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Name
Peter Wight

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1950-01-01 (76 years old)

Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2006 Babel as Tom
2021 Early Doors - Live as Nige
2004 Vera Drake as Det. Inspector Webster
1993 Naked as Brian
2008 Slapper as Stuart
1992 Scanners III: The Takeover as Mark Dragon
2001 Lucky Break as George Barratt
2010 Another Year as Ken
2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Charlie Williams
2021 Cyrano as Ragueneau
1983 Meantime as Estate Manager
2010 Womb as Ralph
1978 The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Reporter
2013 The Look of Love as Police Inspector
2012 Shakespeare’s Wart as Director 1
2002 The Project as Neville
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth as Laird Of Glendarick
1987 Will You Love Me Tomorrow as John
2003 The Gathering as Dave Elford
2012 Kon-Tiki as Spinden
1999 The Passion as Ron
1979 Where the Heart Is as Jack
1994 Speaking In Tongues as Ben's Father
1994 Meat as Frank
2007 Hot Fuzz as Roy Porter
2007 Atonement as Police Inspector
1991 Sleepers as Village Policeman
2003 The Brides in the Bath as Charles Burnham
2012 The Casebook of Eddie Brewer as Ray Riddle
2011 Ghosted
2015 The Program as Sunday Times Editor
2000 Care as Francis Chambers
2008 A Bunch of Amateurs as Mike Bell
2016 Ethel & Ernest as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2012 Best Laid Plans as Roger
2005 Uncle Adolf as Heinrich Hoffman
2007 Persuasion as Admiral Croft
2014 Mr. Turner as Joseph Gillot
1996 Secrets & Lies as Father in Family Group
1997 Jane Eyre as Clergyman
1979 The Bitch as Ricky
2008 Cass as Cecil
2017 Another Mother's Son as Rene
2005 Lassie as Dr. Jarrett
2016 Trespass Against Us as Dog Owner
2017 The Sense of an Ending as Colin Simpson
2003 Three Blind Mice as Tomlinson
2003 The Statement as Inspector Cholet
2007 Flood as Johnson
2000 Shiner as Det. Insp. Grant
1997 FairyTale: A True Story as Newspaper Editor
2012 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
1987 Personal Services as Detective Gibson
2005 Heidi as Pastor
2012 Hard Boiled Sweets as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2017 Brakes as Alan
2001 The Fourth Angel as M.P.
2011 My Week with Marilyn as Lucy's Father
2019 Only You as Andrew
2018 Hamlet as Polonius
2013 The Security Men as Kenneth
1980 Murphy's Stroke as Betting Office Clerk
1973 Sunshine City
2018 Early Days as Kate’s Dad
2005 Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Gardiner
2020 Uncle Vanya as Telegin
2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2025 The Conjuring: Last Rites as Grandpa Smurl
2024 National Theatre Live: London Tide as Noddy Boffin
1980 Murphy's Stroke as 1st Clerk Betting Office

1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Ludlow
2002 Ultimate Force ( 1 episode )
2003 Early Doors ( 12 episodes ) as Nige
1996 Silent Witness ( 2 episodes ) as Lucas Garner
1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Len Peters
2007 Party Animals ( 8 episodes ) as George Morgan
2006 Life on Mars ( 1 episode ) as Frank Miller
1975 The Sweeney ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Park
2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Donald Hunt
1994 Anna Lee ( 5 episodes ) as Bernie Schiller
2019 This Time with Alan Partridge ( 1 episode ) as John Baskell
2009 Boy Meets Girl ( 4 episodes ) as Bill
2009 Monday Monday ( 7 episodes )
2019 A Confession ( 6 episodes ) as Charlie Edwards
2012 Hit & Miss ( 6 episodes ) as Eddie
2010 Accused ( 1 episode ) as Alan Maxfield
2012 Titanic ( 4 episodes ) as Joseph Rushton
2011 Case Sensitive ( 4 episodes ) as Robbie Proust
2010 Money ( 2 episodes ) as Vince People
2014 Our Zoo ( 6 episodes ) as Albert Mottershead
2012 The Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Edmund Lovett
2012 Room at the Top ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Hoylake
2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode ) as Colin Beck
2012 Public Enemies ( 3 episodes ) as Ken Whiteley
2003 Fortysomething ( 1 episode ) as Nobby
2006 Hotel Babylon ( 1 episode )
2016 Brief Encounters ( 6 episodes ) as Brian
1977 Secret Army ( 1 episode ) as Squadron Leader Kennedy
2016 The Crown ( 2 episodes ) as Newspaper Editor
2004 Murder Prevention ( 6 episodes ) as Cmdr. Donald Wicker
2008 Lark Rise to Candleford ( 2 episodes )
1982 Shine on Harvey Moon ( 1 episode ) as Geoff Woodcock
1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Trevor
2023 The Reckoning ( 4 episodes ) as Peter Jaconelli
2011 The Reckoning ( 2 episodes ) as Frederick Taylor
2003 The Second Coming ( 2 episodes ) as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
2008 Sunshine ( 3 episodes ) as Philip
2019 His Dark Materials ( 2 episodes ) as Boatman
1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Bill Budge
1995 Devil's Advocate ( 2 episodes ) as Inspector Costello
1995 Hamish Macbeth ( 1 episode ) as Sydney Braithwaite
2022 Sister Boniface Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Millington
1998 Our Mutual Friend ( 3 episodes ) as Reginald Wilfer
2003 Charles II: The Power and The Passion ( 3 episodes ) as Ormonde
2011 Silk ( 1 episode ) as Alan Carruthers
1991 Sleepers ( 1 episode ) as Village Policeman
2013 The Mimic ( 4 episodes ) as Mr Hurdle
2001 Murphy's Law ( 1 episode ) as Alex Armstrong
1992 A Touch of Frost ( 1 episode ) as Cyril Pearce
1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Jack
1995 Out of the Blue ( 12 episodes ) as DC Ron Ludlow
1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Alan (uncredited)
2016 I Want My Wife Back ( 5 episodes ) as Don
1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 2 episodes ) as Charles Johnson

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