Philip Glenister

Q: Has Philip Glenister won any awards?

Philip Glenister has received several nominations, including a BAFTA nomination for his role in 'Life on Mars'. He has won the TV Quick Award for Best Actor in 2007 for the same role.

Q: What was Philip Glenister's first film?

Philip Glenister's first film appearance was in 'The 51st State' in 2001, where he played a supporting role. This marked the beginning of his film career after establishing himself in television.

Q: What are some of Philip Glenister's successful films?

Some of Philip Glenister's successful films include 'The 51st State' and 'The Last Detective'. His television roles have garnered more recognition than his film work, particularly in British crime dramas.

Q: Is Philip Glenister involved in any personal projects?

Philip Glenister has been involved in various personal projects, including documentaries and travel shows. He hosted 'Philip Glenister: The Great British Car Journey', exploring Britain's automotive history.

Q: What is Philip Glenister's estimated net worth?

Philip Glenister's estimated net worth is approximately $4 million, reflecting his successful career in television and film over the years.

Q: What is a notable milestone in Philip Glenister's career?

A notable milestone in Philip Glenister's career was his role in 'Life on Mars', which aired from 2006 to 2007 and became a cultural phenomenon, leading to a successful sequel and establishing him as a household name.

Q: What is Philip Glenister's acting style?

Philip Glenister's acting style is characterized by a strong, authoritative presence and a distinctive voice. He often portrays complex characters, adding depth and nuance to his performances.

Known for

Outcast (2014)

IMDb 4.6 / 10

2014 / Action, Adventure / 98mins

A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths.

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

2005 / Action, Adventure / 144 min

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

Life on Mars (2008)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2008 / Crime, Drama / 44mins

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

Name

Philip Glenister

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Born

10 February 1963, Harrow, London, England

Spouses

Beth Goddard (2006–present)

