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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Movies (81)
Love, of Course
2018 · Edward Seton
RoboCop
2014 · Dr. Alan
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010 · Lewis Cook
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009 · Jules Grandfield
P2
2007 · Karl
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007 · Kofi Annan
Bottom Feeder
2007 · Sarge
A Dad for Christmas
2006 · Richard
Absolution
2006 · Dr. Mitch Powell
Knights of the South Bronx
2005 · Assistant Principal Allen Hill
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 · Reverend
Burnt Toast
2005 · Lou
The Man
2005 · Internal Affairs Agent
The Perfect Man
2005 · English Teacher
Love Rules!
2004 · The Minister
The Skulls III
2004 · Captain Harlan
How to Deal
2003
Mafia Doctor
2003 · Dr. Lawrence
Everybody's Doing It
2002 · Principal Kerr
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · General Wilkes
Cube 2: Hypercube
2002 · The General
The Red Sneakers
2002 · Mr. Seabrooke
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002 · Witness Protection Agent
Hitched
2001 · Judge
The Judge
2001 · Mel Paroff
Blackout
2001 · First Official
Range of Motion
2000 · Flozell
El Rapto 1
2000 · Alan Tompkins
One True Love
2000 · Mark
Custody of the Heart
2000 · Police Officer
One Kill
2000 · Gunnery Sgt. Finch
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000 · Police Spokesman
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000 · Detective Albany
P.T. Barnum
1999 · Jeremiah
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999 · Det. Gonda
Pushing Tin
1999 · Paul
Deep in My Heart
1999 · OB-Gyn Doctor
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
1999 · Desk Sargeant
The Wrong Girl
1999 · Police Detective Jacobs
Down in the Delta
1998 · Manager
One Tough Cop
1998 · Inspector Cheney
Giving Up the Ghost
1998 · Judge Gleason
Airborne
1998
Goosebumps: Chillogy
1998 · Bob Erikson
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998 · ESU lieutenant
Ms. Scrooge
1997 · George
Color of Justice
1997 · New York Assistant D.A
The Don's Analyst
1997 · Dr. Lustig
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997 · Cabbie
...First Do No Harm
1997
Mistrial
1996 · Foreman
Talk to Me
1996 · Public Defender
Fly Away Home
1996 · Air Force Reporter
The Stupids
1996 · Henchman #1
The Haunting of Lisa
1996 · Sgt. Hill
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996 · Det. Arthur Brown
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996 · Patterson
The Ref
1994 · State Trooper
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
1994 · Charlie DeSalvo
Liar, Liar
1993 · Dr. Kerr
Terror on Track 9
1992 · Reporter #2
Married to It
1991 · Limo Driver
F/X2
1991 · Detective McQuay
Stella
1990 · Police Officer
Millennium
1989 · Briley
Switching Channels
1988 · Guard
Blue Monkey
1987 · Anthony Rivers
Nightstick
1987 · Price
Nowhere to Hide
1987 · Harvey
Pretty Kill
1987 · Joey
Christmas Eve
1986 · Mays
The High Price of Passion
1986 · Locksmith
Easy Prey
1986 · Blair
Iceman
1984 · Dr. Vermeil
Covergirl
1984 · Cairo
Shock-Trauma
1982 · Sam Hooker
A Far Cry From Home
1981
Improper Channels
1981 · Motorcycle Cop
Deadline
1980 · Student #1
Running
1979 · Chuck Stone
Search and Destroy
1979 · Rosie Washington
TV shows (25)
The Expanse
2015 · Craig
Lost Girl
2010 · Tshombe
Warehouse 13
2009 · Principal Hendricks
Flashpoint
2008
H2O
2004 · U.S. President Monroe
ReGenesis
2004 · Wayne MacPherson
Kevin Hill
2004 · Judge Sawyer
This Is Wonderland
2004 · Mr. Johnson
Platinum
2003 · Allen
Puppets Who Kill
2002
Mutant X
2001 · General Sutton
Doc
2001 · Dr. Getner
Caitlin's Way
2000 · Mr. Watson
Relic Hunter
1999 · Budur
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · Todd
Highlander: The Raven
1998 · Simon Clark
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
FX: The Series
1996 · Tod Rossi
Goosebumps
1995 · Bob Erikson
Monster Force
1994
X-Men
1992 · Bishop (voice)
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Charlie DeSalvo
Swamp Thing
1990
War of the Worlds
1988 · Norton Drake
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Sam 'Kid' Cornelius