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Philip Akin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-04-18,Kingston, Jamaica
Gender
Male
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

Cube 2: Hypercube

5.5

Cube 2: Hypercube
2002-04-15

5.1

The Skulls III
2004-03-23

The Sum of All Fears

6.348

The Sum of All Fears
2002-05-31

5.721

The Man
2005-09-08

6.2

P2
2007-11-09

Love, of Course

6.6

Love, of Course
2018-10-20

6

Married to It
1991-09-11

4.174

Left Behind
2000-10-30

Custody of the Heart

4.2

Custody of the Heart
2000-08-28

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

5.1

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010-12-01

4.8

Bottom Feeder
2007-04-03

6.3

One Kill
2000-08-06

5.1

Blue Monkey
1987-09-25

3.2

Nightstick
1987-09-01

Everybody's Doing It

3.5

Everybody's Doing It
2002-12-21

The Haunting of Lisa

5.5

The Haunting of Lisa
1996-04-10

5.46

How to Deal
2003-07-18

A Dad for Christmas

7

A Dad for Christmas
2006-12-03

Range of Motion

2

Range of Motion
2000-12-04

The Red Sneakers

3.8

The Red Sneakers
2002-02-10

0

Burnt Toast
2005-10-01

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

4

Highlander: Unholy Alliance
1994-02-21

To Love, Honor, & Betray

3

To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999-05-12

Switching Channels

6.1

Switching Channels
1988-03-05

5.2

The Wrong Girl
1999-01-04

Pretend You Don't See Her

6.3

Pretend You Don't See Her
2002-01-12

Family of Cops III

6.6

Family of Cops III
1999-01-12

6.9

Fly Away Home
1996-09-13

Shake Hands with the Devil

7.191

Shake Hands with the Devil
2007-09-28

The Don's Analyst

5

The Don's Analyst
1997-09-06

The High Price of Passion

6

The High Price of Passion
1986-10-29

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

5.5

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996-02-18

Giving Up the Ghost

6

Giving Up the Ghost
1998-09-07

4.6

Covergirl
1984-01-13

0

Shock-Trauma
1982-10-27

4.5

Mafia Doctor
2003-03-16

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

6.788

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005-11-09

1.8

Pretty Kill
1987-03-27

Nowhere to Hide

6.3

Nowhere to Hide
1987-07-17

Deep in My Heart

6

Deep in My Heart
1999-02-14

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

5.5

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000-07-16

5.4

Millennium
1989-08-25

2.9

Airborne
1998-07-23

...First Do No Harm

6.9

...First Do No Harm
1997-02-16

The Conspiracy of Fear

10

The Conspiracy of Fear
1996-01-01

Search and Destroy

6.8

Search and Destroy
1979-07-05

Knights of the South Bronx

6.7

Knights of the South Bronx
2005-12-06

6.8

Running
1979-10-30

7

Easy Prey
1986-07-08

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

4.4

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009-01-31

The Perfect Man

6.1

The Perfect Man
2005-06-17

5.874

RoboCop
2014-01-30

6.3

F/X2
1991-04-16

6.146

Iceman
1984-04-13

Color of Justice

5.5

Color of Justice
1997-09-07

Down in the Delta

6.4

Down in the Delta
1998-12-25

Terror on Track 9

4

Terror on Track 9
1992-09-20

5.5

Deadline
1980-01-01

0

Talk to Me
1996-10-20

5

Absolution
2006-09-11

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

5

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998-02-01

4.7

Du lügst
1993-06-22

4

Blackout
2001-01-24

7.5

Christmas Eve
1986-12-22

A Far Cry From Home

0

A Far Cry From Home
1981-12-12

6.5

Mutant X
2001-10-06

Friday the 13th: The Series

7.27

Friday the 13th: The Series
1987-10-03

6.7

Relic Hunter
1999-09-25

Puppets Who Kill

6.5

Puppets Who Kill
2002-10-04

8.2

Monster Force
1994-04-09

Highlander: The Raven

5.1

Highlander: The Raven
1998-09-26

7.3

Flashpoint
2008-07-11

Highlander: The Series

7.402

Highlander: The Series
1992-10-03

7.9

Goosebumps
1995-10-27

8.2

X-Men
1992-10-31

7.5

Caitlin's Way
2000-03-11

Twice in a Lifetime

5.5

Twice in a Lifetime
1999-08-25

5.3

Kevin Hill
2004-09-29

7.429

Doc
2001-03-11

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

6.9

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996-09-28

6.2

FX: The Series
1996-09-09

5.9

Swamp Thing
1990-10-31

9

H2O
2004-10-31

War of the Worlds

6.2

War of the Worlds
1988-10-07

7.666

Warehouse 13
2009-07-07

Highlander: The Series

7.402

Highlander: The Series
1992-10-03

Highlander: The Series

7.402

Highlander: The Series
1992-10-03

7.7

Lost Girl
2010-09-12

8.061

The Expanse
2015-12-14

7.4

ReGenesis
2004-10-24

5.8

Platinum
2003-04-14

This Is Wonderland

9

This Is Wonderland
2004-01-12