Philip Glenister
Born in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK — Feb 10 1963
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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…
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Sir William Boyd Carrington
Minder
Greg Hunter
Foundation
Commdor Argo
Silent Witness
Heartbeat
Julian Cantley
Inside No. 9
Craig
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Brian Gregson
Legends
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Chief
Angus Shadwell
Kingdom of Heaven
Squire
The Detectives
Uniformed Officer
Urban Myths
Kev Wells
The Hollow Crown
Talbot
Life on Mars
Gene Hunt
Ashes to Ashes
Gene Hunt
Outcast
Reverend Anderson
Cranford
Mr Carter
The Vice
Hornblower
Gunner Hobbs
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Drop the Dead Donkey
Clocking Off
James 'Mack' Mackintosh
Vanity Fair
William Dobbin
State of Play
DCI William Bell
After the Flood
Jack Radcliffe
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
Belgravia
James Trenchard
Bergerac
Arthur Wakefield
Mad Dogs
Quinn
New Street Law
Big School
Mr Gunn
The Lady
DCI Jim Dickie
Prey
David Murdoch
DNA Journey
Self
Vincent
Island at War
Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten
Steeltown Murders
DCI Paul Bethell
Roger Roger
Phil
The Level
Frank Le Saux
Blue Heaven
Paul Twice
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
From There to Here
Daniel
Demons
Rupert Galvin
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
Betty Spud
Hidden
Harry Venn
Calendar Girls
Lawrence Sertain
Living the Dream
Mal Pemberton
I.D.
Charlie
Bel Ami
Charles Forestier
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Poker Friend
Frontiers
DS Danny Curtis
For the Love of Cars
Himself
Last Rights
John Speers
Carthago
Lord James Davidson
A Fatal Inversion
Young Detective
The Stepfather
Dougie Molloy
My Wonderful Life
Phil
Sharpe: The Legend
Truman
London Kills Me
Suited Man
Lost Land of the Volcano
Self - Narrator
Tu£sday
Earp
Byron
William Fletcher
The Other Boleyn Girl
William Strafford
Loved Up
Ray
The Perfect Blue
Tom
True Love
Phil
Hornblower: Retribution
Gunner Hobbs
Tales of Television Centre
Self
The Walk
Eddie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Pierce Brosnan
Hornblower: Mutiny
Hobbs
Sharpe's Justice
Matt Truman
Law and Disorder
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
Himself
Lloyd & Hill
Daniel Lloyd
Sheene
Narrator (voice)
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
Narrator
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
Demons
Rupert Galvin
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
Narrator
Eyewitness
The End of 'Life on Mars'
Self
The Secret Life of the Airport
Narrator
What The Killer Did Next
Self - Host
The Secret Life of the motorway
Narrator (Voice)
The Secret Life of the National Grid
Narrator (Voice)
Just in Case
Mark