Philip Akin
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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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The Expanse
Craig
Almacén 13
Principal Hendricks
Highlander: El inmortal
Charlie DeSalvo
La reina de las sombras
Tshombe
Cazatesoros
Budur
X-Men
Bishop (voice)
Escalofríos
Bob Erikson
Mutant X
General Sutton
Flashpoint
This Is Wonderland
Mr. Johnson
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Doc
Friday the 13th: The Series
Sam 'Kid' Cornelius
ReGenesis
Wayne MacPherson
War of the Worlds
Norton Drake
FX: The Series
Tod Rossi
Twice in a Lifetime
Todd
Kevin Hill
Judge Sawyer
La Suma de Todos los Miedos
General Wilkes
RoboCop
Dr. Alan
Highlander: The Raven
Simon Clark
Puppets Who Kill
Rico o muerto
Reverend
Toda Caitlin
Detective por error
Second I.A. Agent
Pushing Tin
Paul
The Ref
State Trooper
Piso 2: El nivel del Pánico
Karl
El Cubo 2: Hipercubo
The General
Volando a casa
Air Force Reporter