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Philip Akin‌

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Birthday

calendar1950-04-18

Popularity

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Philip Akin

Kingston, Jamaica

Philip Akin

Kingston, Jamaica

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1950-04-18

Popularity

star2.9

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.

Movie Credits

Cube 2: Hypercube

Cube 2: Hypercube‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

The Skulls III

The Skulls III‌
star5.1
calendar 2004

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

The Man

The Man‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

P2

P2‌
star6.2
calendar 2007

Love, of Course

Love, of Course‌
star6.6
calendar 2018

Married to It

Married to It‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Left Behind

Left Behind‌
star4.2
calendar 2000

Custody of the Heart

Custody of the Heart‌
star4.2
calendar 2000

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?‌
star5.1
calendar 2010

Bottom Feeder

Bottom Feeder‌
star4.8
calendar 2007

One Kill

One Kill‌
star6.3
calendar 2000

Blue Monkey

Blue Monkey‌
star5.1
calendar 1987

Nightstick

Nightstick‌
star3.2
calendar 1987

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It‌
star3.5
calendar 2002

The Haunting of Lisa

The Haunting of Lisa‌
star5.5
calendar 1996

How to Deal

How to Deal‌
star5.5
calendar 2003

A Dad for Christmas

A Dad for Christmas‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

Range of Motion

Range of Motion‌
star2.0
calendar 2000

The Red Sneakers

The Red Sneakers‌
star3.8
calendar 2002

Burnt Toast

Burnt Toast‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

Highlander: Unholy Alliance‌
star4.0
calendar 1994

To Love, Honor, & Betray

To Love, Honor, & Betray‌
star3.0
calendar 1999

Switching Channels

Switching Channels‌
star6.1
calendar 1988

The Wrong Girl

The Wrong Girl‌
star5.2
calendar 1999

Pretend You Don't See Her

Pretend You Don't See Her‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

Family of Cops III

Family of Cops III‌
star6.6
calendar 1999

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

The Don's Analyst

The Don's Analyst‌
star5.0
calendar 1997

The High Price of Passion

The High Price of Passion‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice‌
star5.5
calendar 1996

Giving Up the Ghost

Giving Up the Ghost‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

Covergirl

Covergirl‌
star4.6
calendar 1984

Shock-Trauma

Shock-Trauma‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Mafia Doctor

Mafia Doctor‌
star4.5
calendar 2003

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

Pretty Kill

Pretty Kill‌
star1.8
calendar 1987

Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide‌
star6.3
calendar 1987

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1999

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?‌
star5.5
calendar 2000

Millennium

Millennium‌
star5.4
calendar 1989

Airborne

Airborne‌
star2.9
calendar 1998

...First Do No Harm

...First Do No Harm‌
star6.9
calendar 1997

The Conspiracy of Fear

The Conspiracy of Fear‌
star10.0
calendar 1996

Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Knights of the South Bronx

Knights of the South Bronx‌
star6.7
calendar 2005

Running

Running‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Easy Prey

Easy Prey‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love‌
star4.4
calendar 2009

RoboCop

RoboCop‌
star5.9
calendar 2014

The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man‌
star6.1
calendar 2005

F/X2

F/X2‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Iceman

Iceman‌
star6.1
calendar 1984

Color of Justice

Color of Justice‌
star5.5
calendar 1997

Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta‌
star6.4
calendar 1998

Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9‌
star4.0
calendar 1992

Deadline

Deadline‌
star5.5
calendar 1980

Talk to Me

Talk to Me‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Absolution

Absolution‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Du lügst

Du lügst‌
star4.7
calendar 1993

Blackout

Blackout‌
star4.0
calendar 2001

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve‌
star7.5
calendar 1986

A Far Cry From Home

A Far Cry From Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Tv Credits

Mutant X

Mutant X‌
star6.5
calendar 2001

Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series‌
star7.3
calendar 1987

Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter‌
star6.7
calendar 1999

Puppets Who Kill

Puppets Who Kill‌
star6.5
calendar 2002

Monster Force

Monster Force‌
star8.2
calendar 1994

Highlander: The Raven

Highlander: The Raven‌
star5.1
calendar 1998

Flashpoint

Flashpoint‌
star7.3
calendar 2008

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series‌
star7.4
calendar 1992

Goosebumps

Goosebumps‌
star7.9
calendar 1995

X-Men

X-Men‌
star8.2
calendar 1992

Caitlin's Way

Caitlin's Way‌
star7.5
calendar 2000

Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime‌
star5.5
calendar 1999

Kevin Hill

Kevin Hill‌
star5.3
calendar 2004

Doc

Doc‌
star7.4
calendar 2001

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

FX: The Series

FX: The Series‌
star6.2
calendar 1996

Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing‌
star5.9
calendar 1990

H2O

H2O‌
star9.0
calendar 2004

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds‌
star6.2
calendar 1988

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13‌
star7.7
calendar 2009

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series‌
star7.4
calendar 1992

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series‌
star7.4
calendar 1992

Lost Girl

Lost Girl‌
star7.7
calendar 2010

The Expanse

The Expanse‌
star8.1
calendar 2015

ReGenesis

ReGenesis‌
star7.4
calendar 2004

Platinum

Platinum‌
star5.8
calendar 2003

This Is Wonderland

This Is Wonderland‌
star9.0
calendar 2004