Acting · Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Born June 18, 1948
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"
MovieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self
TVThe Day of the Jackal
2024
as Trevor
MovieYour Move
2023
as Mikey
MovieThe Peacock
2023
as Lord Hamish
TVSherwood
2022
as Mickey Sparrow
TVAvoidance
2022
as Peter
TVThe Window
2021
as Martin Dewsbury
TVMurder, They Hope
2021
as Phil
MovieAgatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
TVIsolation Stories
2020
as Peter
Bumps
2020
as Howard
MoviePeterloo
2018
as John Knight
MovieAbove the Clouds
2018
as William
TVShakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Chamberlain
TVBad Move
2017
as Ken
TVThe Good Karma Hospital
2017
as Paul Smart
TVRaised by Wolves
2015
as Grampy
TVBoomers
2014
as Alan
MoviePatrick's Day
2014
as John Freeman
MovieBelieve
2013
as Bob
MovieRagged
2013
as Prison Governor
MovieThe Best Offer
2013
as Fred
MovieSpike Island
2012
as Mr. Jackson
MovieStars in Shorts
2012
as Trevor
TVCuckoo
2012
as Tony
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Prison Governor
MovieMy Week with Marilyn
2011
as Roger Smith
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as David Witton
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MovieCity State
2011
as William
MovieFriend Request Pending
2011
as Trevor
TVSugartown
2011
MovieThe First Men in the Moon
2010
as Voice of Grand Lunar
TVThe Queen
2009
as Harold Wilson
TVHome Time
2009
as Roy Jacks
MovieMargaret
2009
as Bernard Ingham
TVCrooked House
2008
as Joseph Bloxham
TVPlace of Execution
2008
as Old George Bennett
MovieMargaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Alfred Roberts
MovieFanny Hill
2007
as Mr. Croft
TVFanny Hill
2007
as Mr. Croft
MovieGrow Your Own
2007
as Big John
MovieI Want Candy
2007
as Stephen, Joe's Dad
TVAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Jovius
TVThe Chase
2006
MovieA Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as William
TVFunland
2005
as Leo Finch
MovieThe Best Man
2005
as Mr. Barker
Von Trapped
2004
as Torsten
London
2004
as Samuel Pepys
TVMurder in Suburbia
2004
as Bill Jackson
TVHustle
2004
as Arthur Bond
TVShameless
2004
as Barry
TVNew Tricks
2004
MovieMother Teresa of Calcutta
2003
as Logan
TVLittle Britain
2003
MovieSecond Nature
2003
as Lawrence Augenblick
MovieCoogan's Runner
2003
as Self
TVTrust
2003
as James
MovieCruise of the Gods
2002
as Hugh Bispham
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Alan Carter
MovieThe Intended
2002
as Norton
MovieCrime and Punishment
2002
as Marmaladov
MovieMike Bassett: England Manager
2001
as Lonnie Urquart
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Willis
TVThe Sins
2000
as Mickey Thomas
TVBlack Cab
2000
as Robert
MovieAround The World In 80 Days
2000
as Inspector Fix (voice)
TVThe Vice
1999
as Nigel Wingrave
MovieLittle Voice
1998
as George
MovieWhat Rats Won't Do
1998
MovieGirls' Night
1998
as Dave Simpson
MovieCousin Bette
1998
as De Wissembourg
The Last Salute
1998
as Leonard Spanwick
MovieOur Boy
1998
as DS Yorke
TVThe Ambassador
1998
MovieThe Opium War
1997
as 船长怀特
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Daniel Snape
MovieBrassed Off
1996
as Jim
TVSilent Witness
1996
TVBlack Hearts in Battersea
1995
as Eustace Buckle
TVBramwell
1995
as Ronald Kennedy
TVHamish Macbeth
1995
as Malachi McBean
TVThe Wimbledon Poisoner
1994
as Detective Inspector Russell Rush
TVDownwardly Mobile
1994
MovieThe Last Dance
1993
as Police Inspector
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
as Stan Eastwood
MovieBad Behavior
1993
as Howard Spink
TVA Touch of Frost
1992
as Sergent Sharpe
MovieThacker
1992
as Ben Royce
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Ken Marsden
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Patron
MovieHigh Hopes
1989
as Martin Burke
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
MovieThe Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988
as King
TVThe Storyteller
1988
as King
MovieThe Dark Room
1988
as Greg
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Greg
First Sight
1987
as Malcolm
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
MovieOn the Palm
1987
as Dawlish
MovieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
as Burkinshaw
Rat in the Skull
1987
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
TVCasualty
1986
as Rob Royson
MovieA Passage to Wisbech
1986
as Narrator
MovieThe Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Andrew Merry-Lees
MovieGlamour Night
1985
as Bob
TVScreen Two
1985
as Dawlish
MovieGive My Regards to Broad Street
1984
as Alan
MovieRobin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
TVRobin of Sherwood
1984
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
MovieA Pattern of Roses
1983
as Builder
MoviePocketful of Dreams
1982
as Denny
MoviePasmore
1980
as Colin Pasmore
Sounding Brass
1980
as Arthur Mannion
MovieGames Without Frontiers
1980
as Clive
MovieScum
1979
as Mr Greaves
Two Up, Two Down
1979
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as George Forester
MovieAfternoon Off
1979
as Bernard
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Geoffrey
TVStrangers
1978
as Nose Treacy
Pickersgill People
1978
as DC Billy Blincoe
TVPennies from Heaven
1978
as Dave
Life at Stake
1978
as Mallison
MovieA Little Outing
1977
as Geoff
For the Love of Albert
1977
Premiere
1977
as Geoff
TVDon't Forget to Write!
1977
as Norman
TVBrensham People
1976
as Jeremy Briggs
MoviePressure
1976
as 2nd CID Officer
MovieRogue Male
1976
as 1st Seaman
MovieThe Chester Mystery Plays
1976
MovieWell Thank You, Thursday
1976
as Stan
TVRed Letter Day
1976
as Stan
MovieKeep an Eye on Albert
1975
as Tarpy
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Boatman
MoviePig Bin
1974
as Ken
TVPorridge
1974
as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Clive
Second City Firsts
1973
as Ken
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Carson
MovieBlooming Youth
1973
as Jeff
MovieShakespeare or Bust
1973
as Hippie
TVLast of the Summer Wine
1973
as Gordon
MovieThe Pigeon Fancier
1971
as Harry
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Colin Pasmore
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Thompson
True Love (Once Removed)
as Bus driver
