jackson
Acting
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"
TV Shows(63)
The Day of the Jackal
Trevor
2024
Sherwood
Mickey Sparrow
2022
Avoidance
Peter
2022
The Window
Martin Dewsbury
2021
Murder, They Hope
Phil
2021
Isolation Stories
Peter
2020
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Chamberlain
2018
Bad Move
Ken
2017
The Good Karma Hospital
Paul Smart
2017
Raised by Wolves
Grampy
2015
Boomers
Alan
2014
Cuckoo
Tony
2012
Playhouse Presents
Prison Governor
2012
Death in Paradise
David Witton
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Sugartown
2011
The Queen
Harold Wilson
2009
Home Time
Roy Jacks
2009
Crooked House
Joseph Bloxham
2008
Place of Execution
Old George Bennett
2008
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Jovius
2006
The Chase
2006
Funland
Leo Finch
2005
London
Samuel Pepys
2004
Murder in Suburbia
Bill Jackson
2004
Hustle
Arthur Bond
2004
Shameless
Barry
2004
New Tricks
2004
Little Britain
2003
Foyle's War
Alan Carter
2002
The Sins
Mickey Thomas
2000
Black Cab
Robert
2000
The Vice
1999
The Last Salute
Leonard Spanwick
1998
The Ambassador
1998
Midsomer Murders
Daniel Snape
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Black Hearts in Battersea
Eustace Buckle
1995
Bramwell
Ronald Kennedy
1995
Hamish Macbeth
Malachi McBean
1995
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
1994
Downwardly Mobile
1994
A Touch of Frost
Sergent Sharpe
1992
Heartbeat
Ken Marsden
1992
Murder Most Horrid
Patron
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
1989
The Storyteller
King
1988
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Casualty
Rob Royson
1986
Robin of Sherwood
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
The Gentle Touch
1980
Two Up, Two Down
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
George Forester
1979
Leave it to Charlie
Geoffrey
1978
Strangers
Nose Treacy
1978
Pennies from Heaven
Dave
1978
Churchill's People
Boatman
1974
Porridge
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
1974
Playhouse
Clive
1974
Last of the Summer Wine
Gordon
1973
Play for Today
Colin Pasmore
1970
BBC Play of the Month
Thompson
1965
Movies(73)
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
2026
Your Move
Mikey
2023
The Peacock
Lord Hamish
2023
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
2020
Bumps
Howard
2020
Peterloo
John Knight
2018
Above the Clouds
William
2018
Patrick's Day
John Freeman
2014
Believe
Bob
2013
Ragged
Prison Governor
2013
The Best Offer
Fred
2013
Spike Island
Mr. Jackson
2012
Stars in Shorts
Trevor
2012
My Week with Marilyn
Roger Smith
2011
City State
William
2011
Friend Request Pending
Trevor
2011
The First Men in the Moon
Voice of Grand Lunar
2010
Margaret
Bernard Ingham
2009
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Alfred Roberts
2008
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
Grow Your Own
Big John
2007
I Want Candy
Stephen, Joe's Dad
2007
A Little Trip to Heaven
William
2005
The Best Man
Mr. Barker
2005
Von Trapped
Torsten
2004
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Logan
2003
Second Nature
Lawrence Augenblick
2003
Coogan's Runner
Self
2003
Cruise of the Gods
Hugh Bispham
2002
The Intended
Norton
2002
Crime and Punishment
Marmaladov
2002
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Lonnie Urquart
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Willis
2000
Around The World In 80 Days
Inspector Fix (voice)
2000
Little Voice
George
1998
What Rats Won't Do
1998
Girls' Night
Dave Simpson
1998
Cousin Bette
De Wissembourg
1998
Our Boy
DS Yorke
1998
The Opium War
船长怀特
1997
Brassed Off
Jim
1996
The Last Dance
Police Inspector
1993
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Stan Eastwood
1993
Bad Behavior
Howard Spink
1993
Thacker
Ben Royce
1992
High Hopes
Martin Burke
1989
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
King
1988
The Dark Room
Greg
1988
On the Palm
Dawlish
1987
The Fourth Protocol
Burkinshaw
1987
Rat in the Skull
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
1987
A Passage to Wisbech
Narrator
1986
The Doctor and the Devils
Andrew Merry-Lees
1985
Glamour Night
Bob
1985
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Alan
1984
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
A Pattern of Roses
Builder
1983
Pocketful of Dreams
Denny
1982
Pasmore
Colin Pasmore
1980
Games Without Frontiers
Clive
1980
Scum
Mr Greaves
1979
Afternoon Off
Bernard
1979
A Little Outing
Geoff
1977
Pressure
2nd CID Officer
1976
Rogue Male
1st Seaman
1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
Well Thank You, Thursday
Stan
1976
Keep an Eye on Albert
Tarpy
1975
Pig Bin
Ken
1974
Blooming Youth
Jeff
1973
Shakespeare or Bust
Hippie
1973
The Pigeon Fancier
Harry
1971
True Love (Once Removed)
Bus driver