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"
as Bus driver
as Self
as Trevor(1 ep)
as Mikey
as Lord Hamish
as Mickey Sparrow(12 eps)
as Peter(1 ep)
as Martin Dewsbury(10 eps)
as Phil(1 ep)
as Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
as Peter(4 eps)
as Howard
as John Knight
as William
as Chamberlain(1 ep)
as Ken(13 eps)
as Paul Smart(6 eps)
as Grampy(12 eps)
as Alan(12 eps)
as John Freeman
as Bob
as Prison Governor
as Fred
as Mr. Jackson
as Trevor
as Tony(2 eps)
as Prison Governor(1 ep)
as Roger Smith
as David Witton(1 ep)
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as William
as Trevor
as Father(1 ep)
as Voice of Grand Lunar
as Harold Wilson(5 eps)
as Roy Jacks(6 eps)
as Bernard Ingham
as Joseph Bloxham(1 ep)
as Old George Bennett(3 eps)
as Alfred Roberts
as Mr. Croft
as Mr. Croft(2 eps)
as Big John
as Stephen Clark
as Jovius(1 ep)
as Frank Jones(12 eps)
as William
as Leo Finch(11 eps)
as Mr. Barker
as Torsten
as Samuel Pepys(3 eps)
as Bill Jackson(1 ep)
as Arthur Bond(1 ep)
as Barry(1 ep)
as Logan
as Logan(2 eps)
as Lawrence Augenblick
as Self
as James(1 ep)
as Hugh Bispham
as Alan Carter(1 ep)
as Norton
as Marmaladov
as Lonnie Urquart
as Willis
as Mickey Thomas(7 eps)
as Robert(1 ep)
as Inspector Fix (voice)
as Nigel Wingrave(2 eps)
as George
as Dave Simpson
as De Wissembourg
as Leonard Spanwick(12 eps)
as DS Yorke
as 船长怀特
as Daniel Snape(1 ep)
as Jim
as DI Mike Toner(1 ep)
as Eustace Buckle(6 eps)
as Ronald Kennedy(1 ep)
as Malachi McBean(1 ep)
as Detective Inspector Russell Rush(2 eps)
as Police Inspector
as Stan Eastwood
as Howard Spink
as Sergent Sharpe(1 ep)
as D.S. Sharpe(1 ep)
as Ben Royce
as Ken Marsden(1 ep)
as Brian Simpson(1 ep)
as Patron(1 ep)
as Police Sergeant(1 ep)
as Martin Burke
as Chief Inspector James Harold Japp(46 eps)
as Assistant Commissioner Japp(1 ep)
as King(1 ep)
as Greg
as Greg(1 ep)
as Malcolm(1 ep)
as Dawlish
as Burkinshaw
as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
as Rob Royson(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Andrew Merry-Lees
as Bob
as Bob - Photographer(1 ep)
as Dawlish(1 ep)
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
as Abbot Hugo de Rainault(26 eps)
as Builder
as Denny
as Donald Maddocks(6 eps)
as Colin Pasmore
as Arthur Mannion(6 eps)
as Clive
as Mr Greaves
as George Forester(1 ep)
as Bernard
as Geoffrey(1 ep)
as Nose Treacy(1 ep)
as DC Billy Blincoe(2 eps)
as Dave(2 eps)
as Thompson
as Mallison(1 ep)
as Geoff
as Geoff(1 ep)
as Terry Glover(1 ep)
as Norman(1 ep)
as Jeremy Briggs(1 ep)
as 2nd CID Officer
as 1st Seaman
as Stan
as Stan(1 ep)
as Tarpy
as Boatman(1 ep)
as Ken
as Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley(1 ep)
as Clive(1 ep)
as Denny(1 ep)
as Ken(1 ep)
as Carson(1 ep)
as Jeff
as Hippie
as Gordon(3 eps)
as Harry
as Colin Pasmore(1 ep)
as Thompson(1 ep)