Philip Glenister

Philip Glenister is, for me, one of British television's great character anchors. His DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes is the kind of swaggering, foul-mouthed, oddly lovable creation that defines an era of telly. What I appreciate is that he is not a conventional leading man; he commands a scene through sheer presence and dry, distinctly English wit. From Harrow to a string of meaty roles, he has built a career on being unmistakably himself. I trust actors like this implicitly, the ones who change the temperature of a room the moment they appear. A genuinely fine performer.

Name (English)

Philip Glenister

Name (Japanese)

フィリップ・グレニスター

Reading

ふぃりっぷ・ぐれにすたー

Born

February 10, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

London Borough of Harrow, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

High school

Hatch End High School

• Official sitehttp://www.philipglenister.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Glenister
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200721

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.