Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1950
Place of Birth:
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | Grandpa Smurl |
| 2021 | Early Doors - Live | Nige |
| 2021 | Cyrano | Ragueneau |
| 2020 | Uncle Vanya | Telegin |
| 2019 | Only You | Andrew |
| 2018 | Hamlet | Polonius |
| 2018 | Early Days | Kate’s Dad |
| 2017 | Another Mother's Son | Rene |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending | Colin Simpson |
| 2017 | Brakes | Alan |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Dog Owner |
| 2015 | The Program | Sunday Times Editor |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Joseph Gillot |
| 2013 | The Look of Love | Police Inspector |
| 2013 | The Security Men | Kenneth |
| 2012 | Kon-Tiki | Spinden |
| 2012 | The Casebook of Eddie Brewer | Ray Riddle |
| 2012 | Best Laid Plans | Roger |
| 2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Tory Grandee - Angus Butler |
| 2012 | Hard Boiled Sweets | Jimmy 'The Gent' |
| 2011 | Ghosted | |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Lucy's Father |
| 2010 | Another Year | Ken |
| 2010 | Womb | Ralph |
| 2008 | Slapper | Stuart |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Mike Bell |
| 2008 | Cass | Cecil |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Roy Porter |
| 2007 | Atonement | Police Inspector |
| 2007 | Persuasion | Admiral Croft |
| 2007 | Flood | Johnson - Transport Chief |
| 2007 | Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self |
| 2006 | Babel | Tom |
| 2006 | Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Charlie Williams |
| 2005 | Uncle Adolf | Heinrich Hoffman |
| 2005 | Lassie | Dr. Jarrett |
| 2005 | Heidi | Pastor |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Gardiner |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Det. Inspector Webster |
| 2003 | The Gathering | Dave Elford |
| 2003 | The Brides in the Bath | Charles Burnham |
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | Tomlinson |
| 2003 | The Statement | Inspector Cholet |
| 2002 | The Project | Neville |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | George Barratt |
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | M.P. |
| 2000 | Care | Francis Chambers |
| 2000 | Shiner | Det. Insp. Grant |
| 1999 | The Passion | Ron |
| 1997 | Jane Eyre | Clergyman |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Newspaper Editor |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Father in Family Group |
| 1994 | Speaking In Tongues | Ben's Father |
| 1994 | Meat | Frank |
| 1993 | Naked | Brian |
| 1992 | Scanners III: The Takeover | Mark Dragon |
| 1991 | Sleepers | Village Policeman |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Evans |
| 1987 | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | John |
| 1987 | Personal Services | Detective Gibson |
| 1983 | Meantime | Estate Manager |
| 1980 | Murphy's Stroke | Betting Office Clerk |
| 1979 | Where the Heart Is | Jack |
| 1979 | The Bitch | Ricky |
| 1978 | The One and Only Phyllis Dixey | Reporter |
| 1973 | Sunshine City | |
| 1959 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Laird Of Glendarick |
| Shakespeare’s Wart | Director 1 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Reckoning | Peter Jaconelli |
| 2019 | This Time with Alan Partridge | John Baskell |
| 2019 | A Confession | Charlie Edwards |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Boatman |
| 2016 | I Want My Wife Back | Don (Bex's father) |
| 2016 | Brief Encounters | Brian |
| 2016 | The Crown | Newspaper Editor |
| 2014 | Our Zoo | Albert Mottershead |
| 2012 | Hit & Miss | Eddie |
| 2012 | Titanic | Joseph Rushton |
| 2012 | The Paradise | Edmund Lovett |
| 2012 | Room at the Top | Mr. Hoylake |
| 2012 | Public Enemies | Ken Whiteley |
| 2011 | Case Sensitive | Robbie Proust |
| 2011 | The Reckoning | Frederick Taylor |
| 2010 | Accused | Alan Maxfield |
| 2010 | Money | Vince People |
| 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | |
| 2009 | Monday Monday | |
| 2008 | Sunshine | |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | |
| 2008 | Sunshine | Philip |
| 2007 | Party Animals | George Morgan |
| 2006 | Life on Mars | Frank Miller |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Colin Beck |
| 2004 | Murder Prevention | |
| 2003 | Early Doors | Nige |
| 2003 | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Ormonde |
| 2003 | Fortysomething | Nobby |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Chief Supt. Len Chadwick |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Donald Hunt |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ludlow |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Lucas Garner |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1995 | Out of the Blue | D.C. Ron Ludlow |
| 1995 | Devil's Advocate | Inspector Costello |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth | Sydney Braithwaite |
| 1994 | Anna Lee | Bernie Schiller |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Len Peters |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Bill Budge |
| 1986 | Casualty | Trevor |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Geoff Woodcock |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Squadron Leader Kennedy |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Jimmy Park |