Cast & creator
Philip Jackson
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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"
Also known as: Phillip Jackson, 필립 잭슨, Филип Джексон, فیلیپ جکسون
74
film credits
87
television credits
161
1965–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (161)
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Midsomer Murders
Daniel Snape
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Assistant Commissioner Japp
1989
Death in Paradise
David Witton
2011
Casualty
Rob Royson
1986
Silent Witness
1996Silent Witness
DI Mike Toner
1996
Play for Today
Colin Pasmore
1970
Heartbeat
Ken Marsden
1992Heartbeat
Brian Simpson
1992
Screen Two
Dawlish
1985
Shameless
Barry
2004
The Day of the Jackal
Trevor
2024
Tales of the Unexpected
George Forester
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Thompson
1965
Last of the Summer Wine
Gordon
1973
New Tricks
2004
Playhouse
Clive
1974Playhouse
Denny
1974
Hustle
Arthur Bond
2004
A Touch of Frost
Sergent Sharpe
1992A Touch of Frost
D.S. Sharpe
1992
Foyle's War
Alan Carter
2002
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Chamberlain
2018
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Carson
1973
Hamish Macbeth
Malachi McBean
1995
Little Britain
2003
Playhouse Presents
Prison Governor
2012
Cuckoo
Tony
2012
Sherwood
Mickey Sparrow
2022
Churchill's People
Boatman
1974
The Play on One
Greg
1988
The Vice
Nigel Wingrave
1999
Robin of Sherwood
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
Strangers
Nose Treacy
1978
The Storyteller
King
1988
Murder Most Horrid
Patron
1991Murder Most Horrid
Police Sergeant
1991
Bramwell
Ronald Kennedy
1995
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Jovius
2006
Murder in Suburbia
Bill Jackson
2004Second City Firsts
Ken
1973Coming Home
Donald Maddocks
1981Premiere
Geoff
1977
Porridge
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
1974
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Terry Glover
1977
The Best Offer
Fred
2013
My Week with Marilyn
Roger Smith
2011Leave it to Charlie
Geoffrey
1978
Mother Teresa
Logan
2003
The Queen
Harold Wilson
2009
The Good Karma Hospital
Paul Smart
2017
Funland
Leo Finch
2005
The Chase
2006The Chase
Frank Jones
2006
The Ambassador
1998
Murder, They Hope
Phil
2021
Home Time
Roy Jacks
2009
Crooked House
Joseph Bloxham
2008
Pickersgill People
DC Billy Blincoe
1978
Pennies from Heaven
Dave
1978
Boomers
Alan
2014
Avoidance
Peter
2022
Trust
James
2003
Black Cab
Robert
2000
Don't Forget to Write!
Norman
1977Life at Stake
Mallison
1978
The Sins
Mickey Thomas
2000
Cousin Bette
De Wissembourg
1998
Place of Execution
Old George Bennett
2008
The Fourth Protocol
Burkinshaw
1987
The Window
Martin Dewsbury
2021
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Detective Inspector Russell Rush
1994
Scum
Mr Greaves
1979
Black Hearts in Battersea
Eustace Buckle
1995
Sugartown
2011
The Best Man
Mr. Barker
2005
The Sea
Thompson
1978
Brassed Off
Jim
1996
Bad Move
Ken
2017
The Doctor and the Devils
Andrew Merry-Lees
1985Sounding Brass
Arthur Mannion
1980
Raised by Wolves
Grampy
2015The Last Salute
Leonard Spanwick
1998First Sight
Malcolm
1987
Isolation Stories
Peter
2020
A Little Trip to Heaven
William
2005London
Samuel Pepys
2004
I Want Candy
Stephen, Joe's Dad
2007
Red Letter Day
Stan
1976
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
Brensham People
Jeremy Briggs
1976
Little Voice
George
1998
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Lonnie Urquart
2001
Spike Island
Mr. Jackson
2012
Fanny Hill
Mr. Croft
2007
What Rats Won't Do
1998
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
King
1988
Peterloo
John Knight
2018
Believe
Bob
2013
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Alan
1984
Girls' Night
Dave Simpson
1998Rat in the Skull
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
1987For the Love of Albert
1977
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Logan
2003
The Opium War
船长怀特
1997The Intended
Norton
2002
The First Men in the Moon
Voice of Grand Lunar
2010
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Alfred Roberts
2008Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Crime and Punishment
Marmaladov
2002
Cruise of the Gods
Hugh Bispham
2002
Well Thank You, Thursday
Stan
1976
High Hopes
Martin Burke
1989
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
2020
A Pattern of Roses
Builder
1983Two Up, Two Down
1979
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Grow Your Own
Big John
2007
Above the Clouds
William
2018
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Father
2010
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Willis
2000
Keep an Eye on Albert
Tarpy
1975
The Last Dance
Police Inspector
1993
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1984
Thacker
Ben Royce
1992
Pig Bin
Ken
197415: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Stan Eastwood
1993
The Peacock
Lord Hamish
2023
Rogue Male
1st Seaman
1976
Stars in Shorts
Trevor
2012
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
2026
Glamour Night
Bob
1985
Our Boy
DS Yorke
1998
Around The World In 80 Days
Inspector Fix (voice)
2000
Friend Request Pending
Trevor
2011
Pressure
2nd CID Officer
1976
Afternoon Off
Bernard
1979
Coogan's Runner
Self
2003
Games Without Frontiers
Clive
1980
Your Move
Mikey
2023
On the Palm
Dawlish
1987True Love (Once Removed)
Bus driver
City State
William
2011
A Passage to Wisbech
Narrator
1986
Margaret
Bernard Ingham
2009
Bad Behavior
Howard Spink
1993
Shakespeare or Bust
Hippie
1973
The Dark Room
Greg
1988
Pasmore
Colin Pasmore
1980
Second Nature
Lawrence Augenblick
2003Bumps
Howard
2020
A Little Outing
Geoff
1977
Blooming Youth
Jeff
1973
The Pigeon Fancier
Harry
1971
Pocketful of Dreams
Denny
1982Von Trapped
Torsten
2004
Patrick's Day
John Freeman
2014
Ragged
Prison Governor
2013