Philip Jackson
Acting
1948-06-18 · Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Movie
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · Series
Your Move
2023 · Movie
The Peacock
2023 · Movie
Sherwood
2022 · Series
Avoidance
2022 · Series
The Window
2021 · Series
Murder, They Hope
2021 · Series
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020 · Movie
Isolation Stories
2020 · Series
Bumps
2020 · Movie
Peterloo
2018 · Movie
Above the Clouds
2018 · Movie
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Series
Bad Move
2017 · Series
The Good Karma Hospital
2017 · Series
Raised by Wolves
2015 · Series
Boomers
2014 · Series
Patrick's Day
2014 · Movie
Believe
2013 · Movie
Ragged
2013 · Movie
The Best Offer
2013 · Movie
Spike Island
2012 · Movie
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Movie
Cuckoo
2012 · Series
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Series
My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Movie
Death in Paradise
2011 · Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Series
City State
2011 · Movie
Friend Request Pending
2011 · Movie
Sugartown
2011 · Series
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010 · Series
The First Men in the Moon
2010 · Movie
The Queen
2009 · Series
Home Time
2009 · Series
Margaret
2009 · Movie
Crooked House
2008 · Series
Place of Execution
2008 · Series
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008 · Movie
Fanny Hill
2007 · Movie
Fanny Hill
2007 · Series
Grow Your Own
2007 · Movie
I Want Candy
2007 · Movie
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · Series
The Chase
2006 · Series
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Movie
Funland
2005 · Series
The Best Man
2005 · Movie
Von Trapped
2004 · Movie
London
2004 · Series
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Series
Hustle
2004 · Series
Shameless
2004 · Series
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003 · Movie
Little Britain
2003 · Series
Second Nature
2003 · Movie
Coogan's Runner
2003 · Movie
Trust
2003 · Series
Cruise of the Gods
2002 · Movie
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
The Intended
2002 · Movie
Crime and Punishment
2002 · Movie
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001 · Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
The Sins
2000 · Series
Black Cab
2000 · Series
Around The World In 80 Days
2000 · Movie
The Vice
1999 · Series
Little Voice
1998 · Movie
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Movie
Girls' Night
1998 · Movie
Cousin Bette
1998 · Movie
The Last Salute
1998 · Series
Our Boy
1998 · Movie
The Ambassador
1998 · Series
The Opium War
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995 · Series
Bramwell
1995 · Series
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Series
The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994 · Series
Downwardly Mobile
1994 · Series
The Last Dance
1993 · Movie
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993 · Movie
Bad Behavior
1993 · Movie
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
Thacker
1992 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
High Hopes
1989 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
The Dark Room
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
First Sight
1987 · Series
Lizzie's Pictures
1987 · Series
On the Palm
1987 · Movie
The Fourth Protocol
1987 · Movie
Rat in the Skull
1987 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
A Passage to Wisbech
1986 · Movie
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Movie
Glamour Night
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984 · Movie
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · Series
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984 · Movie
A Pattern of Roses
1983 · Movie
Pocketful of Dreams
1982 · Movie
Coming Home
1981 · Series
Pasmore
1980 · Movie
Sounding Brass
1980 · Series
Games Without Frontiers
1980 · Movie
Scum
1979 · Movie
Two Up, Two Down
1979 · Series
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
Afternoon Off
1979 · Movie
Leave it to Charlie
1978 · Series
Strangers
1978 · Series
Pickersgill People
1978 · Series
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Series
The Sea
1978 · Movie
Life at Stake
1978 · Series
A Little Outing
1977 · Movie
Premiere
1977 · Series
For the Love of Albert
1977 · Series
A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977 · Series
Don't Forget to Write!
1977 · Series
Brensham People
1976 · Series
Pressure
1976 · Movie
Rogue Male
1976 · Movie
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976 · Movie
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976 · Movie
Red Letter Day
1976 · Series
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975 · Movie
Churchill's People
1974 · Series
Pig Bin
1974 · Movie
Porridge
1974 · Series
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Series
Blooming Youth
1973 · Movie
Shakespeare or Bust
1973 · Movie
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Series
The Pigeon Fancier
1971 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
True Love (Once Removed)
Movie