General Interviews
A collection of interviews with Philip Glenister. Click on the links below to read each article. (External links will open in a new window.)
1st February 2017 - Harrow Online
Philip Glenister: My Life in Harrow to Life on Mars
Philip Glenister – actor of Life on Mars’ and Ashes to Ashes’ Gene Hunt, amongst numerous other popular roles – grew up in Harrow, and the area can be seen to have left its mark on him.
5th June 2016 - Sunday Mirror (Notebook Magazine)
My photo scrapbook: Philip Glenister
The actor, 53, on a drunk Amanda Holden, bitching with his TV hubby, and a Dame making him go red with her boobies...
29th May 2015 - BT.com
Me and My Motor: Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister began working as an actor in his late twenties but it was his scene-stealing role as the politically incorrect detective Gene Hunt in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes that propelled him to stardom. The 51-year-old lives with his wife Beth and two daughters Charlotte, 9, and Millie, 12, in southwest London. Earlier this year he presented the Channel 4 show For The Love Of Cars and appeared in BBC One’s Manchester-based From There To Here.
22nd Jan 2015 - Today's Golfer
My Life in Golf - It's the ball's fault if I'm having a bad round.
The star of Life on Mars and Big School talks about frustrations with his game, trying to get down to playing off single figures and smashing up a billionaire's greenhouse.
9th May 2014 - Daily Maill
'If I had botox, I'd never work again'
Philip Glenister tells why his famously craggy face will always be his fortune - and says he's really a secret feminist
2nd July 2011 - Channel 4
River Cottage Interview
Actor Philip Glenister swaps his Audi Quattro and snakeskin boots for a fishing boat and a pair of wellies in his latest TV appearance; a trip to River Cottage.
20th January 2012 - London Evening Standard
Ten Minutes with Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister on new drama Hidden, having pints at the Houses of Parliament and being dwarfed by Uma Thurman.
7th January 2012 - The Guardian
Philip Glenister: My family values
My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front. My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age and there was always a part of me that said we couldn't have two actors in the family because our parents would go mental.
10th September 2011 - The Times
My Weekend. Philip Glenister talks about fatherhood, fame and why he’s ready to put Ashes to Ashes behind him.
A few weeks ago Philip Glenister was done for speeding on the A23 coming out of Brighton. “I was only doing 36 fucking miles an hour,” he says offering up two open palms in a gesture of innocence. In relating the incident Glenister puts himself back at the crime scene remonstrating with the Old Bill.
9th February 2011 - Metro
Philip Glenister: I'm not into Twitter, who wants to hear about my lunch?
Philip Glenister talks about new Sky One show Mad Dogs, his dislike of social networking sites like Twitter, and how he didn't want his Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes retro cop character Gene Hunt to become a cliché."
1st February 2011 - What's On TV
Phil Glenister: 'Oi copper, leave that mum alone'
Actor Philip Glenister has revealed that he recently came over all Gene Hunt and took on the law. The Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes star accused a policeman of giving the service a bad name.
19th April 2009 - The Sunday Times
Aston Martin DB9 V12 Volante
Philip Glenister reviews. "Gene Hunt would be happy to drive this car. An Aston is British, doesn’t compromise and is just as politically incorrect."
27th March 2010 - Daily Mail
Philip Glenister test-drives golf clubs
like to get out on the course as much as I can. I play off a 12 handicap. I've been playing since I was a teenager. I got into it playing pitch and putt with my dad, as something to do on a Saturday morning, to keep me amused and get me out of the house. Then I got better and moved up to playing proper courses, the 18-hole 'grown-up' courses.
February 2009 - Surrey Life
Philip Glenister - The Demon King
Best known as DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, Philip Glenister is also the star of ITV1’s new hit series, Demons. Here, the 45-year-old actor, who lives with his wife and children near Richmond, talks to ALAN TOVEY about swapping criminals for vampires...
