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Philip Glenister
Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.
Glenister has appeared in the television drama series, Vanity Fair (1998) as Major William Dobbin, The Stepfather (2005) as Dougie Molloy, Clocking Off (2000-2) as the factory boss, Island at War (2004) as Baron Heinrich von Rheingarten, State of Play (2003), Hornblower (2001), Sharpe (1997), Roger Roger (1998, 2003) and Vincent (2005), and the film Calendar Girls (2003) as the photographer. In 2005 he made a brief appearance in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom Of Heaven.
He is probably best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in Life On Mars (2006-7), alongside John Simm's Sam Tyler and in its sequel Ashes to Ashes alongside Keeley Hawes's Alex Drake. Glenister also worked with Simm on State of Play and Clocking Off. He once more worked with Simm on the 1980s-set crime film Tuesday (2008). Upon announcement of the film, Glenister joked that he and Simm were contractually obliged to work with each other once a year. Tuesday premièred in the UK on 10 October 2008.
In late 2007 he starred as Mr Carter in the BBC1 costume drama Cranford, playing a farmer's son and social reforming estate manager for Lady Ludlow ( Francesca Annis). In 2009, Glenister played Rupert Galvin, an ex-CIA operative, in a six part prime time ITV1 drama - Demons.
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Philip Glenister - filmography
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Treasure Island
(2012)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo
Director: Steve Barron
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Set in the dangerous world of buccaneers, this new adaption of the much loved Robert Louis Stevenson classic "Treasure Island" will take viewers on a high octane adventure following the story of Jim Hawkins as he discovers Flint's treasure map. The two part drama follows the story of Jim Hawkins ..read more »
 
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from 74 members
Due for release on 9th July 2012
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Treasure Island - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo
Director: Steve Barron
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Set in the dangerous world of buccaneers, this new adaption of the much loved Robert Louis Stevenson classic "Treasure Island" will take viewers on a high octane adventure following the story of Jim Hawkins as he discovers Flint's treasure map. The two part drama follows the story of Jim Hawkins ..read more »
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from 7 members
Not available for rental
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Mad Dogs - Series 2
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Max Beesley, John Simm, Marc Warren
Director: James Hawes
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In an attempt to rescue their friend, the boys enter into a Faustian pact involving drugs, money, witchcraft and goats.
How far would you go for your friends, not least when you can't remember why you liked them in the first place?
Mad Dogs madness prevails in what is becoming the worst holiday ..read more »
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from 195 members
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Hidden - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, David Suchet
Director: Niall MacCormick
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When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself caught up in a much bigger and more complex ..read more »
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from 187 members
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Demons - Season 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Holly Grainger, Philip Glenister, Zoe Tapper
Director: Tom Harper, Matthew Evan
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Luke discovers he is the last descendent of a vampire hunting family, the Van Helsings. Trained by his late father's friend, he is soon faced with monsters and demons, known as half-lifes, and must do all he can to protect his friends and family from the darkness all around him.
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from 783 members
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Tu£sday
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Ashley Walters, Dylan Brown
Director: Sacha Bennett
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"Tuesday" is a taut, fast-moving heist story, revealed by the suspects through a series of police interrogations. By coincidence, four experienced criminals, two beautiful bank clerks and one desperate penniless man nearing retirement decide to rob the same bank on the same day. Two detectives must ..read more »
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from 2,087 members
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Cranford - Complete BBC Series
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
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This is the DVD of the lavish BBC costume drama, Cranford, based on three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels including Cranford itself. The cast boasts some of Britain's best-loved and most experienced actresses, including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis. The ..read more »
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from 3,062 members
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Life On Mars - Series 2
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White
Director: S.J. Clarkson, Richard Clark
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John Simm continues into a second thrilling series as Sam Tyler, a driven and ambitious young detective, determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident, he has waken up, dazed and confused, in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or ..read more »
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from 9,772 members
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Cranford - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
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Set in a 1840s Cranford - a small, idyllic Northern English town - where the residents are coping with a sea of change that includes a new railway network that threatens to unleash a tide of immigrant workers that the locals fear will reduce their town to lawlessness...
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from 236 members
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Life On Mars - Series 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White
Director: John Alexander, John McKay
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LIFE ON MARS is a throwback to the crime-fighting style of the 1970s, drawing its inspiration from such TV series as THE SWEENEY and THE PROFESSIONALS. As was characteristic of classic 60s fantasy, the creators have taken some risks with the show's politically incorrect references, daring to be ..read more »
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from 15,604 members
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Vincent - S02 E04
(2006)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Jeremy Lovering
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Following an investigation on a call-girl who drugs her clients to steal their belongings, the private eye helps protect a community centre run by a Catholic priest. After it is assailed by a gang of teenage hooligans and when the priest gets severely burnt when the building is subject to an arson ..read more »
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from 1 member
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Vincent - S02 E03
(2006)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Jeremy Lovering
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A single parent is terrorised by an unknown assailant and asks for Vincent's help. The PI tells Beth to pose as the family's nanny and must uncover a link to the past if he is to discover who the perpetrator is.
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Vincent - S02 E02
(2006)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Terry McDonough
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The PI hooks up with an former lover as he looks into a murder resembling the work of a serial killer. His instincts prompt him to delve deeper into the circumstances of the case when the suspect admits to all of the slayings but one : the latest murder.
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from 2 members
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Kingdom Of Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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from 64,624 members
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Vincent - S01 E02
(2005)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Peter Lydon
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A wealthy man calls on Vincent and the team to look into the death of his son, murdered in a nightclub. The prime suspect is the victim's friend, but the police are unable to arrest him due to lack of evidence. To make matters worse, the investigating officer on the case is the private eye's ..read more »
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Vincent - S01 E03
(2005)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Roger Gartland
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The private investigator hooks up with an old flame as he looks into a murder resembling the work of a notorious serial killer. However, his instincts prompt him to delve deeper into the circumstances of the case when the suspect admits to all of the slayings except this latest homicide.
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Vincent - S01 E04
(2005)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Suranne Jones, Joe Absolom
Director: Roger Gartland
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The team are contacted by a woman who has found thousands of pounds stashed in her husband's wardrobe. They also take on an assignment for a man who's concerned his teenage son is falling in with the wrong crowd, and it soon becomes apparent the two cases are closely linked. Vincent sets a trap to ..read more »
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from 2 members
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Kingdom Of Heaven - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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from 3,525 members
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I.D. - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Warren Clarke, Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee
Director: Phil Davis
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Reece Dinsdale stars as John, an undercover cop who finds himself immersed in the world of football hooliganism in this football film that deals entirely with what happens when the players and fans are off the field. Focusing on the fictional East London Shadwell FC club, the film follows as John ..read more »
73%
from 49 members
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I.D.
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Charle, Warren Clarke, Reece Dinsdale
Director: Phil Davis
Certificate: 
Reece Dinsdale stars as John, an undercover cop who finds himself immersed in the world of football hooliganism in this football film that deals entirely with what happens when the players and fans are off the field. Focusing on the fictional East London Shadwell FC club, the film follows as John ..read more »
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...d well directed. The launch pad for some superb actors like Leslie Sharpe, and Philip Glenister (Life on Mars).
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