Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor known for his numerous 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 began acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol and worked in theatre in Leeds, Liverpool, and London. His stage roles have included 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."