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Philip Akin

Born · April 18, 1950 (75 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

Bio

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.

Known for

RoboCop

RoboCop

The Expanse

The Expanse

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

Cube 2: Hypercube

Cube 2: Hypercube

Love, of Course

Edward Seton

2018

The Expanse

Craig · (3 episodes)

2015

RoboCop

Dr. Alan

2014

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

Det. Lewis Cook

2010

Lost Girl

Tshombe · (1 episode)

2010

Warehouse 13

Principal Hendricks · (1 episode)

2009

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

Jules Grandfield

2009

Flashpoint

(1 episode)

2008

P2

Karl

2007

Shake Hands with the Devil

Kofi Annan

2007

Bottom Feeder

Sarge

2007

A Dad for Christmas

Richard

2006

Absolution

Dr. Mitch Powell

2006

Knights of the South Bronx

Assistant Principal Allen Hill

2005

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Reverend

2005

Burnt Toast

Lou

2005

The Man

Second I.A. Agent

2005

The Perfect Man

English Teacher

2005

H2O

U.S. President Monroe · (2 episodes)

2004

ReGenesis

Wayne MacPherson · (1 episode)

2004

Kevin Hill

Judge Sawyer · (1 episode)

2004

The Skulls III

Captain Harlan

2004

This Is Wonderland

Mr. Johnson · (1 episode)

2004

How to Deal

2003

Platinum

Allen · (1 episode)

2003

Mafia Doctor

Dr. Lawrence

2003

Everybody's Doing It

Principal Kerr

2002

Puppets Who Kill

(1 episode)

2002

The Sum of All Fears

General Wilkes

2002

Cube 2: Hypercube

The General

2002

The Red Sneakers

Mr. Seabrooke

2002

Pretend You Don't See Her

Witness Protection Agent

2002

Mutant X

General Sutton · (1 episode)

2001

Doc

(2 episodes)

2001

Blackout

First Official

2001

Range of Motion

Flozell

2000

Left Behind

Alan Tompkins

2000

Custody of the Heart

Police Officer

2000

One Kill

Gunnery Sgt. Finch

2000

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Police Spokesman

2000

Caitlin's Way

(1 episode)

2000

Relic Hunter

Budur · (1 episode)

1999

P.T. Barnum

Jeremiah

1999

Twice in a Lifetime

Todd · (1 episode)

1999

To Love, Honor, & Betray

Det. Gonda

1999

Deep in My Heart

OB-Gyn doctor

1999

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

Desk Sargeant

1999

The Wrong Girl

Police Detective Jacobs

1999

Down in the Delta

Manager

1998

Highlander: The Raven

Simon Clark · (1 episode)

1998

Giving Up the Ghost

Judge Gleason

1998

Airborne

1998

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

ESU lieutenant

1998

Color of Justice

New York Assistant D.A

1997

The Don's Analyst

Dr. Lustig

1997

Elvis Meets Nixon

Cabbie

1997

...First Do No Harm

1997

Talk to Me

Public Defender

1996

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

(1 episode)

1996

Fly Away Home

Air Force Reporter

1996

FX: The Series

Tod Rossi · (1 episode)

1996

The Haunting of Lisa

Sgt. Hill

1996

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Det. Arthur Brown

1996

The Conspiracy of Fear

Patterson

1996

Goosebumps

Bob Erikson · (3 episodes)

1995

Monster Force

(13 episodes)

1994

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

Charlie DeSalvo

1994

Du lügst

Dr. Kerr

1993

X-Men

Bishop (voice) · (9 episodes)

1992

Highlander: The Series

Charlie DeSalvo · (14 episodes)

1992

Terror on Track 9

Reporter #2

1992

Married to It

Limo Driver

1991

F/X2

Detective McQuay

1991

Swamp Thing

(5 episodes)

1990

Millennium

Briley

1989

War of the Worlds

Norton Drake · (25 episodes)

1988

Switching Channels

Guard

1988

Friday the 13th: The Series

Sam 'Kid' Cornelius · (1 episode)

1987

Blue Monkey

Anthony Rivers

1987

Nightstick

Price

1987

Nowhere to Hide

Harvey

1987

Pretty Kill

Joey

1987

Christmas Eve

Mays

1986

The High Price of Passion

Locksmith

1986

Easy Prey

Blair

1986

Iceman

Dr. Vermeil

1984

Covergirl

Cairo

1984

Shock-Trauma

Sam Hooker

1982

A Far Cry From Home

1981

Improper Channels

Motorcycle Cop

1981

Deadline

Student #1

1980

Running

Chuck Stone

1979

Search and Destroy

Rosie Washington

1979