Philip Glenister revealed that he wants to move onto theatre work after Ashes To Ashes.

According to the Daily Express the actor said: “I’d like to do a new play, probably at the National.

“I’d like it there because they do it in repertory so you’re not working every night and you get a bit of time off, too.”

Philip admitted he has a short attention span saying:

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Ashes to Ashes’ character Gene Hunt is to become a father.

The detective played by Philip Glenister is hit with the news when his ex-girlfriend Jackie Queen (Ruth Millar) visits his office wearing his camel coat and unveils a baby bump.

Jackie tells Gene: “You left the coat at my flat, come to think of it, that’s not all you left behind.”

Gene offers to make a “semi-honest” woman out of her and a “non-b*****d” out of the baby. But he warns he will only marry Jackie if “he comes out Gene Genie pink — if not you’re on your own”.

Ashes To Ashes star Keeley Hawes has revealed that her co-star Philip Glenister saved the day during filming for the new series after the brakes failed on the infamous Quattro.

The actress who plays DI Alex Drake, told The Sun: “We were all in the car and heading towards the end of the road, in the rain, when suddenly the brakes wouldn’t work.”

Keeley added: “It was a hairy moment but Phil is a very good driver and managed to stop the car. So we are all still here — thank God.”

ITV drama Demons looks set for the chop after its leading man Philip Glenister quit the show.

Glenister, who previously received much praise and acclaim for his part in BBC One drama Ashes to Ashes was widely criticised for his acting and unbelievable accent in Demons. I personally don’t think that he was the worst thing about the show. The plot was inconsistent and Christian Cooke was so uninteresting as an actor that I for one, failed to care if his character lived or died!

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Demons actor Philip Glenister has revealed that his wife often laughs when people refer to him as a sex symbol….I can see why!

Philip, who rose to fame on BBC’s Life On Mars, told The Sun: “She doesn’t take it seriously for a second.

“I’m 45 with two kids. She knows I’m not a womaniser. She’s still a great-looking woman — for 40.”

Philip Glenister, star of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes stars in ITV’s new drama series which is a contemporary spin on the legacy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula that’s set above and beneath the streets of modern-day London.

Beginning tomorrow on ITV1 at 7:20pm, Glenister plays Rupert Galvin, a larger-than-life American with a tragic past and a zero tolerance policy to the rabble of mythical “half-life” entities that exist all around us… I suspect that may entail Jeremy Kyle’s guests… Read more & comment »

Ashes To Ashes actor Philip Glenister has admitted that he loves to swear and finds being foul mouthed highly addictive.

Philip told The Radio Times:

“I love swearing. I find swearing highly addictive.”

Glenister then described a conversation that he and his six year old daughter had on a recent morning. He said: “I know you don’t want to get up, I don’t want to go to f***ing work’.

“She replied ‘I know, daddy. I don’t want to go to f***ing school’. She timed it beautifully, though.” Read more & comment »

Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) returns to ITV in a fantastical new drama series: a contemporary spin on the legacy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula set above and beneath the streets of modern-day London.

Glenister plays Rupert Galvin, a larger-than-life American with a tragic past and a zero tolerance policy to the rabble of mythical “half-life” entities that exist all around us. When he bursts into the life of his teenage godson, Luke (Christian Cooke – Echo Beach, Robin Hood), whose father died in mysterious circumstances 15-years before, little does Luke know what will be thrust upon him. There are supernatural forces of evil at work and it is Luke’s destiny, as the last descendent of the Van Helsing line, to smite the half-lives that stalk our streets. Read more & comment »