Philip Glenister
Biography
Philip Glenister is an English actor known for playing Gene Hunt in the BBC shows Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. Born in Harrow and raised in Hatch End, he worked as a film publicist before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He began appearing on television in the early 1990s and later took the role of Richard Sharpe's half-brother Matt Truman in Sharpe's Justice (1997). His film work includes the photographer in Calendar Girls (2003), a small role in the Woody Allen film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) and Charles Forestier in Bel Ami (2012). On television he played DCI William Bell in State of Play, factory boss Mack Mackintosh in Clocking Off, demon hunter Rupert Galvin in Demons and Reverend Anderson in Outcast. He also appeared as Captain Smollett in Treasure Island (2012) and in the drama Belgravia.
63years old
Turns 64 on February 10in 132 days
- Born London Borough of Harrow
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Philip Haywood Glenister and Phillip Glenister
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 17 years1995 to 2012
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Getting ready for a role
Glenister used an American accent to play the demon hunter Rupert Galvin in the 2009 ITV drama Demons, a role he later said he may have been miscast in.
Languages
Glenister played Reverend Anderson in 2016, taking a leading part in Robert Kirkman's TV version of Outcast and speaking with an American accent for the role.
Behind the camera
Glenister wrote a book about the culture of the 1970s and 1980s. Titled Things Ain't What They Used to Be, it came out in October 2008.
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Philip Glenister shares two films with Sean Gilder, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Antonio Banderas's page
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All films by Woody Allen
Nigel ColeDirector, 1 film, 2003
All films by Nigel Cole
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