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Philip Glenister
British actor (born 1963)
Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor.
Philip glenister imdb database
He is known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series Life on Mars (2006–2007) and its sequel Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010). He also played DCI William Bell in State of Play (2003) and Reverend Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018).
Early life and education
Glenister was born on 10 February 1963[1] 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.[2]
He attended Hatch End High School.[3]
In his early career, he worked as a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation.[4] 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, Amand