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Philip Akin is a Actor Canadien born on 18 april 1950 at Kingston (Jamaique)

Philip Akin

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Birth name Philip Akin
Nationality Canada
Birth 18 april 1950 (73 years) at Kingston (Jamaique)

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.

Biography

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 T'ai chi ch'uan.

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, an American 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 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. He won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical in 2012 for his production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, which starred Kevin Hanchard and Nigel Shawn Williams.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Philip Akin (56 films)

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RoboCop
RoboCop (2014)
, 1h57
Directed by José Padilha
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films
Actors Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish
Roles Dr. Alan
Rating60% 3.0474553.0474553.0474553.0474553.047455
In 2028, multinational conglomerate OmniCorp revolutionizes warfare with the introduction of robotic peacekeepers capable of maintaining law and order in hot spots such as Iran. Led by CEO Raymond Sellars, the company moves to market its tech to domestic law enforcement, but the passage of the Dreyfus Act, forbidding deployment of drones on U.S. soil, prevents this. Aware that most Americans oppose the use of military systems in their communities, Sellars asks Dr. Dennett Norton and his research team to create an alternative. The result is a proposal for a cyborg police officer. However, Norton informs Sellars that only someone who is stable enough to handle being a cyborg can be turned into one, and some candidates are rejected.
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love, 1h28
Directed by Douglas Barr
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Genie Francis Frakes, Katie Boland, Ted McGinley, Faith Ford, Gabrielle Miller, Kate Trotter
Roles Jules Grandfield
Rating57% 2.853072.853072.853072.853072.85307
Peyton MacGruder (Genie Francis) is still learning how to be a parent after reuniting with Christine, the daughter she gave up for adoption 18 years earlier. She’s also trying to manage her new relationship with King (Ted McGinley), but things get even more complicated when he asks her to marry him. Peyton is hesitant to take a chance at the happiness she deserves, but a note from a reader of her "Heart Healer" column leads to a new friendship that will teach her there’s a time to be cautious and a time to follow your heart.
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, 1h35
Directed by Mikael Salomon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Eric McCormack, Philip Akin, Sherry Stringfield, Regina Taylor, Emily Alyn Lind, Stephen McHattie
Roles Det. Lewis Cook
Rating58% 2.948222.948222.948222.948222.94822
Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" (McCormack) had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor before ultimately claiming to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Confident from the success of his prior scams, Clark quickly became well known and highly respected among Boston's elite and used his purported high society status to charm his way into the life of Sandra Boss (Stringfield), a millionaire with a Harvard MBA and a partner at the prestigious management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company. Following a whirlwind courtship, the two married and had a daughter, Reigh (Emily Alyn Lind, Eastwick) before their rocky 12-year union ended in divorce, leading Clark to abduct his beloved daughter after losing custody to Sandra. With the help of FBI agent Megan Norton (Taylor), Sandra's search for her daughter exposed Clark's lifelong con game for the world to see and ultimately raised questions about the real man and the deception he is capable of.
P2
P2 (2007)
, 1h38
Directed by Franck Khalfoun
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Christmas films
Actors Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley, Simon Reynolds, Philip Akin, Grace Lynn Kung, Stephanie Moore
Roles Karl
Rating59% 2.953132.953132.953132.953132.95313
Young businesswoman Angela Bridges (Rachel Nichols) works in a downtown Manhattan office block and gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve, before leaving to attend a family party. On her way to her car in the second underground parking lot level (P2) beneath the office block, she discovers that her car won't start. After receiving some assistance from the security guard named Thomas (Wes Bentley) and turning down his offer to spend Christmas with him, she calls for a taxi and waits in the lobby. When the taxi arrives, she discovers she's locked in the lobby, and runs back into the parking garage. The lights soon shut down and Angela, guided by the light on her cell phone, wanders around the deserted parking lot. Thomas then attacks Angela, drugs her with chloroform, and takes her to his office.
Shake Hands with the Devil, 1h53
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films
Actors Roy Dupuis, Deborah Kara Unger, James Gallanders, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Mongeau, Tom McCamus
Roles Kofi Annan
Rating75% 3.793653.793653.793653.793653.79365
