Personal Info
Philip Haywood Glenister
Philip Glenister
Acting
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.
In his early career, he worked as a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. Following this, h…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Sheene
as Narrator (voice)
Just in Case
as Mark
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Pierce Brosnan
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
as Narrator
Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves
as Narrator
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Poker Friend
Demons
as Rupert Galvin
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
as Himself
TV Shows
The Lady
as DCI Jim Dickie · 4 ep.
Bergerac
as Arthur Wakefield · 6 ep.
After the Flood
as Jack Radcliffe · 12 ep.
Steeltown Murders
as DCI Paul Bethell · 4 ep.
Remembers…
as Self · 1 ep.
Carthago
as Lord James Davidson · 11 ep.
Foundation
as Commdor Argo · 1 ep.
Belgravia
as James Trenchard · 6 ep.
DNA Journey
as Self · 1 ep.
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
as Betty Spud · 104 ep.
