Philip Akin

Philip Akin

1950-04-18 Kingston, Jamaica 71 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force. Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His...

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Love, of Course

Love, of Course

2018

as Edward Seton

6.7
Acting

A helicopter mom follows her daughter to college and lands a job on campus. When she meets a charismatic professor, she learns more about herself and ...

RoboCop

RoboCop

2014

as Dr. Alan

5.9
Acting

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by t...

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

2010

as Det. Lewis Cook

5.1
Acting

Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impers...

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

2009

as Jules Grandfield

4.4
Acting

Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to acce...

P2

P2

2007

as Karl

6.2
Acting

A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

2007

as Kofi Annan

7.2
Acting

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for...

Bottom Feeder

Bottom Feeder

2007

as Sarge

4.5
Acting

A group of utility workers are trapped in a series of tunnels which, unfortunately, contain a scientist mutated by his own creation. The creature feed...

A Dad for Christmas

A Dad for Christmas

2006

as Richard

6.7
Acting

Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his c...

Absolution

Absolution

2006

as Dr. Mitch Powell

5.0
Acting

For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comatose man healing people from his home, she is sent t...

Knights of the South Bronx

Knights of the South Bronx

2005

as Assistant Principal Allen Hill

6.8
Acting

A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx. He teaches the children how to p...

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

as Reverend

6.8
Acting

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Burnt Toast

Burnt Toast

2005

as Lou

Acting

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television o...

The Man

The Man

2005

as Second I.A. Agent

5.8
Acting

A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent and a dental supply salesman to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a ...

The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man

2005

as English Teacher

6.1
Acting

Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly ...

Love Rules!

Love Rules!

2004

as The Minister

1.5
Acting

When Kelly and Michael decide to get married, they want to have an off-beat wedding without all the traditional glitz. But when their friends and Kell...

The Skulls III

The Skulls III

2004

as Captain Harlan

5.0
Acting

A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by s...

How to Deal

How to Deal

2003

5.5
Acting

Halley is convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger wo...

Mafia Doctor

Mafia Doctor

2003

as Dr. Lawrence

4.5
Acting

Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a ...

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It

2002

as Principal Kerr

3.2
Acting

Angela and Travis consider having sex for the first time just as their high school starts up an abstinence education program. Making matters worse, a ...

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002

as General Wilkes

6.4
Acting

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...

Cube 2: Hypercube

Cube 2: Hypercube

2002

as The General

5.5
Acting

Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.

The Red Sneakers

The Red Sneakers

2002

as Mr. Seabrooke

3.2
Acting
Pretend You Don't See Her

Pretend You Don't See Her

2002

as Witness Protection Agent

6.3
Acting

An estate agent is forced into witness protection soon after selling the apartment of a girl who died in suspicious circumstances. However, when the d...

Blackout

Blackout

2001

as First Official

2.5
Acting

A mother and her two children are stuck in a mall during a power outage while police hunt for a killer.

Range of Motion

Range of Motion

2000

as Flozell

2.0
Acting

A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.

Left Behind

Left Behind

2000

as Alan Tompkins

4.2
Acting

After learning that millions have completely vanished, an airline pilot, a journalist, and others work together to unravel the mystery of those left b...

Custody of the Heart

Custody of the Heart

2000

as Police Officer

4.2
Acting

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis...

One Kill

One Kill

2000

as Gunnery Sgt. Finch

6.3
Acting

A divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

2000

as Police Spokesman

5.5
Acting

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city unti...

P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum

1999

as Jeremiah

7.0
Acting

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman ...

To Love, Honor, & Betray

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999

as Det. Gonda

2.5
Acting

A young woman (Crystal Bernard) aware of her father's (James Brolin) affair with another woman becomes convinced of his guilt after her mother (Dee Wa...

Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

1999

as Paul

5.9
Acting

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1999

as OB-Gyn doctor

6.0
Acting

A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

1999

as Desk Sargeant

6.5
Acting

Police Inspector Paul Fein copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son is in...

The Wrong Girl

The Wrong Girl

1999

as Police Detective Jacobs

5.2
Acting

A boy brings home his new girlfriend. However, Mom is sure that something isn't right about her, which starts a fight with her son. And then everythin...

Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta

1998

as Manager

6.4
Acting

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live ...

Giving Up the Ghost

Giving Up the Ghost

1998

as Judge Gleason

6.0
Acting

After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide ...

Airborne

Airborne

1998

2.7
Acting

A gang of thieves break into a top secret government research centre and steal a deadly virus. Mach 1, a top secret special operations team, is called...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1998

as ESU lieutenant

5.1
Acting

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Color of Justice

Color of Justice

1997

as New York Assistant D.A

4.8
Acting

Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the f...

The Don's Analyst

The Don's Analyst

1997

as Dr. Lustig

5.0
Acting

Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business"...

Elvis Meets Nixon

Elvis Meets Nixon

1997

as Cabbie

7.0
Acting

A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA

...First Do No Harm

...First Do No Harm

1997

6.9
Acting

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under c...

Mistrial

Mistrial

1996

as Foreman

5.0
Acting

When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, t...

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

1996

as Public Defender

4.0
Acting

An idealistic talk show producer clashes with her ratings obsessed boss on a story involving a young prostitute.

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

1996

as Air Force Reporter

6.9
Acting

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is mi...

The Haunting of Lisa

The Haunting of Lisa

1996

as Sgt. Hill

5.3
Acting

A precocious youngster's visions of a mysterious woman and a series of child murders leads her mom to seek help from the authorities.

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

1996

as Det. Arthur Brown

7.0
Acting

Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in ...

The Conspiracy of Fear

The Conspiracy of Fear

1996

as Patterson

7.5
Acting

The shocking, tragic death of his father propels Chris King into a nightmare. Running for his life, Chris fights off street thugs, a homicidal psychop...

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

1994

as Charlie DeSalvo

4.0
Acting

Immortal Xavier St. Cloud has mortals shoot his Immortal opponents so he can take their heads. Joe tells Duncan about the killings to warn him, and so...

Liar, Liar

Liar, Liar

1993

as Dr. Kerr

6.0
Acting

The true story of an eleven year old girl who has a reputation for telling tall tales. So when she accuses her father of molesting her, will anybody b...

Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9

1992

as Reporter #2

3.2
Acting

A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

Married to It

Married to It

1991

as Limo Driver

5.9
Acting

While setting up a school pageant, the parents at an elite private academy in New York City with contrastive lifestyles and professional paths reflect...

F/X2

F/X2

1991

as Detective McQuay

6.3
Acting

F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goe...

Millennium

Millennium

1989

as Briley

5.3
Acting

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparab...

Switching Channels

Switching Channels

1988

as Guard

6.1
Acting

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Blue Monkey

Blue Monkey

1987

as Anthony Rivers

4.9
Acting

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency ro...

Nightstick

Nightstick

1987

as Price

2.9
Acting

A cop tries to prevent a gang of extortionists from blowing up New York City with nitroglycerin.

Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide

1987

as Harvey

6.3
Acting

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashe...

Pretty Kill

Pretty Kill

1987

as Joey

1.7
Acting

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental proble...

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1986

as Mays

6.6
Acting

Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wan...

The High Price of Passion

1986

as Locksmith

6.0
Acting

A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.

Easy Prey

Easy Prey

1986

as Blair

7.4
Acting

Based on a true story, a serial killer abducts his latest victim from a mall and assaults her. Confused by her atypical reaction, he doesn't kill her,...

Iceman

Iceman

1984

as Dr. Vermeil

6.1
Acting

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befrie...

Covergirl

Covergirl

1984

as Cairo

4.0
Acting

Young girl enters the modeling industry wanting to becoming "the face of the '80s."

Shock-Trauma

Shock-Trauma

1982

as Sam Hooker

Acting

Dr. R. Adams Cowley, the Baltimore physician who pioneered medicine's first shocktrauma unit, fights hospital bureaucracy to gain recognition for his ...

A Far Cry From Home

1981

Acting

A woman struggles with her husband.

Improper Channels

Improper Channels

1981

as Motorcycle Cop

10.0
Acting

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child...

Deadline

Deadline

1980

as Student #1

5.3
Acting

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As...

Running

Running

1979

as Chuck Stone

6.6
Acting

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.

Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy

1979

as Rosie Washington

6.8
Acting

The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the murd...