Le général Roméo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) est envoyé en octobre 1993 comme commandant de la Force de maintien de la paix des Nations unies des l'Organisation des nations unies au Rwanda (MINUAR) afin, entre autres, d’aider ce pays à maintenir la fragile paix entre les forces du Front patriotique rwandais (FPR) et les Forces armées rwandaises (FAR). Cette force internationale ne comporte que quelques centaines d'hommes, principalement canadiens, belges, ghanéens et bangladais. À la suite de la mort du président du Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana, dont l'avion s'écrase dans la nuit du 6 au 7 avril 1994, les branches extrémistes gouvernementales Hutu procèdent, à l’aide notamment du groupuscule Interahamwe (« Ceux qui attaquent ensemble »), à l’élimination systématique des Tutsi et des Hutu modérés du Rwanda.
Bottom Feeder, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Tom Sizemore, Martin Roach, Philip Akin, Joe Dinicol
Roles Sarge
Rating42% 2.121632.121632.121632.121632.12163
A group of utility workers are trapped in a series of tunnels which, unfortunately, contain a scientist mutated by his own creation. The creature feeds instantly on a rat, becoming what it has eaten and then proceeds to stalk and murder the group one by one.
Get Rich or Die Tryin', 1h58
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors 50 Cent, Terrence Howard, Joy Bryant, Bill Duke, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller
Roles Reverend
Rating55% 2.760692.760692.760692.760692.76069
Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) is a quiet young boy who adores his loving mother (Serena Reeder), and the two live a relatively comfortable life as his mother is a local drug dealer. She often has to leave him with his grandparents to be looked after while she takes care of her business. After she is brutally murdered in an apparent drug deal gone wrong, Marcus heads down the wrong road himself.
The Man
The Man (2005)
, 1h23
Directed by Les Mayfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer, Luke Goss, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie
Roles Second I.A. Agent
Rating55% 2.7520652.7520652.7520652.7520652.752065
Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy) is preparing a speech. He works for a dental supply company, and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Knights of the South Bronx, 1h30
Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about chess
Actors Ted Danson, Malcolm David Kelley, Keke Palmer, Clifton Powell, Devon Bostick, Kate Vernon
Roles Asst. Principal Hill
Rating66% 3.3457653.3457653.3457653.3457653.345765
The movie is based on the true story of David MacEnulty who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level, eventually winning New York City and the New York State Chess Championships. The screenplay portrays whistle-blowing and a mid-life crisis that combine to remove Richard Mason (played by Ted Danson) from his old life. He becomes a substitute teacher and is assigned to a fourth-grade class in a South Bronx school. In the class are students with parents who are drug addicts or in jail or just scrambling to pay the bills. Few of them see a purpose in school other than meeting society's requirements, and he struggles, mostly in vain, to reach them.
The Perfect Man, 1h40
Directed by Mark Rosman, Mark Rosman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley, Ben Feldman, Vanessa Lengies
Roles English Teacher
Rating54% 2.7081752.7081752.7081752.7081752.708175
Single mother Jean (Heather Locklear) relocates every time she gets her heart broken by another guy, much to the dismay of her teenage daughter, Holly (Hilary Duff). Holly devises a plan to invent a secret admirer for her mother, so she'll be happy and not have to relocate anymore. Holly overhears her friend Amy's (Vanessa Lengies) uncle Ben (Chris Noth) ordering flowers for a woman, and decides to use his advice on women (which she acquires by telling him she needs help for a school project on romance). Following Ben's advice, she sends her mother orchids and other gifts and love notes, and is soon communicating with her mother as this fictitious admirer (who Holly names Ben) via the internet. As her mother becomes more interested, Holly has to find a photo of this admirer. She sends one of the real Ben, and then devises a reason why they can't meet in person, claiming he is working in China.
The Skulls III, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Clare Kramer, Bryce Johnson, Steve Braun, Barry Bostwick, Karl Pruner, Dean McDermott
Roles Captain Harlan
Rating47% 2.3590652.3590652.3590652.3590652.359065
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
Love Rules!, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joseph Lawrence, Maggie Lawson, Marilu Henner, Sergio Di Zio, Anna Silk, Adam MacDonald
Rating50% 2.5213052.5213052.5213052.5213052.521305
When Kelly and Michael decide to get married, they want to have an off-beat wedding without all the traditional glitz. But when their friends and Kelly's mother introduce them to the rules of engagement, a simple, intimate wedding becomes a huge production.
How to Deal, 1h41
Directed by Clare Kilner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford, Alexandra Holden, Mackenzie Astin, Dylan Baker
Rating55% 2.799812.799812.799812.799812.79981
Halley Marie Martin (Mandy Moore) is a 17-year-old high school student who is disillusioned with love after seeing many dysfunctional relationships around her. Her parents are now divorced and her father, Len Martin (Peter Gallagher), a radio talk show host, has a new young girlfriend that the entire family despises; mainly because she's the reason for the divorce. Her mother, Lydia (Allison Janney), is now always alone while her sister, Ashley, is so overwhelmed by her upcoming wedding with Lewis Warsher that she barely exists in the house anymore. On top of that, the shallowness of all the girls and guys at her school convinces Halley that finding true love is impossible.