Peter Sullivan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1964-07-26

Place of Birth

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK

Peter Sullivan

Biography

Peter Sullivan was born into a political family and he was expected to follow a career in politics and the law. He joined the National Youth Theatre at 17 and then trained at Central before studying in New York under Uta Hagen and at The Actors' Studio and then became a member of the Catalan theatre group La Fura Dels Baus. Over three decades he has played multiple leading roles in film and television in the US, UK and Europe and has been a National Theatre player for over 30 years. He speaks four languages and has performed in all of them.

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Acting History

2025
The Iris Affair
2025
22+1 as Doctor Farr
2024
The Jetty as Blake
2023
The Sixth Commandment as David Jeremy
2022
The Monkey's Paw as Sergeant Major Morris
2021
Around the World in 80 Days as Nyle Bellamy
2019
Baptiste as Michael
2018
Earthy Encounters as John
2018
7 Days in Entebbe as Amos Eiran
2017
Tobey as Father
2017
Strike as Andrew Fancourt
2016
National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea as William Collyer
2016
The Limehouse Golem as Inspector Roberts
2015
We Are Happy as Steve
2015
Cuffs as Chief Super Robert Vickers
2015
The Scandalous Lady W as Mr. James Farrar
2015
Poldark as Ralph Hanson
2015
Critical as Clive Archerfield
2015
Indian Summers
2014
The Face of an Angel as James Pryce
2014
The Musketeers as Vargas
2012
Ripper Street as Franklin Stone
2011
The Hour as Commander Laurence Stern
2011
The Borgias as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza
2010
Morning Echo as Donald Moffatt
2009
Trinity as D.I. Ryan Worthing
2009
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2008
Hancock & Joan as Edward Joffe
2008
The Passion as Temple Lawyer
2008
Fixer
2006
Vital Signs
2006
The IT Crowd as John
2005
A Very Social Secretary as Gould
2005
Extras as Film Director
2005
Friends Reunited as Nick Roberts
2005
The Thick of It as Geoffrey
2005
Nathan Barley as Geoff Moss
2004
Sex Traffic as Rick
2003
Strange as Bob
2003
Mile High
2003
Monsieur N. as Thomas Reade
2002
Gypsy Woman as Policeman
2002
Spooks as Viktor Sarkisian
2001
Cyclops
2001
Conspiracy as Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
2000
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry as Wagner
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence as Col. Serre
1999
Shockers as Fred Powell
1999
Cut
1997
The Jackal as Vasilov
1996
Lord of Misrule as Dr. Glanville
1995
The Butterfly Effect as Duncan McHale
1995
Backup as Det. Insp. Overton
1993
Peak Practice as Richard Beamer