2009 - Daily Mail
Philip Glenister: Drugs, shoplifting and why he loves cuddling babies
Philip Glenister is sitting opposite me on a sofa in a fashionable London hotel, chatting away, 19 to the dozen, about falling in love. Hang on, let me run through that again… straight-talking, no-nonsense, DCI Gene Hunt-playing Phil Glenister is talking about love, lust and a broken heart?
19th August 2008 - This is Bristol
Celebrity golfers tee-off for charity
Philip Glenister, best known his role as maverick detective Gene Hunt in the series' Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes, joined a host of well-known faces from sport and showbiz to raise £87,000 for a spinal injuries charity.
4th August 2008 - What's On TV
Philip Glenister accuses BBC of 'nannying'
Philip Glenister has criticised the BBC and ITV for interfering too much in programme-making, saying 'there's a bit of a nanny thing going on'."
17th February 2008 - The Sunday Times
Gene Hunt tests the Audi Quattro v Audi R8
I know which one I’d want to chase a scumbag in.' DCI Gene Hunt road-tests two awesome Audis.
6th February 2008 - Digital Spy
Ten Things You Never Knew About Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister took the nation by storm as booze-swilling, tough-talking DCI Gene Hunt in time-travel cop show Life On Mars... Hunt is back up to his old tricks in spinoff Ashes To Ashes on Thursday, minus Sam Tyler but with a new female partner to keep him in check. But what do we know about his real-life alter-ego? As we prepare to be transported back to the '80s, there's never been a better time to learn ten fascinating facts about the man behind the camel coat.
7th December 2007 - The Telegraph
Profile: Philip Glenister
If this year's must-have handbag was Mulberry's Mabel, the real accessory that every woman wanted was Philip Glenister. To use a musical analogy, the actor with the apparently rough manner and lived-in face has shot to prominence from the violin desk to the exposed conductor's podium in the course of the past 12 months.
19th February 2006 - The Times
Me and My Motors
Philip tells all about his car history and what it was really like to drive that Cortina.
November 2004 - Hornblower Cast Q&A
Philip Glenister Interview
Philip speaks about playing gunner Hobbs and talks about a few of his favourite things.
1st February 2017 - Harrow Online
Philip Glenister: My Life in Harrow to Life on Mars
Philip Glenister – actor of Life on Mars’ and Ashes to Ashes’ Gene Hunt, amongst numerous other popular roles – grew up in Harrow, and the area can be seen to have left its mark on him.
5th June 2016 - Sunday Mirror (Notebook Magazine)
My photo scrapbook: Philip Glenister
The actor, 53, on a drunk Amanda Holden, bitching with his TV hubby, and a Dame making him go red with her boobies...
29th May 2015 - BT.com
Me and My Motor: Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister began working as an actor in his late twenties but it was his scene-stealing role as the politically incorrect detective Gene Hunt in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes that propelled him to stardom. The 51-year-old lives with his wife Beth and two daughters Charlotte, 9, and Millie, 12, in southwest London. Earlier this year he presented the Channel 4 show For The Love Of Cars and appeared in BBC One’s Manchester-based From There To Here.
22nd Jan 2015 - Today's Golfer
My Life in Golf - It's the ball's fault if I'm having a bad round.
The star of Life on Mars and Big School talks about frustrations with his game, trying to get down to playing off single figures and smashing up a billionaire's greenhouse.
9th May 2014 - Daily Maill
'If I had botox, I'd never work again'
Philip Glenister tells why his famously craggy face will always be his fortune - and says he's really a secret feminist
2nd July 2011 - Channel 4
River Cottage Interview
Actor Philip Glenister swaps his Audi Quattro and snakeskin boots for a fishing boat and a pair of wellies in his latest TV appearance; a trip to River Cottage.
20th January 2012 - London Evening Standard
Ten Minutes with Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister on new drama Hidden, having pints at the Houses of Parliament and being dwarfed by Uma Thurman.
7th January 2012 - The Guardian
Philip Glenister: My family values
My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front. My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age and there was always a part of me that said we couldn't have two actors in the family because our parents would go mental.
