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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
- event Death Date Unknown
- 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

0
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
0
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

0
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009-05-06

0
Lloyd & Hill
2003-07-01

0
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

0
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