Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is a British actor, best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.
He was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England and brought up in Hatch End in the London Borough of Harrow, north-west London. He went to Hatch End Comprehensive School (now Hatch End High School - his brother went to a grammar school instead) and the Central School of Sp...
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Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is a British actor, best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.
He was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England and brought up in Hatch End in the London Borough of Harrow, north-west London. He went to Hatch End Comprehensive School (now Hatch End High School - his brother went to a grammar school instead) and the Central School of Speech and Drama. Philip is the son of director John Glenister and the brother of actor Robert Glenister. His interest in acting came from seeing his brother in a production about the Sex Pistols called Killing Time at the Soho Poly. He worked for the entertainment entrepreneur Robert Stigwood then worked as a films publicist until he was 23. The now former wife of his brother, the actress Amanda Redman, persuaded him to apply for the Central School of Speech and Drama, and coached him for his audition. At the Central, he was a contemporary of...
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