Philip Akin
Philip Akin
Philip Akin has appeared in 26 movies on CringeMDb. 6 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 20 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: RoboCop (2014)
- Most recent with adult content: Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Born April 18, 1950 · Known for acting
23.1% Featured Movie Cringe Score (26 movies)
Philip Akin Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
The Skulls III
...as Captain Harlan
The Sum of All Fears
...as General Wilkes
The Man
...as Internal Affairs Agent
P2
...as Karl
Married to It
...as Limo Driver
Left Behind
...as Alan Tompkins
Pretend You Don't See Her
...as Witness Protection Agent
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
...as Desk Sargeant
Fly Away Home
...as Air Force Reporter
Shake Hands with the Devil
...as Kofi Annan
Airborne
...First Do No Harm
The Perfect Man
...as English Teacher
RoboCop
...as Dr. Alan
Down in the Delta
...as Manager
Elvis Meets Nixon
...as Cabbie
Mistrial
...as Foreman
One Tough Cop
...as Inspector Cheney
The Stupids
...as Henchman #1
The Ref
...as State Trooper
Certified Cringeworthy
Cube 2: Hypercube
...as The General
One Kill
...as Gunnery Sgt. Finch
How to Deal
The Don's Analyst
...as Dr. Lustig
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
...as Reverend
Pushing Tin
...as Paul
About 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.
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