Philip Jackson (actor)

Philip Jackson (actor)
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 both the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and in BBC Radio dramatisations of Poirot stories; as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley in Porridge; and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood.
Life and career
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 many 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 films, including the 1979 Scum and 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".
In 2000 he appeared as Dyer/Hawksmoor in Nick Fisher (broadcaster)'s adaptation for BBC Radio 4 of Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor (novel), and in 2001 he starred in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Petrella mysteries by Michael Gilbert, and guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio play Valhalla. In 2009 he starred as Gaynor's father Roy in the BBC Two sitcom Home Time. In a BBC Radio 4 radio adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, he played Commander Vimes and in Pratchett's Mort, he played Death's butler/cook, Albert who is eventually revealed to be Alberto Malich. He also voiced Risda Tarkaan on the BBC radio drama version of C. S. Lewis' The Last Battle. In 2011, he read Gulliver's Travels as an audiobook, as well as Martin Cruz Smith's Three Stations for BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime.
In 2011, Jackson starred as Ron in the three-part BBC comedy drama series Sugartown alongside The Royle Family star Sue Johnston and actor Tom Ellis.
In 2012, he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn's security guard.
He plays Jaz Milvane in the long running Radio 4 series Ed Reardon's Week, written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Personal life
He is married to actress Sally Baxter, with whom he has two children.
TV and filmography
Porridge (1974, 1 episode) as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley
Last of the Summer Wine (1976, 3 episodes) as Gordon Simmonite
The Brothers (1976, 1 episode) as Garage Mechanic
Pennies from Heaven (1978) as Dave
Scum (1979) as Greaves
Sounding Brass (1980) as Arthur Mannion
Coronation Street (1982) as Smithy
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) as Alan
Robin of Sherwood (1984–86) as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
The Doctor and the Devils (1985) as Andrew Merry-Lees
Slip-Up (1986, TV film) as Purgavie
The Fourth Protocol (1987) as Burkinshaw
The Play on One: The Dark Room (1988) as Greg
High Hopes (1988) as Martin
Hamish Macbeth (1996: "A Perfectly Simple Explanation") as Malachi McBean
Brassed Off (1996) as Jim
The Opium War (1997) as Captain White
Touching Evil (1997) as Jim Keller
Bramwell (1 episode, 1997) as Ronald
Little Voice (1998) as George
Cousin Bette (1998) as De Wissembourg
The Last Salute (12 episodes, 1998–1999) as Leonard Spanwick
Murder Most Horrid (2 episodes, 1994–99)
The Sins (2000), as Mickey
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Willis
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) as Lonnie Urquart
Silent Witness, (2001: "Faith") as Detective Inspector Mike Toner
Crime and Punishment (2002) as Marmaladov
Cruise of the Gods (2002) as Hugh Bispham
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2002, 2013) as Chief Inspector James Japp
Little Britain (1 episode, 2003) as Breakfast Cereal Director
Trust (2003 one episode only)
Heartbeat (2 episodes, 1998–2004) as Brian Simpson
Hustle (1 episode, 2004: "The Last Gamble") as Arthur Bond
Murder in Suburbia (2004 one episode only) as Bill Jackson
A Touch of Frost (2 episodes, 1999–2005) as Detective Sergeant Sharpe
Funland (2005) as Leo Finch
Foyle's War (2006: "Invasion") as Alan Carter
New Tricks (2006) as suspect Andrew Bartlett
The Chase (2007)
Place of Execution (2008)
The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) as Alderman Roberts
Crooked House (2008)
Midsomer Murders (1 episode, 2009: "The Glitch") as Daniel Snape
Margaret (2009)
Home Time (2009) as Roy Jacks
Pete Versus Life (2010–2011) as Frank
Sugartown (2011) as Ron
My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Roger Smith
Friend Request Pending (2011) as Trevor
Stars in Shorts (2012) as Trevor
Cuckoo (TV series) (2012) as Tony Edwards
The Best Offer (2013) as Fred
Believe (2013) as Bob
Boomers (2014–2016) as Alan
DCI Banks (2014: "Bad Boy") as Al Jenkins
Death in Paradise (2014) as David Witton
Raised by Wolves (2013–2016) as Grampy
The Good Karma Hospital (2017) as Paul Smart
Peterloo (2018)
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2020) as Chamberlin, episode 3.3 "The Sticking Place"
Sherwood (2022) as Mickey Sparrow
References
External links
1948 births
Alumni of the University of Bristol
English male film actors
English male television actors
Living people
People from Retford
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors