Philip Glenister
Acting
Born: 1963-02-10 · Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Sheene
2023
Narrator (voice)
Just in Case
2021
Mark
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
Pierce Brosnan
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
2013
Narrator
Tales of Television Centre
2012
Self
Bel Ami
2012
Charles Forestier
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
2011
Narrator
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Poker Friend
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009
Himself
Demons
2009
Rupert Galvin
Tu£sday
2008
Earp
The End of 'Life on Mars'
2007
Self
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Squire
The Walk
2005
Eddie
Byron
2003
William Fletcher
Calendar Girls
2003
Lawrence Sertain
Lloyd & Hill
2003
Daniel Lloyd
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
William Strafford
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
Gunner Hobbs
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001
Hobbs
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Lady
2026
DCI Jim Dickie
Bergerac
2025
Arthur Wakefield
After the Flood
2024
Jack Radcliffe
Steeltown Murders
2023
DCI Paul Bethell
Carthago
2022
Lord James Davidson
Remembers…
2022
Self
Foundation
2021
Commdor Argo
Belgravia
2020
James Trenchard
DNA Journey
2019
Self
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
2019
Betty Spud
What The Killer Did Next
2019
Self - Host
Living the Dream
2017
Mal Pemberton
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Contestant
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
Self
Urban Myths
2017
Kev Wells
The Level
2016
Frank Le Saux
Outcast
2016
Reverend Anderson
From There to Here
2014
Daniel
Prey
2014
David Murdoch
For the Love of Cars
2014
Himself