Peter Serafinowicz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1972-07-10

Place of Birth

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Peter Serafinowicz

Biography

Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (born July 10, 1972) is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. His film roles include the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Garthan Saal in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the voice of Big Daddy in Sing (2016) and Sing 2 (2021), and The Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). On television, Serafinowicz created and starred in the comedy shows Look Around You (2002–2005) and The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007–2008). He also voiced characters and worked as a creative consultant on South Park (2006–2015), portrayed Edgar Covington in Parks and Recreation (2013–2015), voiced the Fisher King in Doctor Who (2015), and starred as the title character in the live-action adaptation series The Tick (2016). His other television work includes voicing characters in animated series such as Archer, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, American Dad!, and the second season of What If...?, reprising his live-action role as Garthan Saal. Serafinowicz has voiced characters in video games such as Dark Souls II (2014), LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014), and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016). He has also directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip and went viral in 2016 for political satire videos in which he dubbed over videos of Donald Trump with a "sassy" voice, a Cockney accent, and a posh English accent.

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Acting History

2025
Jingle Bell Heist as Maxwell Sterling
2025
Too Disgusting To Be Confused as Eric Morley / Lord Denning / Judge Vinelott / Tony Blair / Film Reviewer (voice)
2025
How to Train Your Dragon as Spitelout
2025
Brian Butterfield's Call of Now as Brian Butterfield
2025
Million Dollar Secret as Self - Host
2025
Wolf King as Mack Ferran (voice)
2025
Amandaland as Johannes
2024
Creature Commandos as Victor (voice)
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Christopher Lee (Voice)
2024
The Gentlemen as Tommy Dixon
2024
Dead Hot as Danny
2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Reginald Smith (voice)
2023
Sumotherhood as Krzysztof
2023
White House Plumbers as William F. Buckley Jr.
2023
Royal Crackers as Sandy (voice)
2022
The Amazing Maurice as Death (voice)
2022
The School for Good and Evil as Yuba
2022
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm as Neil / Big Neil (voice)
2022
The Bubble as Gavin
2022
We Baby Bears as Judge Whisk (voice)
2021
Sing 2 as Big Daddy (voice)
2021
What If...? as Garthan Saal (voice)
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Himself
2020
Batman: Death in the Family as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
2020
Sassy Justice as Fred Sassy/Michael Caine/Donald Trump
2020
DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
2019
Last Christmas as Theatre Producer
2019
His Dark Materials as Iofur Raknison (voice)
2019
Miracle Workers as King Cragnoor
2018
The Shivering Truth as (voice)
2017
At Home with Amy Sedaris as Turtleneck Man
2017
An Ordinary Man as Miro
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Panellist
2017
Going in Style as Murphy
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2 as Sommelier
2016
Sing as Big Daddy (voice)
2016
The Tick as The Tick
2016
Opening Night as Waldo (voice)
2016
The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Deadly Brothel as OG Sherlock Kush
2015
Star Wars at the BBC as Self - Presenter
2015
Long Live the Royals as Frederick, Announcer,Demonic Hare
2015
Spy as Aldo
2015
The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Mystery of the Royal Flasher as OG Sherlock Kush
2015
The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush as OG Sherlock Kush
2014
The Britishes as Lord British
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy as Denarian Saal
2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Edward the Horse (voice)
2014
Mr. Sloane as Ross
2014
Muppets Most Wanted as Gulag Guard (uncredited)
2013
Rick and Morty as Agency Director (voice)
2013
Rick and Morty as (voice)
2013
How Videogames Changed the World as Self
2013
The World's End as Knock-a-Door Run Home Owner (uncredited)
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self - Dictionary Corner
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Brian Butterfield
2013
It's Kevin as Brad
2013
It's Kevin as Bill Grundy
2013
Fit as Brian Butterfield
2012
Bad Sugar as Ralph Cauldwell
2012
Gravity Falls as Blind Ivan (voice)
2012
Playhouse Presents
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball as Paul McCartney
2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: as SAM (voice)
2011
The Terrys as Puppet (voice)
2011
Killing Bono as Hammond
2011
Bob's Burgers as Scottjon Dansteve (voice)
2010
The Best and the Brightest as Clark
2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Tito the Cycling Lawyer
2010
Running Wilde as Fa'ad Shaoulian
2010
Adventure Time as Lumpy Space Prince
2009
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments as Narrator
2009
Couples Retreat as Sctanley
2009
Archer as George Spelvin (voice)
2009
Archer as Benoit (voice)
2009
Archer as Cut-Rate James Mason / Turkman Leader / Archer's Father (voice)
2009
As Seen on TV
2009
You Have Been Watching as Self
2009
Snake 'n' Bacon as (voice)
2009
Parks and Recreation as Lord Edgar Covington
2009
Parks and Recreation as Edgar Covington
2009
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle as Voice Over (voice)
2008
Childrens Hospital as Michael Caine (voice)
2008
Tales of the Riverbank as Multi Characters (voice)
2007
The Peter Serafinowicz Show
2007
Run Fatboy Run as TV Commentator
2007
Tapping the Wire as Self
2007
Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007
Grindhouse as Screaming Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2006
Sixty Six as Uncle Jimmy
2006
The IT Crowd as Lift (voice)
2006
The IT Crowd as Voice Over (voice)
2006
The IT Crowd as Newsreader (voice)
2005
Ripley Under Ground as Nigel
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
2005
Doctor Who as Voice of Fisher King (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Goran the Mutilator (voice)
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Walter Fane
2004
The Calcium Kid as Dave King
2004
Spaced: Skip to the End as Self
2004
Shaun of the Dead as Pete
2003
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
The Alchemists of Sound as Self
2003
QI as Self
2003
Hardware as Kenny
2003
Hello, Friend as (voice)
2002
Look Around You as Peter Packard
2002
Look Around You as Scientist
2002
Colin Versus the World: Mr. Lounge Lizard as Butch (voice)
2002
Ted and Alice
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2001
Calcium
2001
World of Pub
2001
The Junkies as Big Al/Narrator
2000
Black Books as Howell Granger
1999
Hippies
1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as George Fitzpatrick
1999
Spaced as Duane Benzie
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Darth Maul / Battle Droid Commander / Gungan Scout (voice)
1999
Smack the Pony as Various Characters
1998
You Are Here as Dr. Phil Phillips
1998
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime as Baron's Henchman #2
1998
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
Europigeon as Terry Wogan (voice only)
1998
How Do You Want Me?
1997
I'm Alan Partridge as Tex
1997
South Park as Darth Chef (voice)
1997
Midsomer Murders as Lucian Shirewell
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1996
Fisted as Self
1993
Shooting Stars as Brian Butterfield
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Tony Frost
1990
Have I Got News for You as Self
1989
The Simpsons as Corporate CEO (voice)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Himself - Panellist
Bedlam as Cumberland