About
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...
Known for
Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
CasualtySeries • 1986
Silent WitnessSeries • 1996
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
ShamelessSeries • 2004
A Touch of FrostSeries • 1992
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Last of the Summer WineSeries • 1973
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
The Day of the JackalSeries • 2024
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
HustleSeries • 2004
New TricksSeries • 2004
PlayhouseSeries • 1974
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsSeries • 2018
Foyle's WarSeries • 2002
Playhouse PresentsSeries • 2012
Little BritainSeries • 2003
Murder Most HorridSeries • 1991
CuckooSeries • 2012
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries • 1973