
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
2025Too Disgusting To Be Confused as Eric Morley / Lord Denning / Judge Vinelott / Tony Blair / Film Reviewer (voice)
2025How to Train Your Dragon as Spitelout
2025Brian Butterfield's Call of Now as Brian Butterfield
2025Million Dollar Secret as Self - Host
2025Wolf King as Mack Ferran (voice)
2025Amandaland as Johannes
2024Creature Commandos as Victor (voice)
2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Christopher Lee (Voice)
2024The Gentlemen as Tommy Dixon
2024Dead Hot as Danny
2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Reginald Smith (voice)
2023Sumotherhood as Krzysztof
2023White House Plumbers as William F. Buckley Jr.
2023Royal Crackers as Sandy (voice)
2022The Amazing Maurice as Death (voice)
2022The School for Good and Evil as Yuba
2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm as Neil / Big Neil (voice)
2022The Bubble as Gavin
2022We Baby Bears as Judge Whisk (voice)
2021Sing 2 as Big Daddy (voice)
2021What If...? as Garthan Saal (voice)
2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Himself
2020Batman: Death in the Family as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
2020Sassy Justice as Fred Sassy/Michael Caine/Donald Trump
2020DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
2019Last Christmas as Theatre Producer
2019His Dark Materials as Iofur Raknison (voice)
2019Miracle Workers as King Cragnoor
2018The Shivering Truth as (voice)
2017At Home with Amy Sedaris as Turtleneck Man
2017An Ordinary Man as Miro
2017Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Panellist
2017Going in Style as Murphy
2017John Wick: Chapter 2 as Sommelier
2016Sing as Big Daddy (voice)
2016The Tick as The Tick
2016Opening Night as Waldo (voice)
2016The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Deadly Brothel as OG Sherlock Kush
2015Star Wars at the BBC as Self - Presenter
2015Long Live the Royals as Frederick, Announcer,Demonic Hare
2015Spy as Aldo
2015The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Mystery of the Royal Flasher as OG Sherlock Kush
2015The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush as OG Sherlock Kush
2014The Britishes as Lord British
2014Guardians of the Galaxy as Denarian Saal
2014Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Edward the Horse (voice)
2014Mr. Sloane as Ross
2014Muppets Most Wanted as Gulag Guard (uncredited)
2013Rick and Morty as Agency Director (voice)
2013Rick and Morty as (voice)
2013How Videogames Changed the World as Self
2013The World's End as Knock-a-Door Run Home Owner (uncredited)
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self - Dictionary Corner
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Brian Butterfield
2013It's Kevin as Brad
2013It's Kevin as Bill Grundy
2013Fit as Brian Butterfield
2012Bad Sugar as Ralph Cauldwell
2012Gravity Falls as Blind Ivan (voice)
2012Playhouse Presents
2012The Secret Policeman's Ball as Paul McCartney
2011NTSF:SD:SUV:: as SAM (voice)
2011The Terrys as Puppet (voice)
2011Killing Bono as Hammond
2011Bob's Burgers as Scottjon Dansteve (voice)
2010The Best and the Brightest as Clark
2010The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Tito the Cycling Lawyer
2010Running Wilde as Fa'ad Shaoulian
2010Adventure Time as Lumpy Space Prince
2009The Greatest Ever 3D Moments as Narrator
2009Couples Retreat as Sctanley
2009Archer as George Spelvin (voice)
2009Archer as Benoit (voice)
2009Archer as Cut-Rate James Mason / Turkman Leader / Archer's Father (voice)
2009As Seen on TV
2009You Have Been Watching as Self
2009Snake 'n' Bacon as (voice)
2009Parks and Recreation as Lord Edgar Covington
2009Parks and Recreation as Edgar Covington
2009Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle as Voice Over (voice)
2008Childrens Hospital as Michael Caine (voice)
2008Tales of the Riverbank as Multi Characters (voice)
2007The Peter Serafinowicz Show
2007Run Fatboy Run as TV Commentator
2007Tapping the Wire as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007Grindhouse as Screaming Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2006Sixty Six as Uncle Jimmy
2006The IT Crowd as Lift (voice)
2006The IT Crowd as Voice Over (voice)
2006The IT Crowd as Newsreader (voice)
2005Ripley Under Ground as Nigel
20058 Out of 10 Cats as Self
2005Doctor Who as Voice of Fisher King (voice)
2005American Dad! as Goran the Mutilator (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Walter Fane
2004The Calcium Kid as Dave King
2004Spaced: Skip to the End as Self
2004Shaun of the Dead as Pete
2003Celebrity Mastermind
2003The Alchemists of Sound as Self
2003QI as Self
2003Hardware as Kenny
2003Hello, Friend as (voice)
2002Look Around You as Peter Packard
2002Look Around You as Scientist
2002Colin Versus the World: Mr. Lounge Lizard as Butch (voice)
2002Ted and Alice
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2001Calcium
2001World of Pub
2001The Junkies as Big Al/Narrator
2000Black Books as Howell Granger
1999Hippies
1999The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as George Fitzpatrick
1999Spaced as Duane Benzie
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Darth Maul / Battle Droid Commander / Gungan Scout (voice)
1999Smack the Pony as Various Characters
1998You Are Here as Dr. Phil Phillips
1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime as Baron's Henchman #2
1998Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998Europigeon as Terry Wogan (voice only)
1998How Do You Want Me?
1997I'm Alan Partridge as Tex
1997South Park as Darth Chef (voice)
1997Midsomer Murders as Lucian Shirewell
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1996Fisted as Self
1993Shooting Stars as Brian Butterfield
1991Murder Most Horrid as Tony Frost
1990Have I Got News for You as Self
1989The Simpsons as Corporate CEO (voice)
—Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Himself - Panellist
—Bedlam as Cumberland








