Philip Glenister
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Lady
2026
as DCI Jim Dickie
Bergerac
2025
as Arthur Wakefield
Street Cops: Catching the Yobs
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
After the Flood
2024
as Jack Radcliffe
Sheene
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Steeltown Murders
2023
as DCI Paul Bethell
Carthago
2022
as Lord James Davidson
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Just in Case
2021
as Mark
Foundation
2021
as Commdor Argo
Belgravia
2020
as James Trenchard
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
as Pierce Brosnan
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
2019
as Betty Spud
DNA Journey
2019
as Self
What The Killer Did Next
2019
as Self - Host
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self
Living the Dream
2017
as Mal Pemberton
Urban Myths
2017
as Kev Wells
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Outcast
2016
as Reverend Anderson
The Level
2016
as Frank Le Saux
Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World
2014
as Self - Narrator
For the Love of Cars
2014
as Self - Presenter
From There to Here
2014
as Daniel
Prey
2014
as David Murdoch
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
as Craig
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
2013
as Narrator
Big School
2013
as Mr Gunn
Bel Ami
2012
as Charles Forestier
Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
Treasure Island
2012
as Smollett
Treasure Island
2012
as Captain Smollett
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Talbot
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
2011
as Narrator
Mad Dogs
2011
as Quinn
Hidden
2011
as Harry Venn
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Poker Friend
Eyewitness
2010
The Secret Life of the National Grid
2010
as Narrator (Voice)
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009
as Himself
Lost Land of the Volcano
2009
as Self - Narrator
Demons
2009
as Rupert Galvin
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009
as Self
The Secret Life of the Airport
2009
as Narrator
Tu£sday
2008
as Earp
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as Gene Hunt
The End of 'Life on Mars'
2007
as Self
Cranford
2007
as Mr Carter
The Secret Life of the motorway
2007
as Narrator (Voice)
Life on Mars
2006
as Gene Hunt
The One Show
2006
as Self
Legends
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Walk
2005
as Eddie
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Squire
The Stepfather
2005
as Dougie Molloy
Vincent
2005
Last Rights
2005
as John Speers
Island at War
2004
as Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten
Calendar Girls
2003
as Lawrence Sertain
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as William Strafford
Byron
2003
as William Fletcher
Lloyd & Hill
2003
as Daniel Lloyd
State of Play
2003
as DCI William Bell
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001
as Hobbs
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
as Gunner Hobbs
The Hunt
2001
as Rob Campbell
Clocking Off
2000
as James 'Mack' Mackintosh
The Vice
1999
as Jason Grant
The Perfect Blue
1998
as Tom
Roger Roger
1998
as Phil
Hornblower
1998
as Gunner Hobbs
Vanity Fair
1998
as William Dobbin
Sharpe's Justice
1997
as Matt Truman
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Truman
True Love
1996
as Phil
Silent Witness
1996
Frontiers
1996
as DS Danny Curtis
My Wonderful Life
1996
as Phil
I.D.
1995
as Charlie
Loved Up
1995
as Ray
Soccer AM
1995
as Self
Law and Disorder
1994
GMTV
1993
as Self
The Detectives
1993
as Uniformed Officer
A Fatal Inversion
1992
as Young Detective
Heartbeat
1992
as Julian Cantley
Blue Heaven
1992
as Paul Twice
London Kills Me
1991
as Suited Man
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Herbert Bennett
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
as Harrison
The Chief
1990
as Angus Shadwell
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Sir William Boyd Carrington
This Morning
1988
as Self
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Brian Gregson
Minder
1979
as Greg Hunter