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
Film 2002
Captain Harlan
Film 2004
General Wilkes
Film 2002
Second I.A. Agent
Film 2005
Karl
Film 2007
Edward Seton
Film 2018
Limo Driver
Film 1991
Alan Tompkins
Film 2000
Police Officer
Film 2000
Det. Lewis Cook
Film 2010
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Film 2000
Anthony Rivers
Film 1987
Price
Film 1987
Principal Kerr
Film 2002
Sgt. Hill
Film 1996
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Flozell
Film 2000
Mr. Seabrooke
Film 2002
Lou
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Charlie DeSalvo
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Det. Gonda
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Guard
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Police Detective Jacobs
Film 1999
Witness Protection Agent
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Desk Sargeant
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Air Force Reporter
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Kofi Annan
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Dr. Lustig
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Locksmith
Film 1986
Det. Arthur Brown
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Cairo
Film 1984
Sam Hooker
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Dr. Lawrence
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Reverend
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Harvey
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OB-Gyn doctor
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Police Spokesman
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Briley
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Rosie Washington
Film 1979
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
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Chuck Stone
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Blair
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Jules Grandfield
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Dr. Alan
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English Teacher
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Detective McQuay
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New York Assistant D.A
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Manager
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Reporter #2
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Student #1
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Public Defender
Film 1996
Dr. Mitch Powell
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ESU lieutenant
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Dr. Kerr
Film 1993
First Official
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Mays
Film 1986
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Cabbie
Film 1997
General Sutton
Tv 2001
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
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Budur
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Simon Clark
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Charlie DeSalvo
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Bob Erikson
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Bishop (voice)
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Judge Sawyer
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Todd
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Tod Rossi
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U.S. President Monroe
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Norton Drake
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Principal Hendricks
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Charlie DeSalvo (credit only)
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Charlie DeSalvo (uncredited)
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Tshombe
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Craig
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Wayne MacPherson
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Allen
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Mr. Johnson
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