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Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.

Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.

In 1983 Akin began studying Yoshinkan Aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.

Akin first came to prominence in the early 1980s when he performed on the zany comedy series Bizarre. Other recognizable roles include computer expert Norton Drake from War of the Worlds, a Canadian television series that went off the air in 1990. His recurring role as Charlie DeSalvo in Highlander: The Series has also brought him much recognition. In Shake Hands with the Devil he portrays Kofi Annan, then United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. In 2007, Akin will be performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a prestigious summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He is cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Othello, and also in the role of Crooks in the Festival’s rendition of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Phil Akin can also be seen in a long list of guest appearances on television series filmed in Canada, for example: F/X: The Series, Mutant X, and most recently, Flashpoint (2008).

Akin is a founding member and currently the Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Company, a Canadian theatre company comprising seasoned actors of African descent, devoted to the work of blacks. Akin is divorced, with one child.

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菲利普·阿金（Philip Akin，1950年4月18日-），加拿大演员，活跃于舞台、电影、电视领域三十多年。他曾在美国主要电影中扮演重要角色，例如《所有恐惧的总和》、《特警》和《致富或死亡尝试》。他还做了很多配音工作，包括为 X 战警动画系列的毕晓普角色配音，以及为怪物部队中的特里普汉森配音。

阿金出生于牙买加金斯敦，是五个儿子的中间兄弟。他的父母于1953年搬到了安大略省的奥沙瓦，第二年他和他的兄弟们也搬到了安大略省。从那以后，他就一直住在那里。高中毕业后不久，阿金就读于多伦多的瑞尔森戏剧学校。1975年，他成为该校第一位表演专业毕业生，几天后在邵逸夫电影节制作的《凯撒与克利奥帕特拉》中扮演了一个角色。

1983 年，Akin 开始学习 Yoshinkan 合气道，目前是该艺术的 5 级黑带。他还接受过精莫功夫和太极拳的训练。

Akin 在 1980 年代初首次崭露头角，当时他在滑稽喜剧系列《奇异》中表演。其他知名角色包括1990年停播的加拿大电视连续剧《世界大战》中的计算机专家诺顿·德雷克（Norton Drake）。他在《汉兰达：系列》中反复扮演查理·德萨尔沃的角色也为他带来了很多认可。在《与魔鬼握手》中，他描绘了时任联合国主管维和行动的副秘书长科菲·安南。2007年，阿金将在加拿大斯特拉特福戏剧节上演出，这是一个著名的夏季戏剧庆典，每年在加拿大安大略省斯特拉特福举行。他出演了威廉·莎士比亚的《奥赛罗》的主角，并在电影节演绎的约翰·斯坦贝克的中篇小说《老鼠与人》中扮演了克鲁克斯的角色。菲尔·阿金（Phil Akin）还可以在加拿大拍摄的电视连续剧中客串一长串，例如：F/X：系列，变种人X，以及最近的闪点（2008）。

阿金是黑曜石剧团的创始成员，目前担任艺术总监，黑曜石剧团是一家加拿大剧团，由经验丰富的非洲裔演员组成，致力于黑人的工作。阿金离婚了，有一个孩子。