Philip Akin
Bio: Philip Akin is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster… More Bio: Philip Akin is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.Akin was born on April 18, 1950 in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school's first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.Akin's best known and most recognised role is that of computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in the acclaimed Highlander television series has also brought him much recognition. In 2007, he is set to star as the title character in the Stratford, Ontario production of Othello.Akin is a founding member and currently an administrative producer of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprised of seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child.
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Filmography
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Bottom Feeder (2006)
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Harm's Way (2006)
- Actor
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The Man (2005)
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Love Rules! (2004)
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Chasing Freedom (2004)
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Philip Akin Videos
Chasing Freedom
2 minutes 30 seconds
Fx 2: The Deadly Art Of Illusion
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Bottom Feeder
2 minutes 39 seconds
The Big Slice
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Mafia Doctor
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