Philip Akin
Acting • Born 1950-04-18
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.
Filmography
103 credits
Cube 2: Hypercube
Movie • 2002
The General
The Skulls III
Movie • 2004
Captain Harlan
The Sum of All Fears
Movie • 2002
General Wilkes
The Man
Movie • 2005
Second I.A. Agent
P2
Movie • 2007
Karl
Love, of Course
Movie • 2018
Edward Seton
Married to It
Movie • 1991
Limo Driver
Left Behind
Movie • 2000
Alan Tompkins
Custody of the Heart
Movie • 2000
Police Officer
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Movie • 2010
Det. Lewis Cook
Bottom Feeder
Movie • 2007
Sarge
One Kill
Movie • 2000
Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Blue Monkey
Movie • 1987
Anthony Rivers
Nightstick
Movie • 1987
Price
Everybody's Doing It
Movie • 2002
Principal Kerr
The Haunting of Lisa
Movie • 1996
Sgt. Hill
How to Deal
Movie • 2003
A Dad for Christmas
Movie • 2006
Richard
Range of Motion
Movie • 2000
Flozell
The Red Sneakers
Movie • 2002
Mr. Seabrooke
Burnt Toast
Movie • 2005
Lou
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
Movie • 1994
Charlie DeSalvo
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Movie • 1999
Det. Gonda
Switching Channels
Movie • 1988
Guard
The Wrong Girl
Movie • 1999
Police Detective Jacobs
Pretend You Don't See Her
Movie • 2002
Witness Protection Agent
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Movie • 1999
Desk Sargeant
Fly Away Home
Movie • 1996
Air Force Reporter
Shake Hands with the Devil
Movie • 2007
Kofi Annan
The Don's Analyst
Movie • 1997
Dr. Lustig
The High Price of Passion
Movie • 1986
Locksmith
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Movie • 1996
Det. Arthur Brown
Giving Up the Ghost
Movie • 1998
Judge Gleason
Covergirl
Movie • 1984
Cairo
Shock-Trauma
Movie • 1982
Sam Hooker
Mafia Doctor
Movie • 2003
Dr. Lawrence
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie • 2005
Reverend
Pretty Kill
Movie • 1987
Joey
Nowhere to Hide
Movie • 1987
Harvey
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1999
OB-Gyn doctor
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Movie • 2000
Police Spokesman
Millennium
Movie • 1989
Briley
Airborne
Movie • 1998
...First Do No Harm
Movie • 1997
The Conspiracy of Fear
Movie • 1996
Patterson
Search and Destroy
Movie • 1979
Rosie Washington
Knights of the South Bronx
Movie • 2005
Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Running
Movie • 1979
Chuck Stone
Easy Prey
Movie • 1986
Blair
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Movie • 2009
Jules Grandfield
RoboCop
Movie • 2014
Dr. Alan
The Perfect Man
Movie • 2005
English Teacher
F/X2
Movie • 1991
Detective McQuay
Iceman
Movie • 1984
Dr. Vermeil
Color of Justice
Movie • 1997
New York Assistant D.A
Down in the Delta
Movie • 1998
Manager
Terror on Track 9
Movie • 1992
Reporter #2
Deadline
Movie • 1980
Student #1
Talk to Me
Movie • 1996
Public Defender
Absolution
Movie • 2006
Dr. Mitch Powell
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie • 1998
ESU lieutenant
Liar, Liar
Movie • 1993
Dr. Kerr
Blackout
Movie • 2001
First Official
Christmas Eve
Movie • 1986
Mays
A Far Cry From Home
Movie • 1981
Elvis Meets Nixon
Movie • 1997
Cabbie
P.T. Barnum
Movie • 1999
Jeremiah
Improper Channels
Movie • 1981
Motorcycle Cop
Pushing Tin
Movie • 1999
Paul
Love Rules!
Movie • 2004
The Minister
Mistrial
Movie • 1996
Foreman
One Tough Cop
Movie • 1998
Inspector Cheney
The Stupids
Movie • 1996
Henchman #1
The Judge
Movie • 2001
Mel Paroff
Hitched
Movie • 2001
Judge
Ms. Scrooge
Movie • 1997
George
Stella
Movie • 1990
Police Officer
Mutant X
TV • 2001
General Sutton
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV • 1987
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Budur
Puppets Who Kill
TV • 2002
Monster Force
TV • 1994
Highlander: The Raven
TV • 1998
Simon Clark
Flashpoint
TV • 2008
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Charlie DeSalvo
Goosebumps
TV • 1995
Bob Erikson
X-Men
TV • 1992
Bishop (voice)
Caitlin's Way
TV • 2000
Kevin Hill
TV • 2004
Judge Sawyer
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Todd
Doc
TV • 2001
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV • 1996
FX: The Series
TV • 1996
Tod Rossi
Swamp Thing
TV • 1990
H2O
TV • 2004
U.S. President Monroe
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Norton Drake
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Principal Hendricks
Lost Girl
TV • 2010
Tshombe
The Expanse
TV • 2015
Craig
ReGenesis
TV • 2004
Wayne MacPherson
Platinum
TV • 2003
Allen
This Is Wonderland
TV • 2004
Mr. Johnson
Caitlin's Way
TV • 2000
Mr. Watson