10th September 2011 - The Times
My Weekend. Philip Glenister talks about fatherhood, fame and why he’s ready to put Ashes to Ashes behind him.
A few weeks ago Philip Glenister was done for speeding on the A23 coming out of Brighton. “I was only doing 36 fucking miles an hour,” he says offering up two open palms in a gesture of innocence. In relating the incident Glenister puts himself back at the crime scene remonstrating with the Old Bill.
9th February 2011 - Metro
Philip Glenister: I'm not into Twitter, who wants to hear about my lunch?
Philip Glenister talks about new Sky One show Mad Dogs, his dislike of social networking sites like Twitter, and how he didn't want his Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes retro cop character Gene Hunt to become a cliché."
1st February 2011 - What's On TV
Phil Glenister: 'Oi copper, leave that mum alone'
Actor Philip Glenister has revealed that he recently came over all Gene Hunt and took on the law. The Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes star accused a policeman of giving the service a bad name.
19th April 2009 - The Sunday Times
Aston Martin DB9 V12 Volante
Philip Glenister reviews. "Gene Hunt would be happy to drive this car. An Aston is British, doesn’t compromise and is just as politically incorrect."
27th March 2010 - Daily Mail
Philip Glenister test-drives golf clubs
like to get out on the course as much as I can. I play off a 12 handicap. I've been playing since I was a teenager. I got into it playing pitch and putt with my dad, as something to do on a Saturday morning, to keep me amused and get me out of the house. Then I got better and moved up to playing proper courses, the 18-hole 'grown-up' courses.
February 2009 - Surrey Life
Philip Glenister - The Demon King
Best known as DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, Philip Glenister is also the star of ITV1’s new hit series, Demons. Here, the 45-year-old actor, who lives with his wife and children near Richmond, talks to ALAN TOVEY about swapping criminals for vampires...
2009 - Daily Mail
Philip Glenister: Drugs, shoplifting and why he loves cuddling babies
Philip Glenister is sitting opposite me on a sofa in a fashionable London hotel, chatting away, 19 to the dozen, about falling in love. Hang on, let me run through that again… straight-talking, no-nonsense, DCI Gene Hunt-playing Phil Glenister is talking about love, lust and a broken heart?
19th August 2008 - This is Bristol
Celebrity golfers tee-off for charity
Philip Glenister, best known his role as maverick detective Gene Hunt in the series' Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes, joined a host of well-known faces from sport and showbiz to raise £87,000 for a spinal injuries charity.
4th August 2008 - What's On TV
Philip Glenister accuses BBC of 'nannying'
Philip Glenister has criticised the BBC and ITV for interfering too much in programme-making, saying 'there's a bit of a nanny thing going on'."
17th February 2008 - The Sunday Times
Gene Hunt tests the Audi Quattro v Audi R8
I know which one I’d want to chase a scumbag in.' DCI Gene Hunt road-tests two awesome Audis.
6th February 2008 - Digital Spy
Ten Things You Never Knew About Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister took the nation by storm as booze-swilling, tough-talking DCI Gene Hunt in time-travel cop show Life On Mars... Hunt is back up to his old tricks in spinoff Ashes To Ashes on Thursday, minus Sam Tyler but with a new female partner to keep him in check. But what do we know about his real-life alter-ego? As we prepare to be transported back to the '80s, there's never been a better time to learn ten fascinating facts about the man behind the camel coat.
7th December 2007 - The Telegraph
Profile: Philip Glenister
If this year's must-have handbag was Mulberry's Mabel, the real accessory that every woman wanted was Philip Glenister. To use a musical analogy, the actor with the apparently rough manner and lived-in face has shot to prominence from the violin desk to the exposed conductor's podium in the course of the past 12 months.
19th February 2006 - The Times
Me and My Motors
Philip tells all about his car history and what it was really like to drive that Cortina.
November 2004 - Hornblower Cast Q&A
Philip Glenister Interview
Philip speaks about playing gunner Hobbs and talks about a few of his favourite things.
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