Philip Glenister
Acting

Philip Glenister

Born 10 February 1963 · Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
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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.

Known for

Kingdom of Heaven
Foundation
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Bel Ami
Outcast
Calendar Girls
Life on Mars
Ashes to Ashes
State of Play
Silent Witness
I.D.
Sheene
Just in Case
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
Bel Ami
Treasure Island
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Tu£sday
Kingdom of Heaven
Calendar Girls
The Other Boleyn Girl
Byron
Lloyd & Hill
Hornblower: Mutiny
Hornblower: Retribution
Sharpe's Justice
Sharpe: The Legend
I.D.
Loved Up
A Fatal Inversion
London Kills Me
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