Philip Akin
Acting
Born: April 18, 1950 (age 76) · Kingston, Jamaica
Highest Rated
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
RoboCop
2014
The Expanse
2015
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Cube 2: Hypercube
2002
X-Men
1992
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
P2
2007
The Perfect Man
2005
Warehouse 13
2009
Goosebumps
1995
The Man
2005
Fly Away Home
1996
Photos (1)
Movies (79)
The Sum of All Fears
General Wilkes
RoboCop
Dr. Alan
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Reverend
Cube 2: Hypercube
The General
Fly Away Home
Air Force Reporter
Pushing Tin
Paul
The Perfect Man
English Teacher
P2
Karl
The Ref
State Trooper
Millennium
Briley
The Man
Internal Affairs Agent
Iceman
Dr. Vermeil
...First Do No Harm
1997
The Stupids
Henchman #1
How to Deal
2003
Mistrial
Foreman
F/X2
Detective McQuay
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Jules Grandfield
Switching Channels
Guard
Left Behind
Alan Tompkins
Terror on Track 9
Reporter #2
Custody of the Heart
Police Officer
Knights of the South Bronx
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Down in the Delta
Manager
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Detective Albany
The Don's Analyst
Dr. Lustig
Mafia Doctor
Dr. Lawrence
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
ESU lieutenant
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Lewis Cook
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Desk Sargeant
Stella
Police Officer
Blue Monkey
Anthony Rivers
Shock-Trauma
Sam Hooker
The Skulls III
Captain Harlan
The High Price of Passion
Locksmith
Pretend You Don't See Her
Witness Protection Agent
The Haunting of Lisa
Sgt. Hill
Bottom Feeder
Sarge
Shake Hands with the Devil
Kofi Annan
Nowhere to Hide
Harvey
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Police Spokesman
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Det. Arthur Brown
Nightstick
Price
Deep in My Heart
OB-Gyn Doctor
Elvis Meets Nixon
Cabbie
Running
Chuck Stone
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Det. Gonda
The Conspiracy of Fear
Patterson
Covergirl
Cairo
Love, of Course
Edward Seton
A Dad for Christmas
Richard
P.T. Barnum
Jeremiah
Everybody's Doing It
Principal Kerr
The Judge
Mel Paroff
One Tough Cop
Inspector Cheney
Goosebumps: Chillogy
Bob Erikson
Married to It
Limo Driver
Pretty Kill
Joey
Giving Up the Ghost
Judge Gleason
Deadline
Student #1
Color of Justice
New York Assistant D.A
One True Love
Mark
Ms. Scrooge
George
Easy Prey
Blair
The Wrong Girl
Police Detective Jacobs
One Kill
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Improper Channels
Motorcycle Cop
Love Rules!
The Minister
The Red Sneakers
Mr. Seabrooke
Burnt Toast
Lou
Range of Motion
Flozell
Liar, Liar
Dr. Kerr
Airborne
1998
Absolution
Dr. Mitch Powell
Christmas Eve
Mays
Talk to Me
Public Defender
Blackout
First Official
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
Charlie DeSalvo
Search and Destroy
Rosie Washington
TV Shows (26)
The Expanse
Craig · 3 eps
Warehouse 13
Principal Hendricks · 1 eps
Highlander: The Series
Charlie DeSalvo · 14 eps
Relic Hunter
Budur · 1 eps
Lost Girl
Tshombe · 1 eps
Goosebumps
Bob Erikson · 3 eps
X-Men
Bishop (voice) · 9 eps
Flashpoint
1 eps
Mutant X
General Sutton · 1 eps
Doc
Dr. Getner · 2 eps
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1 eps
FX: The Series
Tod Rossi · 1 eps
This Is Wonderland
Mr. Johnson · 1 eps
Twice in a Lifetime
Todd · 1 eps
War of the Worlds
Norton Drake · 25 eps
Friday the 13th: The Series
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius · 1 eps
ReGenesis
Wayne MacPherson · 1 eps
Kevin Hill
Judge Sawyer · 1 eps
Highlander: The Raven
Simon Clark · 1 eps
Puppets Who Kill
1 eps
Caitlin's Way
1 eps
Caitlin's Way
Mr. Watson · 1 eps
Monster Force
13 eps
Platinum
Allen · 1 eps
H2O
U.S. President Monroe · 2 eps
Swamp Thing
5 eps