Philip Glenister
Acting
Born: Feb 10, 1963
From: Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes. He also played DCI William Bell in State of Play (2003) and Reverend Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018). Glenister was born on 10 February 1963 in Harrow, Middlesex, and grew up in Hatch End. He is the son of director John Glenister and Joan Fry Lewis, and the younger brother of fellow actor Robert Glenister. He attended Hatch End High School. In his early career, he worked as a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. Following this, he worked until the age of 23 as a film publicist, but developed an interest in acting after watching his brother perform in a student play about the Sex Pistols. With the encouragement of his then-sister-in-law, Amanda Redman, he pursued acting and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. In the early 1990s, Glenister appeared in various TV series including Minder, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Heartbeat, The Chief, Dressing for Breakfast and Silent Witness. In 1997, he appeared in Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe's half-brother Matt Truman. He played William Dobbin in the 1998 mini-series …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheene | Narrator (voice) | 2023 | — |
| Just in Case | Mark | 2021 | — |
| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Pierce Brosnan | 2019 | 7.6 |
| Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings | Narrator | 2013 | 9.5 |
| Bel Ami | Charles Forestier | 2012 | 5.3 |
| Tales of Television Centre | Self | 2012 | 8.0 |
| Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves | Narrator | 2011 | 7.0 |
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Poker Friend | 2010 | 5.924 |
| The Making of... Ashes to Ashes | Himself | 2009 | — |
| Demons | Rupert Galvin | 2009 | — |
| Tu£sday | Earp | 2008 | 5.6 |
| The End of 'Life on Mars' | Self | 2007 | 7.0 |
| The Walk | Eddie | 2005 | 5.5 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Squire | 2005 | 7.022 |
| Island at War TV | Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten | 2004 | 7.917 |
| Calendar Girls | Lawrence Sertain | 2003 | 6.538 |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | William Strafford | 2003 | 7.16 |
| Byron | William Fletcher | 2003 | 4.75 |
| Lloyd & Hill | Daniel Lloyd | 2003 | 8.5 |
| Top Gear TV | Self | 2002 | 7.6 |
| Hornblower: Mutiny | Hobbs | 2001 | 7.344 |
| Hornblower: Retribution | Gunner Hobbs | 2001 | 7.305 |
| The Perfect Blue | Tom | 1998 | 6.5 |
| Sharpe's Justice | Matt Truman | 1997 | 7.093 |
| Sharpe: The Legend | Truman | 1997 | 5.714 |
| True Love | Phil | 1996 | — |
| I.D. | Charlie | 1995 | 6.619 |
| Loved Up | Ray | 1995 | 5.375 |
| A Fatal Inversion | Young Detective | 1992 | 5.0 |
| London Kills Me | Suited Man | 1991 | 5.9 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1963 |
| From | Harrow, Middlesex, England, … |