Philip Jackson
Known for: 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"
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Daniel Snape
1997
Series
Death in Paradise
David Witton
2011
Series
Casualty
Rob Royson
1986
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
1989
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Assistant Commissioner Japp
1989
Series
Silent Witness
1996
Series
Silent Witness
DI Mike Toner
1996
Series
Play for Today
Colin Pasmore
1970
Series
Heartbeat
Ken Marsden
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Brian Simpson
1992
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Gordon
1973
Series
Shameless
Barry
2004
Series
Screen Two
Dawlish
1985
Series
A Touch of Frost
Sergent Sharpe
1992
Series
A Touch of Frost
D.S. Sharpe
1992
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Thompson
1965
Series
New Tricks
2004
Series
The Day of the Jackal
Trevor
2024
Series
Hustle
Arthur Bond
2004
Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
George Forester
1979
Series
Foyle's War
Alan Carter
2002
Series
Playhouse
Clive
1974
Series
Playhouse
Denny
1974
Series
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Chamberlain
2018
Series
Little Britain
2003
Series
Churchill's People
Boatman
1974
Series
Robin of Sherwood
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
Series
Playhouse Presents
Prison Governor
2012
Series
Cuckoo
Tony
2012
Series
The Vice
Nigel Wingrave
1999
Series
Hamish Macbeth
Malachi McBean
1995
Series
The Storyteller
King
1988
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Patron
1991
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Police Sergeant
1991
Series
The Play on One
Greg
1988
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Carson
1973
Second City Firsts
Ken
1973
Series
Strangers
Nose Treacy
1978
Series
Bramwell
Ronald Kennedy
1995
Series
Porridge
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
1974
Series
Sherwood
Mickey Sparrow
2022
Series
Murder in Suburbia
Bill Jackson
2004
Series
Avoidance
Peter
2022
Series
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Jovius
2006
Series
The Good Karma Hospital
Paul Smart
2017
Series
Funland
Leo Finch
2005
Series
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Terry Glover
1977
Premiere
Geoff
1977
Series
Boomers
Alan
2014
Series
Crooked House
Joseph Bloxham
2008
Series
The Chase
2006
Series
The Chase
Frank Jones
2006
Film
The Best Offer
Fred
2013
Series
Murder, They Hope
Phil
2021
Summer Season
Bob - Photographer
1985
Leave it to Charlie
Geoffrey
1978
Series
The Queen
Harold Wilson
2009
Life at Stake
Mallison
1978
Series
Don't Forget to Write!
Norman
1977
Series
Raised by Wolves
Grampy
2015
Series
Pickersgill People
DC Billy Blincoe
1978
Sounding Brass
Arthur Mannion
1980
Series
The Sins
Mickey Thomas
2000
Series
The Window
Martin Dewsbury
2021
Series
Trust
James
2003
The Last Salute
Leonard Spanwick
1998
First Sight
Malcolm
1987
Series
Mother Teresa
Logan
2003
Series
Place of Execution
Old George Bennett
2008
Series
Pennies from Heaven
Dave
1978
Film
My Week with Marilyn
Roger Smith
2011
Series
Bad Move
Ken
2017
Series
The Ambassador
1998
Series
Red Letter Day
Stan
1976
Film
Scum
Mr Greaves
1979
Series
Black Cab
Robert
2000
Series
Sugartown
2011
Film
The Fourth Protocol
Burkinshaw
1987
London
Samuel Pepys
2004
Film
Brassed Off
Jim
1996
Series
Isolation Stories
Peter
2020
Series
Black Hearts in Battersea
Eustace Buckle
1995
Film
Thacker
Ben Royce
1992
Series
Brensham People
Jeremy Briggs
1976
Series
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
1994
Coming Home
Donald Maddocks
1981
Series
Home Time
Roy Jacks
2009
Film
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
King
1988
Series
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
Film
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
Two Up, Two Down
1979
Series
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Film
Little Voice
George
1998
Film
Peterloo
John Knight
2018
Film
The Doctor and the Devils
Andrew Merry-Lees
1985
Film
I Want Candy
Stephen, Joe's Dad
2007
Film
The Opium War
船长怀特
1997
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Film
Cruise of the Gods
Hugh Bispham
2002
Film
A Little Trip to Heaven
William
2005
Film
Girls' Night
Dave Simpson
1998
Film
Cousin Bette
De Wissembourg
1998
Film
The Best Man
Mr. Barker
2005
Film
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Lonnie Urquart
2001
For the Love of Albert
1977
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Father
2010
Film
Believe
Bob
2013
Film
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Alan
1984
Film
Crime and Punishment
Marmaladov
2002
Film
Spike Island
Mr. Jackson
2012
Film
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
Rat in the Skull
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
1987
Film
Friend Request Pending
Trevor
2011
Film
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Alfred Roberts
2008
Film
Glamour Night
Bob
1985
Film
The First Men in the Moon
Voice of Grand Lunar
2010
Film
High Hopes
Martin Burke
1989
Film
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
2020
Film
Grow Your Own
Big John
2007
Film
Keep an Eye on Albert
Tarpy
1975
Film
Above the Clouds
William
2018
The Intended
Norton
2002
Film
What Rats Won't Do
1998
Film
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
Film
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Logan
2003
Film
Stars in Shorts
Trevor
2012
Film
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Willis
2000
Film
The Last Dance
Police Inspector
1993
Film
Rogue Male
1st Seaman
1976
Film
Margaret
Bernard Ingham
2009
Film
City State
William
2011
Film
Pressure
2nd CID Officer
1976
Film
A Pattern of Roses
Builder
1983
Film
Games Without Frontiers
Clive
1980
Film
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
2026
Film
Around The World In 80 Days
Inspector Fix (voice)
2000
Film
The Sea
Thompson
1978
Film
Second Nature
Lawrence Augenblick
2003
Film
Well Thank You, Thursday
Stan
1976
Film
The Peacock
Lord Hamish
2023
Film
Pocketful of Dreams
Denny
1982
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Stan Eastwood
1993
Film
Bad Behavior
Howard Spink
1993
Film
Afternoon Off
Bernard
1979
True Love (Once Removed)
Bus driver
Film
Pig Bin
Ken
1974
Film
Shakespeare or Bust
Hippie
1973
Film
Ragged
Prison Governor
2013
Film
Your Move
Mikey
2023
Film
On the Palm
Dawlish
1987
Film
Coogan's Runner
Self
2003
Film
Pasmore
Colin Pasmore
1980
Film
Blooming Youth
Jeff
1973
Film
Patrick's Day
John Freeman
2014
Film
Our Boy
DS Yorke
1998
Bumps
Howard
2020
Film
The Pigeon Fancier
Harry
1971
Von Trapped
Torsten
2004
Film
A Passage to Wisbech
Narrator
1986
Film
A Little Outing
Geoff
1977
Film
The Dark Room
Greg
1988