title: Philip Jackson (actor)
text: 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