Philip Glenister

He was born in Harrow , Middlesex , England and brought up in Hatch End in the London Borough of Harrow , north-west London. He is the son of the television director John Glenister and the brother of actor Robert Glenister . Philip Glenister 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 . 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 Graham Norton and Rufus Sewell . He also shared a flat with the actor Jamie Glover .