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...
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Complete Filmography
Your Move
2023
as Mikey
A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation.
The Peacock
2023
as Lord Macintosh
When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend i...
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his de...
Bumps
2020
as Howard
A sixty-two-year-old divorcee with two grown-up children and no sign any grandchildren on the way decides to secretly undergo treatment to have a baby...
Peterloo
2018
as John Knight
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Mancheste...
Above the Clouds
2018
as William
On her 18th birthday, headstrong and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery—the man married to her mother, isn't her father. Recruiting Oz, a ro...
Patrick's Day
2014
as John Freeman
A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate th...
Believe
2013
as Bob
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who co...
Ragged
2013
as Prison Governor
In 1973 Ricky Tomilinson was imprisoned for unlawful assembly and conspiracy when picketing for support in Britain’s first National Building Strike a ...
The Best Offer
2013
as Fred
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his ...
Spike Island
2012
as Mr. Jackson
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Stars In Shorts
2012
as Trevor
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer...
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Roger Smith
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an...
City State
2011
as William
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prost...
Friend Request Pending
2011
as Trevor
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more ...
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Voice of Grand Lunar
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land ...
Margaret
2009
as Bernard Ingham
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990...
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Alfred Roberts
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing...
Fanny Hill
2007
as Mr. Croft
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' ...
Grow Your Own
2007
as Big John
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
I Want Candy
2007
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, w...
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as William
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horr...
The Best Man
2005
as Mr. Barker
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start t...
Von Trapped
2004
as Torsten
Hairdresser Maria is fixated by The Sound of Music - it was the film she saw the night she was jilted 18 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, M...
Second Nature
2003
as Lawrence Augenblick
Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he de...
Coogan's Runner
2003
as Self
Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."
Cruise of the Gods
2002
as Hugh Bispham
Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual off...
The Intended
2002
as Norton
A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and ...
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Marmaladov
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001
as Lonnie Urquart
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the Wo...
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Willis
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Around The World In 80 Days
2000
as Inspector Fix (voice)
Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible c...
Little Voice
1998
as George
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedro...
What Rats Won't Do
1998
Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has...
Girls' Night
1998
as Dave Simpson
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she'...
Cousin Bette
1998
as De Wissembourg
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her ...
Our Boy
1998
as DS Yorke
A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death o...
The Opium War
1997
as Captain White
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of...
Brassed Off
1996
as Jim
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competiti...
The Last Dance
1993
as Police Inspector
Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad a...
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
as Stan Eastwood
A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990.
Bad Behavior
1993
as Howard Spink
The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the...
Thacker
1992
as Ben Royce
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has h...
High Hopes
1989
as Martin Burke
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly...
The Dark Room
1988
as Greg
'Please don't slam your door - we have a delicate child', but when the baby cries, Deb ignores it. There is a secret which is destroying Deb's marriag...
On the Palm
1987
as Dawlish
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome c...
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Burkinshaw
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A cr...
Rat in the Skull
1987
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the Lond...
A Passage to Wisbech
1986
as Narrator
A documentary about the work and life aboard the old coaster "Carrick" as she plies the waters of the North Sea and the English Channel trading to the...
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Andrew Merry-Lees
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple wa...
a-ha: Take on Me
1985
as The Enemy
Official music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
as Alan
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording...
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
His family massacred by Norman soldiers, Robin takes on the mantle of the Hooded Man, a champion long prophesied. His first challenge is to free Maid ...
A Pattern of Roses
1983
as Builder
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death o...
Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Denny
At the moment money is scarce and times are hard for everyone -even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change...
Pasmore
1980
as Colin Pasmore
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
Games Without Frontiers
1980
as Clive
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On the boat going home, Clive and Stewart admit to no...
Scum
1979
as Mr Greaves
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
Afternoon Off
1979
as Bernard
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in...
A Little Outing
1977
as Geoff
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.
Pressure
1976
as 2nd CID Officer
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
Rogue Male
1976
as 1st Seaman
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo ...
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
as Stan
Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975
as Tarpy
Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merc...
Pig Bin
1974
as Ken
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets ...
Blooming Youth
1973
as Jeff
An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.
Shakespeare or Bust
1973
as Hippie
Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.
The Pigeon Fancier
1971
as Harry
When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.
True Love (Once Removed)
N/A
as Bus driver
True Love (Once Removed) is a British drama directed by Director, Kevin Thomas. The film is about the belief in a fated destiny vs. the free will to f...