Philip Glenister

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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. In his early career, he worked as a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. Following this, he worked until the age of 23 as a film publicist, but developed an interest in acting after watching his brother perform in a student play about the Sex Pistols. With the encouragement of his then-sister-in-law, Amanda Redman, he pursued acting and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. In the early 1990s, Glenister appeared in various TV series including Minder, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Heartbeat, The Chief, Dressing for Breakfast and Silent Witness. In 1997, he appeared in Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe's half-brother Matt Truman. He played William Dobbin in the 1998 mini-series Vanity Fair. From 1998 to 1999, Glenister co-starred as a mini-cab driver who aspires to be a rock star in the series Roger Roger. He also played factory boss Mack Mackintosh in the first three series of Clocking Off from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, he appeared in two of the Hornblower TV films as Horatio's antagonist Gunner Hobbs. Glenister played the photographer who took nude photos for a Women's Institute fundraising calendar in the 2003 feature film Calendar Girls. Also in 2003, he appeared in the mini-series State of Play. Glenister played the German commandant, Baron Heinrich von Rheingarten, in the 2004 mini-series Island at War about the Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. In April 2006, Glenister read the Bedtime Story for the BBC's children's channel, CBeebies. He returned to the slot in February/March 2007. Glenister played social reformer and estate manager Mr Carter in the 2007 BBC costume drama Cranford, as part of a cast including Judi Dench and Francesca Annis. Glenister is probably best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars (2006–07), co-starring with John Simm as Sam Tyler, and its sequel Ashes to Ashes (2008–10), with Keeley Hawes as Alex Drake. Glenister also worked with Simm on State of Play and Clocking Off and the 2008 crime film Tuesday. Upon announcement of the film, Glenister joked that he and Simm were contractually obliged to work with each other once a year. Glenister starred as demon hunter Rupert Galvin in the 2009 ITV drama Demons. He used an American accent for the role, which received some criticism from reviewers. After the series was cancelled, he said he had problems with the role and felt that he may have been miscast. In 2010, Glenister had a small role (credited as 'Poker Friend') in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and he played Charles Forestier in a 2011 feature film of Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami. He starred in the 2011 conspiracy thriller Hidden on BBC One.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1963-02-10
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  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
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6.6

Calendar Girls

2003-09-02

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Sheene

2023-03-26

7.5

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001-04-08

6.7

I.D.

1995-05-05

5.6

Tu£sday

2008-10-10

7

Sharpe's Justice

1997-05-14

7.4

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003-03-28

5.8

Loved Up

1995-08-21

0

Just in Case

2021-01-01

7.6

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

2019-08-09

6.1

London Kills Me

1991-12-13

5.3

Bel Ami

2012-03-09

5.4

A Fatal Inversion

1992-05-10

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True Love

1996-02-24

8

Tales of Television Centre

2012-05-17

4.6

Byron

2003-09-27

7.5

Hornblower: Retribution

2001-04-15

6

Sharpe: The Legend

1997-10-13

9.5

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

2013-06-02

5.8

The Perfect Blue

1998-12-19

4

The Walk

2005-02-27

5.9

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010-09-22

7

Kingdom of Heaven

2005-05-03

7

Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves

2011-10-09

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The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

2009-05-06

0

Lloyd & Hill

2003-07-01

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The End of 'Life on Mars'

2007-04-16

7.5

Top Gear

2002-10-20

7.6

Island at War

2004-07-11

5.2

This Morning

1988-10-03

6

Soccer AM

1995-08-12

7.7

Ashes to Ashes

2008-02-07

4.6

The One Show

2006-08-14

7.5

Lost Land of the Volcano

2009-09-08

7.6

Silent Witness

1996-02-21

7

Heartbeat

1992-04-10

7.8

Life on Mars

2006-01-09

7.5

State of Play

2003-05-18

6.3

Demons

2009-01-03

6.2

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987-08-02

7.4

Clocking Off

2000-01-23

0

Eyewitness

2010-04-18

6.7

New Street Law

2006-05-04

8.1

Cranford

2007-11-18

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Roger Roger

1998-01-08

6

The Vice

1999-01-04

5.3

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

2009-03-22

5.6

GMTV

1993-01-01

8

My Wonderful Life

1996-02-25

7.7

Hornblower

1998-10-07

6.3

Treasure Island

2012-01-01

0

The Secret Life of the National Grid

2010-10-26

5

The Stepfather

2005-02-06

7

Mad Dogs

2011-02-10

6.5

Hidden

2011-10-06

0

The Secret Life of the motorway

2007-11-18

9

For the Love of Cars

2014-04-26

7.3

From There to Here

2014-05-22

8

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

2017-03-02

7.1

Outcast

2016-06-03

6.7

Prey

2014-04-28

6.7

The Detectives

1993-01-27

0

The Secret Life of the Airport

2009-06-15

7.8

Foundation

2021-09-23

4.6

The One Show

2006-08-14

7

Drop the Dead Donkey

1990-08-09

6.8

Minder

1979-10-29

6

Law and Disorder

1994-01-17

6.3

The Level

2016-09-30

7

Vincent

2005-10-10

7.6

Living the Dream

2017-11-02

3

Blue Heaven

1992-06-10

5.7

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

2014-02-07

7.7

Vanity Fair

1998-11-01

6.8

After the Flood

2024-01-10

7.4

Urban Myths

2017-01-19

8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989-01-08

6.8

Big School

2013-08-16

6

Richard Osman's House of Games

2017-09-04

7.2

Belgravia

2020-03-15

7.3

The Hollow Crown

2012-06-30

9

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud

2019-09-02

5

Carthago

2022-12-18

5

Legends

2006-11-17

7.1

Steeltown Murders

2023-05-15

8

Inside No. 9

2014-02-05

7

Bergerac

2025-02-27

6

DNA Journey

2019-11-10

7.7

What The Killer Did Next

2019-02-04

0

Frontiers

1996-05-07

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