Philip Akin actor
- All known tv series 27
- Total known movies 66
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.Akin first came to prominence in the early 1980s when he performed on the zany comedy series Bizarre. Other recognizable roles include computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in Highlander The Series has also brought him much recognition. In Shake Hands with the Devil he portrays Kofi Annan, then United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. In 2007, Akin will be performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a prestigious summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He is cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Othello, and also in the role of Crooks in the Festival’s rendition of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Phil Akin can also be seen in a long list of guest appearances on television series filmed in Canada, for example F/X The Series, Mutant X, and most recently, Flashpoint (2008).Akin is a founding member and currently the Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprising seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child.Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Akin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The General
Movie 2002
Captain Harlan
Movie 2004
General Wilkes
Movie 2002
Second I.A. Agent
Movie 2005
Karl
Movie 2007
Edward Seton
Movie 2018
Limo Driver
Movie 1991
Alan Tompkins
Movie 2000
Police Officer
Movie 2000
Det. Lewis Cook
Movie 2010
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Movie 2000
Anthony Rivers
Movie 1987
Price
Movie 1987
Principal Kerr
Movie 2002
Sgt. Hill
Movie 1996
Movie 2003
Flozell
Movie 2000
Mr. Seabrooke
Movie 2002
Lou
Movie 2005
Charlie DeSalvo
Movie 1994
Det. Gonda
Movie 1999
Guard
Movie 1988
Police Detective Jacobs
Movie 1999
Witness Protection Agent
Movie 2002
Desk Sargeant
Movie 1999
Air Force Reporter
Movie 1996
Kofi Annan
Movie 2007
Dr. Lustig
Movie 1997
Locksmith
Movie 1986
Det. Arthur Brown
Movie 1996
Cairo
Movie 1984
Sam Hooker
Movie 1982
Dr. Lawrence
Movie 2003
Reverend
Movie 2005
Harvey
Movie 1987
OB-Gyn doctor
Movie 1999
Police Spokesman
Movie 2000
Briley
Movie 1989
Movie 1998
Movie 1997
Rosie Washington
Movie 1979
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Movie 2005
Chuck Stone
Movie 1979
Blair
Movie 1986
Jules Grandfield
Movie 2009
Dr. Alan
Movie 2014
English Teacher
Movie 2005
Detective McQuay
Movie 1991
New York Assistant D.A
Movie 1997
Manager
Movie 1998
Reporter #2
Movie 1992
Student #1
Movie 1980
Public Defender
Movie 1996
Dr. Mitch Powell
Movie 2006
ESU lieutenant
Movie 1998
Dr. Kerr
Movie 1993
First Official
Movie 2001
Mays
Movie 1986
Movie 1981
Cabbie
Movie 1997
General Sutton
Tv 2001
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Tv 1987
Budur
Tv 1999
Tv 2002
Tv 1994
Simon Clark
Tv 1998
Tv 2008
Charlie DeSalvo
Tv 1992
Bob Erikson
Tv 1995
Bishop (voice)
Tv 1992
Tv 2000
Judge Sawyer
Tv 2004
Todd
Tv 1999
Tv 2001
Tv 1996
Tod Rossi
Tv 1996
Tv 1990
U.S. President Monroe
Tv 2004
Norton Drake
Tv 1988
Principal Hendricks
Tv 2009
Charlie DeSalvo (credit only)
Tv 1992
Charlie DeSalvo (uncredited)
Tv 1992
Tshombe
Tv 2010
Craig
Tv 2015
Wayne MacPherson
Tv 2004
Allen
Tv 2003
Mr. Johnson
Tv 2004
