Peter Wight

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-01 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Peter Wright

Peter Wight

Biography

Peter Wight is a British character actor of stage, film and TV who is perhaps best known for his work with Mike Leigh on films such as Meantime, Naked, Vera Drake, Another Year and Mr Turner. Wight regularly plays a police officer - most notably in the BBC sitcom Early Doors and in the mid 90s BBC drama Out of the Blue, as well as films like Shiner, Atonement and The Look of Love - and has had numerous period roles in dramas such as Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Our Mutual Friend. His other films include Hot Fuzz, Babel, Cass, and The Sense of an Ending.

Known For

Pride & Prejudice
8.1%

Pride & Prejudice

Sep 16, 2005

Hot Fuzz
7.6%

Hot Fuzz

Feb 14, 2007

Atonement
7.6%

Atonement

Feb 27, 2007

Babel
7.2%

Babel

Oct 26, 2006

The Crown
8.2%

The Crown

Nov 4, 2016

His Dark Materials
7.9%

His Dark Materials

Nov 3, 2019

My Week with Marilyn
6.7%

My Week with Marilyn

Nov 23, 2011

Kon-Tiki
6.9%

Kon-Tiki

Aug 24, 2012

Secrets & Lies
7.6%

Secrets & Lies

May 24, 1996

Naked
7.3%

Naked

Sep 14, 1993

Mr. Turner
6.5%

Mr. Turner

Oct 31, 2014

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Acting

Shakespeare’s Wart as Director 1
2023
The Reckoning as Peter Jaconelli
2021
Early Doors - Live as Nige
2021
Cyrano as Ragueneau
2020
Uncle Vanya as Telegin
2019
His Dark Materials as Boatman
2019
A Confession as Charlie Edwards
2019
Only You as Andrew
2019
This Time with Alan Partridge as John Baskell
2018
Early Days as Kate’s Dad
2018
Hamlet as Polonius
2017
Brakes as Alan
2017
Another Mother's Son as Rene
2017
The Sense of an Ending as Colin Simpson
2016
The Crown as Newspaper Editor
2016
Ethel & Ernest as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016
Trespass Against Us as Dog Owner
2016
Brief Encounters as Brian
2016
I Want My Wife Back as Don (Bex's father)
2015
The Program as Sunday Times Editor
2014
Mr. Turner as Joseph Gillot
2014
Our Zoo as Albert Mottershead
2013
The Look of Love as Police Inspector
2013
The Security Men as Kenneth
2012
Room at the Top as Mr. Hoylake
2012
The Paradise as Edmund Lovett
2012
Kon-Tiki as Spinden
2012
Hit & Miss as Eddie
2012
Titanic as Joseph Rushton
2012
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer as Ray Riddle
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012
Hard Boiled Sweets as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2012
Best Laid Plans as Roger
2012
Public Enemies as Ken Whiteley
2011
My Week with Marilyn as Lucy's Father
2011
Ghosted
2011
Case Sensitive as Robbie Proust
2011
The Reckoning as Frederick Taylor
2010
Accused as Alan Maxfield
2010
Another Year as Ken
2010
Womb as Ralph
2010
Money as Vince People
2009
Monday Monday
2009
Boy Meets Girl
2008
A Bunch of Amateurs as Mike Bell
2008
Sunshine
2008
Sunshine as Philip
2008
Slapper as Stuart
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Cass as Cecil
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2007
Flood as Johnson - Transport Chief
2007
Persuasion as Admiral Croft
2007
Atonement as Police Inspector
2007
Hot Fuzz as Roy Porter
2007
Party Animals as George Morgan
2006
Babel as Tom
2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Charlie Williams
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006
Life on Mars as Frank Miller
2005
Lassie as Dr. Jarrett
2005
Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Gardiner
2005
Heidi as Pastor
2005
Uncle Adolf as Heinrich Hoffman
2004
Murder Prevention
2004
Vera Drake as Det. Inspector Webster
2004
New Tricks as Colin Beck
2003
The Brides in the Bath as Charles Burnham
2003
The Statement as Inspector Cholet
2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Ormonde
2003
Three Blind Mice as Tomlinson
2003
Fortysomething as Nobby
2003
Early Doors as Nige
2003
The Gathering as Dave Elford
2003
The Second Coming as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
2002
The Project as Neville
2002
Ultimate Force
2001
Lucky Break as George Barratt
2001
The Fourth Angel as M.P.
2001
Waking the Dead as Donald Hunt
2000
Care as Francis Chambers
2000
Shiner as Det. Insp. Grant
1999
The Passion as Ron
1998
Our Mutual Friend
1997
FairyTale: A True Story as Newspaper Editor
1997
Midsomer Murders as Ludlow
1997
Jane Eyre as Clergyman
1996
Secrets & Lies as Father in Family Group
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Silent Witness as Lucas Garner
1995
Out of the Blue as D.C. Ron Ludlow
1995
Hamish Macbeth as Sydney Braithwaite
1995
Devil's Advocate as Inspector Costello
1994
Meat as Frank
1994
Speaking In Tongues as Ben's Father
1994
Anna Lee as Bernie Schiller
1993
Naked as Brian
1992
Heartbeat as Len Peters
1992
Heartbeat as Bill Budge
1992
Scanners III: The Takeover as Mark Dragon
1991
Sleepers as Village Policeman
1988
Codename: Kyril as Evans
1987
Personal Services as Detective Gibson
1987
Will You Love Me Tomorrow as John
1986
Casualty as Trevor
1983
Meantime as Estate Manager
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon as Geoff Woodcock
1980
Murphy's Stroke as Betting Office Clerk
1979
The Bitch as Ricky
1979
Where the Heart Is as Jack
1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Reporter
1977
Secret Army as Squadron Leader Kennedy
1975
The Sweeney as Jimmy Park
1973
Sunshine City
1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth as Laird Of Glendarick

Writing

1997
Jane Eyre as Screenplay
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