Philip Jackson
Acting
Born June 18, 1948 · Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
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 L…
Known For · 40 titles
Midsomer Murders
Death in Paradise
Play for Today
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Casualty
Silent Witness
Heartbeat
Shameless
BBC Play of the Month
Screen Two
The Day of the Jackal
Foyle's War
Playhouse
Crooked House
A Touch of Frost
Tales of the Unexpected
Last of the Summer Wine
New Tricks
Hustle
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Playhouse Presents
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Churchill's People
The Storyteller
Little Britain
Cuckoo
Cousin Bette
Robin of Sherwood
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Murder Most Horrid
The Play on One
The Chase
The Vice
Strangers
Sherwood
Hamish Macbeth
The Best Offer
Bramwell
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Second City Firsts