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 do ... ne 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.
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War of the Worlds
as Norton Drake
Episodes: 25
First Aired: Oct 07, 1988
Highlander: The Series
as Charlie DeSalvo
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 03, 1992
X-Men
as Bishop (voice)
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 31, 1992
Goosebumps
as Bob Erikson
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 27, 1995
The Expanse
as Craig
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 14, 2015
H2O
as U.S. President Monroe
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 31, 2004
Highlander: The Series
as Charlie DeSalvo (credit only)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 03, 1992
Mutant X
as General Sutton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 2001
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1987
Relic Hunter
as Budur
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1999
Highlander: The Raven
as Simon Clark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1998
Kevin Hill
as Judge Sawyer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2004
Twice in a Lifetime
as Todd
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 25, 1999
FX: The Series
as Tod Rossi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1996
Warehouse 13
as Principal Hendricks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 07, 2009
Highlander: The Series
as Charlie DeSalvo (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1992
Lost Girl
as Tshombe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2010
ReGenesis
as Wayne MacPherson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 2004
Platinum
as Allen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 2003
This Is Wonderland
as Mr. Johnson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 2004
Monster Force
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 09, 1994
Swamp Thing
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 31, 1990
Doc
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 11, 2001
Puppets Who Kill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 2002
Flashpoint
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2008
Caitlin's Way
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 2000
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1996
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