What is Phillip Glenister?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Philip Glenister | image = Philip Glenister (cropped).jpg | caption = Glenister in 2016 | birth_name = Philip Haywood Glenister | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], England | nationality = British | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1990{{ndash}}present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Beth Goddard]]|2006}} | children = 2 | parents = [[John Glenister]] <br> Joan Fry Lewis | relatives = [[Robert Glenister]] (brother) }} '''Philip Haywood Glenister''' (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor, best known for his roles as DCI William Bell in ''[[State of Play (TV series)|State of Play]]'', [[Gene Hunt|DCI Gene Hunt]] on the [[BBC]] series ''[[Life on Mars (UK TV series)|Life on Mars]]'' and its sequel ''[[Ashes to Ashes (British TV series)|Ashes to Ashes]]'', and Reverend Anderson in ''[[Outcast (TV series)|Outcast]]''. ==Early life== Glenister was born in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], and grew up in [[Hatch End]]. He is the son of director [[John Glenister]] and Joan Glenister, and the younger brother of fellow actor [[Robert Glenister]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.philipglenisterfans.org.uk/about.html | title=Biography }}</ref> He is of Welsh ancestry from his maternal side. He attended Hatch End High School, and with the encouragement of his then-sister-in-law [[Amanda Redman]], he pursued acting and attended drama school at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]]. ==Career== In the early 1990s, Glenister appeared in various TV series including ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The Chief (UK TV series)|The Chief]]'', ''[[Dressing for Breakfast]]'' and ''[[Silent Witness]]''. In 1997, he appeared in ''[[Sharpe's