Philip Akin

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.

Known For

The General

Cube 2: Hypercube

Captain Harlan

The Skulls III

General Wilkes

The Sum of All Fears

Second I.A. Agent

The Man

Karl

P2

Edward Seton

Love, of Course

Limo Driver

Married to It

Alan Tompkins

Left Behind

Police Officer

Custody of the Heart

Det. Lewis Cook

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

Sarge

Bottom Feeder

Gunnery Sgt. Finch

One Kill

Anthony Rivers

Blue Monkey

Price

Nightstick

Principal Kerr

Everybody's Doing It

Sgt. Hill

The Haunting of Lisa

How to Deal

Richard

A Dad for Christmas

Flozell

Range of Motion

Mr. Seabrooke

The Red Sneakers

Lou

Burnt Toast

Charlie DeSalvo

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

Det. Gonda

To Love, Honor, & Betray

Guard

Switching Channels

Police Detective Jacobs

The Wrong Girl

Witness Protection Agent

Pretend You Don't See Her

Desk Sargeant

Family of Cops III

Air Force Reporter

Fly Away Home

Kofi Annan

Shake Hands with the Devil

Dr. Lustig

The Don's Analyst

Locksmith

The High Price of Passion

Det. Arthur Brown

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Judge Gleason

Giving Up the Ghost

Cairo

Covergirl

Sam Hooker

Shock-Trauma

Dr. Lawrence

Mafia Doctor

Reverend

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Joey

Pretty Kill

Harvey

Nowhere to Hide

OB-Gyn doctor

Deep in My Heart

Police Spokesman

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Briley

Millennium

Airborne

...First Do No Harm

Patterson

The Conspiracy of Fear

Rosie Washington

Search and Destroy

Assistant Principal Allen Hill

Knights of the South Bronx

Chuck Stone

Running

Blair

Easy Prey

Jules Grandfield

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

English Teacher

The Perfect Man

Dr. Alan

RoboCop

Detective McQuay

F/X2

Dr. Vermeil

Iceman

New York Assistant D.A

Color of Justice

Manager

Down in the Delta

Reporter #2

Terror on Track 9

Student #1

Deadline

Public Defender

Talk to Me

Dr. Mitch Powell

Absolution

ESU lieutenant

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Dr. Kerr

Liar, Liar

First Official

Blackout

Mays

Christmas Eve

A Far Cry From Home

Cabbie

Elvis Meets Nixon

Jeremiah

P.T. Barnum

Motorcycle Cop

Improper Channels

Paul

Pushing Tin

The Minister

Love Rules!

Foreman

Mistrial

Inspector Cheney

One Tough Cop

Henchman #1

The Stupids

Mel Paroff

The Judge

Judge

Hitched

George

Ms. Scrooge