Peter Firth

Biography

Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dr. Preston Blair

Top Gear

Self

Victoria

Duke of Cumberland

Spooks

Harry Pearce

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

Heartbeat

Dr. James Radcliffe

Play for Today

Arsenic

Play for Today

Dominick Hide

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2016	Risen	Pontius Pilate
2016	Happily Ever After	Walt
2015	Spooks: The Greater Good	Harry Pearce
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Lord Northcliffe
2004	Hawking	Sir Fred Hoyle
2003	Me & Mrs. Jones	Benedict
2001	Pearl Harbor	Mervyn Bennion
2000	The Magicians	Simon Magus
1999	Chill Factor	Col. Andrew Brynner
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil	Stefan
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Garth
1997	Amistad	Captain Fitzgerald
1997	Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon	Rusticello
1997	The Garden of Redemption	Nazi Commandant
1996	Seasick	1st Officer Roald Jensen
1996	The Witch's Daughter	Mr. Jones
1995	An Awfully Big Adventure	Bunny
1994	White Angel	Leslie Steckler
1993	Shadowlands	Dr Craig
1993	The Perfect Husband	Franz
1992	The Pleasure Principle	Dick
1991	Prisoner of Honor	Maj. Henry
1991	The Laughter of God	Steve Clemant
1990	The Hunt for Red October	Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Red (voice)
1990	Children Crossing	Joe
1990	Burndown	Jake Stern
1990	The Incident	Geiger
1989	Trouble in Paradise	Adriaan
1989	Tree of Hands	Terence
1988	Prisoner of Rio	Clive Ingram
1987	Born of Fire	Paul Bergson
1987	Northanger Abbey	Henry Tilney
1986	A State of Emergency	Ken Parrish
1985	Lifeforce	Col. Colin Caine
1985	Letter to Brezhnev	Peter
1985	The Making Of Lifeforce	Self
1984	White Elephant	Peter Davidson
1984	Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)
1983	The Aerodrome	Roy
1982	Another Flip for Dominick	Dominick Hide
1982	Fire and Sword	Dinas
1980	The Flipside of Dominick Hide	Dominick Hide
1979	Tess	Angel Clare
1979	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?	Stephen Ryder
1977	Joseph Andrews	Joseph Andrews
1977	Equus	Alan Strang
1976	Aces High	Lt. Stephen Croft
1976	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dorian Gray
1976	The Lady of the Camellias	Armand Duval
1975	King Arthur, the Young Warlord	Corin
1973	Daniele and Maria	Daniele
1973	Diamonds on Wheels	Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
1973	The Ballad of Ben Bagot	Ben Bagot
1973	Her Majesty's Pleasure	Arsenic
1972	Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Shardlake	Norflok
2024	Shardlake	Norfolk
2019	Cheat	Michael Shadley
2016	Victoria	Duke of Cumberland
2015	Dickensian	Jacob Marley
2014	Undeniable	Andrew Rawlins
2013	Mayday	Malcolm Spicer
2012	World Without End	Earl Roland
2011	South Riding	Anthony Snaith
2009	Yellowstone	Self
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Vespasian
2002	Spooks	Harry Pearce
2002	Top Gear	Self
2000	That's Life	Victor Leski
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Preston Blair
1999	Total Recall 2070
1999	The Vice
1998	The Magnificent Seven	Federal Marshal Walter Bryce
1997	The Broker's Man
1997	Dead Man's Gun
1997	Holding On
1997	Cracker	Mitchell Grady
1995	Kavanagh Q.C.	Charlie Beck
1995	Resort to Murder
1995	Band of Gold	Brian Roberts
1992	Heartbeat	Dr. James Radcliffe
1992	Highlander: The Series	Arthur Drake, aka Drakov
1991	Murder in Eden	Kenneth Potter
1991	Soldier Soldier	Major Ben Collins
1985	Screen Two	Henry Tilney
1980	The Flipside of Dominick Hide	Dominick Hide
1979	Tales of the Unexpected
1972	Arthur of the Britons
1972	The Protectors	Stephen Douglas
1972	The Adventures of Black Beauty	David Abbott
1970	Here Come the Double Deckers	Scooper
1970	Play for Today	Arsenic
1970	Play for Today	Dominick Hide
1969	The Flaxton Boys	Archie Weekes
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Cis Farringdon
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Dorian Gray
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Robert 'Bobby' Stewart