Philip Martin Brown
Philip Martin Brown is an English actor, born in Manchester, Lancashire. He is best known for his role as Head of English, Grantly Budgen, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2006 to 2013, and as Steve McDonald's therapist in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, in 2015.
Early career
Philip Martin Brown first appeared on UK television screens playing the role of Sam Potter in A Horseman Riding By.Recent career
Brown appeared in 166 episodes of the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road, over nine series from 2006 to 2013 and was the longest serving cast member, portraying the role of Head of the English department, Grantly Budgen. He has also worked on The Professionals, Cutting It and The Bill, where he appeared in ten episodes as Seth Mercer, and has made appearances in many other British dramas, including Heartbeat, Midsomer Murders, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, New Tricks and Doctors. His most prominent role in a drama before Waterloo Road was Eddie Vincent in Casualty, where he appeared in 17 episodes between 2002 and 2003. He also played John Adams in the film The Bounty and appeared in Sharpes Justice in 1995. He played a detective in series 1 episode 2 of the ITV drama Rosemary & Thyme. He also appeared in a Skins Online episode in 2012 as a drug dealer. Brown left Waterloo Road during the autumn term of Series 9. He appeared briefly in the 1999 film Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp. In January 2015, he appeared in Coronation Street as Steve McDonald's therapist.He appeared in the CBBC series The Worst Witch in 2017, playing the role of Rowan Webb.
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | A Horseman Riding By | Sam Potter | Series regular |
| 1979 | Crown Court | Bernard Caplan | Episode: "Boys Will Be Boys" |
| 1980 | Enemy at the Door | Private Hoskins | Episode: "The Raid" |
| 1980 | Bull Week | Eddie Kowal | Mini-series |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Miles | Episode: "A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter" |
| 1981 | Chronicle | Lt. Beattie | Episode: "The Crime of Captain Colhurst" |
| 1981 | Keep It in the Family | Mr. Wilkins | Episode: "The Inferior Decorator" |
| 1982 | Juliet Bravo | Billy Read | Episode: "Betrayals" |
| 1983 | The Professionals | Cook | Episode: "No Stone" |
| 1983 | Jemima Shore Investigates | Clive Gartrell | Episode: "A Model Murder" |
| 1986 | Bluebell | Sam Smith | 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Monocled Mutineer | Turner | Episode: "A Dead Man On Leave" |
| 1987 | Indelible Evidence | Andrew Boulden | Episode: "Process Of Elimination" |
| 1987 | Floodtide | Special Branch Man | Episode: "One: The Call" |
| 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Kaufmann | Mini-series |
| 1988 | All Creatures Great and Small | Jack Scott | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Paradise Club | Peter Noonan | 5 episodes |
| 1990 | Chain | Jobelin | Episode: "Miss. Brinkwell" |
| 1990 | Die Kinder | Norris | Episode: "Direct Action" |
| 1991 | EastEnders | Sergeant Jimmy Buckwell | 1 episode |
| 1991 | The Sharp End | Andy Barras | Mini-series |
| 1992 | El C.I.D. | Keith Smith | Episode: "The Lone Stranger" |
| 1992 | Medics | Charles Davies | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Guard | Episode: "Germany, Mid-August 1916" |
| 1992 | Boon | Maurice | Episode: "Love Or Money" |
| 1992 | Birds of a Feather | M.C. | Episode: "Okey-Cokey-Karaoke" |
| 1993 | Minder | Pike | Episode: "No Way to Treat a Daley" |
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Mick Furness | Episode: "Manoeuvre 11" |
| 1993 | Heartbeat | Jack Scarman | Episode: "Dead Ringer" |
| 1994 | Peak Practice | Colin Meadows | Episode: "In Good Faith" |
| 1994 | Murder Most Horrid | Psycho | Episode: "Smashing Bird" |
| 1994 | The Lifeboat | Colin Hicks | Episode: "The Birdman" |
| 1995 | The Bill | Jack Spellman | Episode: "Life's a Bitch" |
| 1995 | Band of Gold | Mr. Moore | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Men of the World | John | Episode: "Happy Birthday Kendle" |
| 1995 | Coogan's Run | PC Ted Cromwell | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Chief Inspector Kendon | Episode: "Devils on Horseback" |
| 1997 | Screen One | Cook | Episode: "Hostile Waters" |
| 1997 | The Bill | Ray Kingsley | Episode: "No Claims Bonus" |
| 1997–1998 | Wing and a Prayer | John Daley | Series regular |
| 1998 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Philip Hoskins | Episode: "Digging for Dirt" |
| 1998–2000 | City Central | Sgt. Paul Dobson | Series regular |
| 1999 | Playing the Field | Bus Inspector | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | The Bill | Jack Thompson | Episode: "Taxed" |
| 2001 | Where the Heart Is | Bob Young | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2002 | Cutting It | Smedley | Series regular |
| 2002 | The Bill | Colin Greenstead | Episode: "Playing Runaway" |
| 2002–2003 | Casualty | Eddie Vincent | Series regular |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme | D.I. Trelawney | Episode: "Arabica and the Early Spider" |
| 2003 | Blue Dove | Andy Brennan | Mini-series |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Tim Gregson | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Rick Brewer | Episode: "Home Truths" |
| 2004 | Murphy's Law | John Franklin | Episode: "Convent" |
| 2004 | Foyle's War | Andrew Neame | Episode: "They Fought in the Fields" |
| 2004 | Midsomer murders | John Whittle | Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| 2005 | Down to Earth | Trevor | Episode: "Broken Dreams" |
| 2005 | The Royal | Thomas Copley | Episode: "Say a Little Prayer" |
| 2005 | Coronation Street | D.I. Pinnock | 8 episodes |
| 2005 | Doctors | Pat Bolton | Episode: "Little Lies" |
| 2006 | The Bill | Seth Mercer | 6 episodes |
| 2006–2013 | Waterloo Road | Grantly Budgen | Series regular |
| 2007 | Heartbeat | Frank Jackson | Episode: "Out of Africa" |
| 2008 | Midsomer murders | George Barkham | Episode: "Days of Misrule" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Harry Denver | Episode: "Stranger on a Bridge" |
| 2011 | Doctors | Eric Aspinall | Episode: "Men and Motors" |
| 2013 | Death Comes to Pemberley | Mr. Bidwell | Mini-series |
| 2013 | Doctors | Keith Rooney | Episode: "Santa Ranter" |
| 2014 | Endeavour | Bernard Yelland | Episode: "Trove" |
| 2015 | Coronation Street | Therapist | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Vera | Stan Convile | Episode: "Old Wounds" |
| 2016 | Suspects | Ed Goddard | Episode: "The Enemy Within: Part 5" |
| 2016 | Doctors | 'Grandie' Eddie Coulter | Episode: "Heartstrings" |
| 2017–2019 | The Worst Witch | Mr Algernon Rowan Webb | Series regular |
| 2018 | Holby City | Richard Nash | Episode: "Belonging" |
| 2018 | Detroiters | Uncredited | Episode: "Lois" |
| 2019 | Doctors | Greg Milne | Episode: "The Getaway" |
Personal life and awards
He attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys where his favourite subject was English. At the end of his fifth year, Brown was asked to leave the school, later stating that he was a "dreadful troublemaker". He lives in Paddock Wood, Kent, with his wife. They have two children.In 2010, Brown was nominated for the Best Actor prize in the 2010 TV Choice Awards, and won it three years in a row.
He is an ex-epileptic and had to leave the stage until he underwent brain surgery which has left him seizure-free for 22 years.
Brown was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 19 and is now an ambassador for the charity Young Epilepsy.