Philip Glenister

Personal Info

Birthday

February 10, 1963

(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.

Known For

Foundation

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Inside No. 9

Minder

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Heartbeat

Kingdom of Heaven

Urban Myths

Filmography

2023
Sheene
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Just in Case
as Mark
2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Pierce Brosnan
2013
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
as Narrator
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier
2011
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
as Narrator
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Poker Friend
2009
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
as Himself
2008
Tu£sday
as Earp
2007
The End of 'Life on Mars'
as Self
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Squire
The Walk
as Eddie
2003
Byron
as William Fletcher
Calendar Girls
as Lawrence Sertain
Lloyd & Hill
as Daniel Lloyd
The Other Boleyn Girl
as William Strafford
2001
Hornblower: Retribution
as Gunner Hobbs
Hornblower: Mutiny
as Hobbs
1998
The Perfect Blue
as Tom
1997
Sharpe: The Legend
as Truman
Sharpe's Justice
as Matt Truman
1996
True Love
as Phil
1995
Loved Up
as Ray
I.D.
as Charlie
1992
A Fatal Inversion
as Young Detective
1991
London Kills Me
as Suited Man