Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 27, 1953
Place of Birth:
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
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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
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 |
| 1984 | White Elephant | Peter Davidson |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 1997 | Cracker | |
| 1997 | The Broker's Man | |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | |
| 1997 | Holding On | |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Charlie Beck |
| 1995 | Resort to Murder | |
| 1995 | Band of Gold | |
| 1994 | Anna Lee | Peter Wainwright |
| 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 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Robert 'Bobby' Stewart |