Philip Glenister
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-02-10 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
Also known As
Philip Haywood Glenister
Philip Glenister
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, ...
Acting
2003
as Lawrence Sertain
2023
as Narrator (voice)
2001
as Hobbs
1995
as Charlie
2008
as Earp
1997
as Matt Truman
2003
as William Strafford
1995
as Ray
2021
as Mark
2019
as Pierce Brosnan
1991
as Suited Man
2012
as Charles Forestier
1992
as Young Detective
1996
as Phil
2012
as Self
2003
as William Fletcher
2001
as Gunner Hobbs
1997
as Truman
2013
1998
as Tom
2005
as Eddie
2010
as Poker Friend
2005
as Squire
2011
as Narrator
2009
as Himself
2003
as Daniel Lloyd
2007
as Self
Production
2011
as Executive Producer
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