Children

2 children

Parents

Robert Glenister, Anne Glenister

Estimated Net Worth

$4 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV The Lady Jane Andrews' life changes overnight when she lands a dream job in Buckingham Palace and bonds with the Duchess of...	DCI Jim Dickie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2025	TV Bergerac Ex-cop Jim Bergerac is forced to confront a troubling past case when a wealthy woman is murdered, pushing him to...	Arthur Wakefield	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	TV After the Flood Joanna finds an unidentified man dead in a lift in a underground car park after a devastating flood, police assumes...	Jack Radcliffe	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	TV Steeltown Murders The hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area in 1973 and the remarkable...	DCI Paul Bethell	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2023	Movie Sheene This documentary from BT Sport Films celebrates the life of two-time world champion biker Barry Sheene, paying homage to his...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2022	TV Carthago Elijah Levi, a successful comedian in 1942 Palestine, is deported by the British authorities to Carthago, a detainee camp, in...	Lord James Davidson	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	TV Remembers… What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making...	Self	Not rated
2021	TV Foundation Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the...	Commdor Argo	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2021	Movie Just in Case How do you battle an invisible demon? How do you survive the war inside your own head? How do you...	Mark	Not rated
2020	TV Belgravia A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary...	James Trenchard	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	TV DNA Journey Celebrities are given a unique insight into their lives using innovative DNA science and technology to trace their ancestors.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV The Rubbish World of Dave Spud Dave, Grimsby's own magnet for disaster, is a fighter against the odds and our unlikely hero. He knows that no...	Betty Spud	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again Jennifer Saunders and a host of famous faces star in this hilarious Comic Relief reimagining of the hit movie featuring...	Pierce Brosnan	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV What The Killer Did Next Ian Stewart murdered his partner, children's author Helen Bailey, in 2016. He dumped her and her dog in a septic...	Self - Host	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	TV Living the Dream A British family, the Pembertons, decide it’s time to leave rainy England and move to the sunshine state of Florida....	Mal Pemberton	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	TV Richard Osman's House of Games Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2017	TV Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a panel show that sees Harry Hill presiding over two teams tasked with saving...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	TV Urban Myths Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore....	Kev Wells	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	TV The Level A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded...	Frank Le Saux	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	TV Outcast Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual...	Reverend Anderson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	TV From There to Here From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester...	Daniel	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	TV Prey Three-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case, he has no idea of the chaos...	David Murdoch	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2014	TV For the Love of Cars Actor and car fan Philip Glenister (of "Life on Mars" fame) and car restorer Ant Anstead find classic British cars...	Himself	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2014	TV Duck Quacks Don't Echo Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	TV Inside No. 9 An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.	Craig	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	TV Big School A comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive whiteboards set in an urban secondary school. Chemistry teacher...	Mr Gunn	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings British intelligence undertook an audacious operation to listen in on the private conversations of 10,000 German prisoners of war without...	Narrator	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	TV The Hollow Crown A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.	Talbot	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie Tales of Television Centre Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	Movie Bel Ami Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction...	Charles Forestier	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	TV Treasure Island In this two-part miniseries adaptation of the classic adventure novel, young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can direct...	Captain Smollett	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	Movie Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	TV Hidden When lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in...	Harry Venn	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	TV Mad Dogs Mad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris Cole that began airing on...	Quinn	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	TV The Secret Life of the National Grid	Narrator (Voice)	Not rated
2010	Movie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves...	Poker Friend	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2010	TV Eyewitness Eyewitness was a BBC series which examined how the police investigate crimes and the techniques they use to find their...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	TV Lost Land of the Volcano An international team of scientists, cavers and wildlife filmmakers venture deep into the heart of the remote tropical island of...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	TV The Secret Life of the Airport Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to...	Narrator	Not rated
2009	Movie The Making of... Ashes to Ashes The documentary about the making of the critically acclaimed British TV sequel series to the show Life on Mars, featuring...	Himself	Not rated
2009	TV Chris Moyles' Quiz Night Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris Moyles. The show was originally...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2009	TV Demons Luke Rutherford is your average teenager - until his dead father's best friend, Rupert Galvin turns up to reveal his...	Rupert Galvin	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Demons Luke Rutherford's ordinary life ends when Rupert Galvin reveals Luke's destiny as Van Helsing's great-grandson, a supernatural warrior battling entities...	Rupert Galvin	Not rated
2008	Movie Tu£sday Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a...	Earp	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	TV Ashes to Ashes Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in...	Gene Hunt	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2007	TV Cranford A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in...	Mr Carter	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2007	TV The Secret Life of the motorway	Narrator (Voice)	Not rated
2007	Movie The End of 'Life on Mars' A documentary about the conclusion of Life on Mars	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	TV Legends The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	TV Life on Mars A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car....	Gene Hunt	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	TV Vincent Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Kingdom of Heaven After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the...	Squire	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	TV Last Rights London, 2009: Voter apathy is at an all-time high, and a new right-wing political party, The Democratic Consensus Party, led...	John Speers	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Walk Charity walkers raising funds for cancer research by crossing the Sahara Desert argue and squabble over their relationships in the...	Eddie	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	TV The Stepfather Dougie Molloy is a widower, whose daughter disappeared three years ago. At the time, he was suspected of murdering her....	Dougie Molloy	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	TV Island at War Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands....	Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2003	Movie Byron Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years	William Fletcher	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2003	Movie Calendar Girls Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.	Lawrence Sertain	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2003	Movie Lloyd & Hill Just transferring into a squad run by her ex-Lover, DI Judy Hill is assigned to the case of a strangled...	Daniel Lloyd	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2003	TV State of Play The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and...	DCI William Bell	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2003	Movie The Other Boleyn Girl Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of...	William Strafford	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2002	TV Top Gear This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie Hornblower: Retribution Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for...	Gunner Hobbs	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2001	Movie Hornblower: Mutiny Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny...	Hobbs	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	Movie The Hunt A story of love, sex, seduction and violent death, set against the backdrop of a battle amongst the hunting fraternity....	Rob Campbell	Not rated
2000	TV Clocking Off Clocking Off is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It...	James 'Mack' Mackintosh	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1999	TV The Vice The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. Spanning five short series from 1999 and...	Jason Grant	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1998	Movie The Perfect Blue When Sunny and Tom are reunited shortly before their respective weddings, the former lovers realize how much they still love...	Tom	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1998	TV Vanity Fair In early 19th-century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of...	William Dobbin	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1998	TV Hornblower Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become...	Gunner Hobbs	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1998	TV Roger Roger Roger Roger is a BBC television comedy-drama written by John Sullivan. The series was about a mini-cab firm called Cresta...	Phil	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	Movie Sharpe: The Legend Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the...	Truman	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie Sharpe's Justice England, Summer 1814. Sharpe returns to England, with his reputation fully restored. He is soon ordered to the North of...	Matt Truman	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1996	TV Frontiers Drama about the rivalry between two police superintendents, one traditional and methodical, the other unorthodox and intuitive.	DS Danny Curtis	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	TV My Wonderful Life Comedy starring Emma Wray as a nurse and single mum with a complicated love life; her ex Phil (Philip Glenister),...	Phil	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1996	Movie True Love Comedy drama about Donna (Emma Wray) who tells her philandering husband Phil (Philip Glenister) to leave, and struggles to raise...	Phil	Not rated
1996	TV Silent Witness A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1995	Movie Loved Up Tells the story of a girl who, while working in a London cafe, meets a "raver" who introduces her to...	Ray	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1995	TV Soccer AM Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League. Originally presented by Jane Hoffen,...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie I.D. Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of...	Charlie	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	TV Law and Disorder Law and Disorder is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1994. Starring Penelope Keith, it was written by...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV The Detectives The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or...	Uniformed Officer	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	TV GMTV GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	TV Blue Heaven Frank Sandford has big hopes for his pop duo, Blue Heaven, but his home life is less than satisfactory. His...	Paul Twice	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie A Fatal Inversion Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house from his great uncle, he...	Young Detective	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1992	TV Heartbeat Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical...	Julian Cantley	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1991	Movie London Kills Me For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost...	Suited Man	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1991	TV In Suspicious Circumstances Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some...	Herbert Bennett	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	TV Drop the Dead Donkey A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	TV The Chief The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by...	Angus Shadwell	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	TV Agatha Christie's Poirot From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits...	Sir William Boyd Carrington	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1988	TV This Morning This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech,...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1987	TV The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August...	Brian Gregson	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1979	TV Minder Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.	Greg Hunter	TMDB 7.1 / 10

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2011	Movie Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10

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2012 / TMDB 8.0

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What are Philip Glenister's most famous roles?

Philip Glenister is most famous for his role as Gene Hunt in 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes'. He has also appeared in 'Belgravia' and 'The Last Detective', showcasing his range in drama and crime genres.

Has Philip Glenister won any awards?

What was Philip Glenister's first film?

What are some of Philip Glenister's successful films?

Is Philip Glenister involved in any personal projects?

What is Philip Glenister's estimated net worth?

What is a notable milestone in Philip Glenister's career?

What is Philip Glenister's acting style?