Philip Akin
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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.
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Acted in
Love, of Course
2018
as Edward Seton
The Expanse
2015
as Craig
RoboCop
2014
as Dr. Alan
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010
as Det. Lewis Cook
Lost Girl
2010
as Tshombe
Warehouse 13
2009
as Principal Hendricks
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009
as Jules Grandfield
Flashpoint
2008
P2
2007
as Karl
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007
as Kofi Annan
Bottom Feeder
2007
as Sarge
A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Richard
Absolution
2006
as Dr. Mitch Powell
Knights of the South Bronx
2005
as Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Reverend
Burnt Toast
2005
as Lou
The Man
2005
as Second I.A. Agent
The Perfect Man
2005
as English Teacher
H2O
2004
as U.S. President Monroe
ReGenesis
2004
as Wayne MacPherson
Kevin Hill
2004
as Judge Sawyer
The Skulls III
2004
as Captain Harlan
This Is Wonderland
2004
as Mr. Johnson
How to Deal
2003
Platinum
2003
as Allen
Mafia Doctor
2003
as Dr. Lawrence
Everybody's Doing It
2002
as Principal Kerr
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as General Wilkes
Cube 2: Hypercube
2002
as The General
The Red Sneakers
2002
as Mr. Seabrooke
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002
as Witness Protection Agent
Mutant X
2001
as General Sutton
Doc
2001
Blackout
2001
as First Official
Range of Motion
2000
as Flozell
Left Behind
2000
as Alan Tompkins
Custody of the Heart
2000
as Police Officer
One Kill
2000
as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
as Police Spokesman
Caitlin's Way
2000
Relic Hunter
1999
as Budur
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Todd
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
as Det. Gonda
Deep in My Heart
1999
as OB-Gyn doctor
Family of Cops III
1999
as Desk Sargeant
The Wrong Girl
1999
as Police Detective Jacobs
Down in the Delta
1998
as Manager
Highlander: The Raven
1998
as Simon Clark
Giving Up the Ghost
1998
as Judge Gleason
Airborne
1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
as ESU lieutenant
Color of Justice
1997
as New York Assistant D.A
The Don's Analyst
1997
as Dr. Lustig
...First Do No Harm
1997
Talk to Me
1996
as Public Defender
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
Fly Away Home
1996
as Air Force Reporter
FX: The Series
1996
as Tod Rossi
The Haunting of Lisa
1996
as Sgt. Hill
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996
as Det. Arthur Brown
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
as Patterson
Goosebumps
1995
as Bob Erikson
Monster Force
1994
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
1994
as Charlie DeSalvo
Du lügst
1993
as Dr. Kerr
X-Men
1992
as Bishop (voice)
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Charlie DeSalvo
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Charlie DeSalvo (credit only)
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Charlie DeSalvo (uncredited)
Terror on Track 9
1992
as Reporter #2
Married to It
1991
as Limo Driver
F/X2
1991
as Detective McQuay
Swamp Thing
1990
Millennium
1989
as Briley
War of the Worlds
1988
as Norton Drake
Switching Channels
1988
as Guard
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Blue Monkey
1987
as Anthony Rivers
Nightstick
1987
as Price
Nowhere to Hide
1987
as Harvey
Pretty Kill
1987
as Joey
Christmas Eve
1986
as Mays
The High Price of Passion
1986
as Locksmith
Easy Prey
1986
as Blair
Iceman
1984
as Dr. Vermeil
Covergirl
1984
as Cairo
Shock-Trauma
1982
as Sam Hooker
A Far Cry From Home
1981
Deadline
1980
as Student #1
Running
1979
as Chuck Stone
Search and Destroy
1979
as Rosie Washington