Philip Akin

Philip Akin

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: Acting
Birthday: 1950-04-18
Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Also Known As: Philip Akon, Phil Aiken , Philip Aikin, Phil Aken, Phil Akin, Phillip Akin

Movies List of Philip Akin

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Cube 2: Hypercube

2002 Movie
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The Skulls III

2004 Movie
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The Sum of All Fears

2002 Movie
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The Man

2005 Movie
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P2

2007 Movie
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Love, of Course

2018 Movie
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Married to It

1991 Movie
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Left Behind

2000 Movie
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Custody of the Heart

2000 Movie
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Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

2010 Movie
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Bottom Feeder

2007 Movie
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One Kill

2000 Movie
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Blue Monkey

1987 Movie
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Nightstick

1987 Movie
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Everybody's Doing It

2002 Movie
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The Haunting of Lisa

1996 Movie
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How to Deal

2003 Movie
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A Dad for Christmas

2006 Movie
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Range of Motion

2000 Movie
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The Red Sneakers

2002 Movie
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Burnt Toast

2005 Movie
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Highlander: Unholy Alliance

1994 Movie
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To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999 Movie
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Switching Channels

1988 Movie
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The Wrong Girl

1999 Movie
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Pretend You Don't See Her

2002 Movie
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Fly Away Home

1996 Movie
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Shake Hands with the Devil

2007 Movie
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The Don's Analyst

1997 Movie
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The High Price of Passion

1986 Movie
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

1996 Movie
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Giving Up the Ghost

1998 Movie
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Covergirl

1984 Movie
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Shock-Trauma

1982 Movie
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Mafia Doctor

2003 Movie
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005 Movie
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Pretty Kill

1987 Movie
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Nowhere to Hide

1987 Movie
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Deep in My Heart

1999 Movie
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Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

2000 Movie
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Millennium

1989 Movie
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Airborne

1998 Movie
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...First Do No Harm

1997 Movie
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The Conspiracy of Fear

1996 Movie
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Search and Destroy

1979 Movie
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Knights of the South Bronx

2005 Movie
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Running

1979 Movie
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Easy Prey

1986 Movie
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The Perfect Man

2005 Movie
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RoboCop

2014 Movie
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F/X2

1991 Movie
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Iceman

1984 Movie
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Color of Justice

1997 Movie
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Down in the Delta

1998 Movie
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Terror on Track 9

1992 Movie
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Deadline

1980 Movie
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Talk to Me

1996 Movie
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Absolution

2006 Movie
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Liar, Liar

1993 Movie
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Blackout

2001 Movie
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Christmas Eve

1986 Movie
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A Far Cry From Home

1981 Movie
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Elvis Meets Nixon

1997 Movie
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P.T. Barnum

1999 Movie
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Improper Channels

1981 Movie
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Pushing Tin

1999 Movie
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Love Rules!

2004 Movie
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Mistrial

1996 Movie