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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 18, 1950
Place of Birth
Kingston, Jamaica
Also Known As
- Philip Akon
- Phil Aiken
- Philip Aikin
- Phil Aken
- Phil Akin
- Phillip Akin
Philip Akin
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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
6.7
Edward Seton
Love, of Course
2018
8.1
Craig
The Expanse
2015
5.9
Dr. Alan
RoboCop
2014
5.1
Det. Lewis Cook
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010
7.7
Tshombe
Lost Girl
2010
7.7
Principal Hendricks
Warehouse 13
2009
4.4
Jules Grandfield
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009
7.3
Flashpoint
2008
6.2
Karl
P2
2007
7.2
Kofi Annan
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007
Credits
Love, of Course
as Edward Seton
2018
6.7
The Expanse
as Craig
2015
8.1
RoboCop
as Dr. Alan
2014
5.9
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
as Det. Lewis Cook
2010
5.1
Lost Girl
as Tshombe
2010
7.7
Warehouse 13
as Principal Hendricks
2009
7.7
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
as Jules Grandfield
2009
4.4
Flashpoint
2008
7.3
P2
as Karl
2007
6.2
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Kofi Annan
2007
7.2
Bottom Feeder
as Sarge
2007
4.5
A Dad for Christmas
as Richard
2006
6.6
Absolution
as Dr. Mitch Powell
2006
5.0
Knights of the South Bronx
as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
2005
6.8
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Reverend
2005
6.8
Burnt Toast
as Lou
2005
0.0
The Man
as Second I.A. Agent
2005
5.8
The Perfect Man
as English Teacher
2005
6.1
H2O
as U.S. President Monroe
2004
9.0
ReGenesis
as Wayne MacPherson
2004
7.3
Kevin Hill
as Judge Sawyer
2004
4.7
Love Rules!
as The Minister
2004
1.3
The Skulls III
as Captain Harlan
2004
5.2
This Is Wonderland
as Mr. Johnson
2004
9.0
How to Deal
2003
5.4
Platinum
as Allen
2003
5.8
Mafia Doctor
as Dr. Lawrence
2003
4.5
Everybody's Doing It
as Principal Kerr
2002
3.0
Puppets Who Kill
2002
6.5
The Sum of All Fears
as General Wilkes
2002
6.4
Cube 2: Hypercube
as The General
2002
5.5
The Red Sneakers
as Mr. Seabrooke
2002
3.2
Pretend You Don't See Her
as Witness Protection Agent
2002
6.3
Mutant X
as General Sutton
2001
6.6
🎬
Hitched
as Judge
2001
3.2
The Judge
as Mel Paroff
2001
4.5
Doc
2001
7.4
Blackout
as First Official
2001
2.5
Range of Motion
as Flozell
2000
2.0
Left Behind
as Alan Tompkins
2000
4.2
Custody of the Heart
as Police Officer
2000
4.2
One Kill
as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
2000
6.3
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as Police Spokesman
2000
5.5
Caitlin's Way
2000
7.5
Caitlin's Way
as Mr. Watson
2000
7.5
Relic Hunter
as Budur
1999
6.7
P.T. Barnum
as Jeremiah
1999
7.0
Twice in a Lifetime
as Todd
1999
5.5
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Det. Gonda
1999
2.2
Pushing Tin
as Paul
1999
5.9
Deep in My Heart
as OB-Gyn doctor
1999
6.0
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Desk Sargeant
1999
6.5
The Wrong Girl
as Police Detective Jacobs
1999
5.2
Down in the Delta
as Manager
1998
6.2
One Tough Cop
as Inspector Cheney
1998
3.6
Highlander: The Raven
as Simon Clark
1998
5.3
Giving Up the Ghost
as Judge Gleason
1998
6.0
Airborne
1998
2.7
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as ESU lieutenant
1998
5.1
Ms. Scrooge
as George
1997
5.6
Color of Justice
as New York Assistant D.A
1997
4.8
The Don's Analyst
as Dr. Lustig
1997
5.0
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Cabbie
1997
7.0
...First Do No Harm
1997
6.8
Mistrial
as Foreman
1996
5.1
Talk to Me
as Public Defender
1996
4.0
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
6.9
Fly Away Home
as Air Force Reporter
1996
6.9
FX: The Series
as Tod Rossi
1996
6.2
The Stupids
as Henchman #1
1996
4.7
The Haunting of Lisa
as Sgt. Hill
1996
4.5
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
as Det. Arthur Brown
1996
7.0
The Conspiracy of Fear
as Patterson
1996
7.5
Goosebumps
as Bob Erikson
1995
7.9
Monster Force
1994
8.2
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
as Charlie DeSalvo
1994
4.0
Liar, Liar
as Dr. Kerr
1993
5.0
X-Men
as Bishop (voice)
1992
8.2
Highlander: The Series
as Charlie DeSalvo
1992
7.4
Terror on Track 9
as Reporter #2
1992
2.8
Married to It
as Limo Driver
1991
5.9
F/X2
as Detective McQuay
1991
6.3
Swamp Thing
1990
5.9
Stella
as Police Officer
1990
5.7
Millennium
as Briley
1989
5.4
War of the Worlds
as Norton Drake
1988
6.2
Switching Channels
as Guard
1988
6.1
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
1987
7.3
Blue Monkey
as Anthony Rivers
1987
4.9
Nightstick
as Price
1987
2.8
Nowhere to Hide
as Harvey
1987
6.3
Pretty Kill
as Joey
1987
1.8
Christmas Eve
as Mays
1986
6.6
The High Price of Passion
as Locksmith
1986
6.0
Easy Prey
as Blair
1986
6.8
Iceman
as Dr. Vermeil
1984
6.2
Covergirl
as Cairo
1984
3.7
Shock-Trauma
as Sam Hooker
1982
0.0
🎬
A Far Cry From Home
1981
0.0
Improper Channels
as Motorcycle Cop
1981
10.0
Deadline
as Student #1
1980
5.1
Running
as Chuck Stone
1979
6.6
Search and Destroy
as Rosie Washington
1979
6.8