Philip Glenister: biography, personal life, filmography

English actor Philip Glenister to the domestic audience is most familiar on the roles in the series "Ashes to Ashes" and "Life on Mars".

short biography

Philip was born on February 10, 1963 in London, in the family of television director John Glenister and Joan Glenister. He has an older brother Robert, who also chose an acting profession for himself. On the maternal line they have Welsh roots.

Philip graduated from the Hutch-End High School. After that, he worked as a publicist of films until he was 23 years old. Then, being influenced by his brother's wife, actress Amanda Redman, he became interested in cinema. She coached him and helped with admission to the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he later studied acting.

It is known that Glenister Philip is a fan of golf and played 12 handicaps. In addition, he is fond of football and is a fan of Arsenal and the national team of his hometown of Weldston.

The actor founded his own charitable foundation in Kingston-upon-Thames, which assists children with cancer.

Personal life

Actors - people are creative, unstable and always in sight. At the same time, they are often glad to receive close attention from the press, moreover, they are actively pushing it. However, Philip Glenister belongs to a different category of people. He reluctantly talks about his personal life with journalists. With the choice of a companion of life he was determined back in 2006, she became a colleague in the acting department of Beth Goddard. The couple brings up two daughters.

Beginning and career development

Shooting on television Glenister began in the early 90-ies of the last century. In this decade he took part in many television projects, but only in secondary roles. These were the series "The Overseer", "Throw the dead donkey", "Bergerac", "Detectives", "Law and disorder", "The blue sky", "The silent witness" and many others. The most notable was the role of William Dobbin in the Vanity Fair (1998) and the driver of the minibus in Roger Roger.

In the 2000s, Glenister Philip continued active work on television. During this period he took part in more than 20 projects, including several feature films. The most significant are the series "The Great Game", "Iceland in the War" and "Cranford".

The general popularity of the actor found in the mid-2000's. In 2006-2007 years. On the screens goes the series "Life on Mars", in which Glenister participates along with John Simm. The story continued in the sequel "Ashes to the dust."

Philip Glenister: the complete filmography

Glenister is mainly filmed on television. His film career is limited to six feature films of a different genre.

Premier for him was an episodic role in the project directed by Phil Davis "Identity" (1995). The film about football hooligans has become a cult for troubled fans of this type of team sport and is considered one of the best in this genre.

In 2003, the actor was invited to a small role in the famous comedy Nigel Cole "Girls from the calendar." The plot of the film is based on a real history of women from Yorkshire, who quite unconventional way decided to earn money for the study of leukemia.

In 2005, Philip Glenister joined the cast of the historical epic directed by Ridley Scott "The Kingdom of Heaven" about the events that preceded the Third Crusade - the war between the Ayyubids and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as well as the siege of Jerusalem.

In 2008, the actor was confirmed for one of the main roles in the low-budget action movie directed by Sasha Bennet about the robbery of a British bank committed in the 1980s. The plot revolves around a daring attempt to kidnap a large emerald with several groups of thieves. This is a story about who will be lucky to leave with profit, and who will answer all the strictness of the law for the crime committed. The picture was taken in 16 days, she received no wide coverage among the audience.

Subsequently, the actor performed episodic roles in the melodramatic comedy Woody Allen "You will meet a mysterious stranger" (2010) and in the drama of directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormrod "Darling Friend" (2012).

At the moment it's all movies. Philip Glenister prefers a large screen television and a wide range of viewers are most familiar on TV shows.

Work on TV

In the period from 1991 to the present, the actor took part in more than 40 serials. Starting with minor roles, he gradually became one of the recognized television stars. Let's name only the most significant and well-known projects:

• Mini-series "Vanity Fair" (1998), based on the classic novel by W. M. Thackeray.
• A series of telefilms "Hornblower" (2001) about the adventures of a famous naval officer.
• TV-movie "Another of the Kind of Boleyn" (2003) about the most scandalous wife of King Henry VIII and her sister.
• Detective mini-series "The Great Game" (2003)
• Fantastic TV series "Life on Mars" (2006-2007), due to the main role in which Philip Glenister became known to the general public.
• The television adaptation of the most famous novel by E. Gaskell "Cranford" (2007)
• The TV series "Ashes to Ashes", which is a spin-off to "Life on Mars" (2008-2010).
• Detective mini-series "Mad Dogs" (2011)
• Drama mini-series "Treasure Island" (2011)