Acting
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.
Filmography
Love, of Course
Film · 2018
The Expanse
Series · 2015
RoboCop
Film · 2014
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Film · 2010
Lost Girl
Series · 2010
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Film · 2009
Warehouse 13
Series · 2009
Flashpoint
Series · 2008
P2
Film · 2007
Bottom Feeder
Film · 2007
Shake Hands with the Devil
Film · 2007
A Dad for Christmas
Film · 2006
Absolution
Film · 2006
The Man
Film · 2005
Burnt Toast
Film · 2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Film · 2005
Knights of the South Bronx
Film · 2005
The Perfect Man
Film · 2005
The Skulls III
Film · 2004
Love Rules!
Film · 2004
Kevin Hill
Series · 2004
H2O
Series · 2004
ReGenesis
Series · 2004
This Is Wonderland
Series · 2004
How to Deal
Film · 2003
Mafia Doctor
Film · 2003
Platinum
Series · 2003
Cube 2: Hypercube
Film · 2002
The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002
Everybody's Doing It
Film · 2002
The Red Sneakers
Film · 2002
Pretend You Don't See Her
Film · 2002
Puppets Who Kill
Series · 2002
Blackout
Film · 2001
The Judge
Film · 2001
Hitched
Film · 2001
Mutant X
Series · 2001
Doc
Series · 2001
Left Behind
Film · 2000
Custody of the Heart
Film · 2000
One Kill
Film · 2000
Range of Motion
Film · 2000
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Film · 2000
One True Love
Film · 2000
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Film · 2000
Caitlin's Way
Series · 2000
Caitlin's Way
Series · 2000
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Film · 1999
The Wrong Girl
Film · 1999
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Film · 1999
Deep in My Heart
Film · 1999
P.T. Barnum
Film · 1999
Pushing Tin
Film · 1999
Relic Hunter
Series · 1999
Twice in a Lifetime
Series · 1999
Giving Up the Ghost
Film · 1998
Airborne
Film · 1998
Down in the Delta
Film · 1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Film · 1998
One Tough Cop
Film · 1998
Goosebumps: Chillogy
Film · 1998
Highlander: The Raven
Series · 1998
The Don's Analyst
Film · 1997
...First Do No Harm
Film · 1997
Color of Justice
Film · 1997
Elvis Meets Nixon
Film · 1997
Ms. Scrooge
Film · 1997
The Haunting of Lisa
Film · 1996
Fly Away Home
Film · 1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Film · 1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
Film · 1996
Talk to Me
Film · 1996
Mistrial
Film · 1996
The Stupids
Film · 1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Series · 1996
FX: The Series
Series · 1996
Goosebumps
Series · 1995
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
Film · 1994
The Ref
Film · 1994
Monster Force
Series · 1994
Liar, Liar
Film · 1993
Terror on Track 9
Film · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
X-Men
Series · 1992
Married to It
Film · 1991
F/X2
Film · 1991
Stella
Film · 1990
Swamp Thing
Series · 1990
Millennium
Film · 1989
Switching Channels
Film · 1988
War of the Worlds
Series · 1988
Blue Monkey
Film · 1987
Nightstick
Film · 1987
Pretty Kill
Film · 1987
Nowhere to Hide
Film · 1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
Series · 1987
The High Price of Passion
Film · 1986
Easy Prey
Film · 1986
Christmas Eve
Film · 1986
Covergirl
Film · 1984
Iceman
Film · 1984
Shock-Trauma
Film · 1982
A Far Cry From Home
Film · 1981
Improper Channels
Film · 1981
Deadline
Film · 1980
Search and Destroy
Film · 1979
Running
Film · 1979