
Peter Wight
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites as Grandpa Smurl
2024National Theatre Live: London Tide as Noddy Boffin
2023The Reckoning as Peter Jaconelli
2022Sister Boniface Mysteries as Arthur Millington
2021Cyrano as Ragueneau
2021Early Doors - Live as Nige
2020Uncle Vanya as Telegin
2019His Dark Materials as Boatman
2019A Confession as Charlie Edwards
2019Only You as Andrew
2019This Time with Alan Partridge as John Baskell
2018Early Days as Kate’s Dad
2018Hamlet as Polonius
2017Brakes as Alan
2017Another Mother's Son as Rene
2017The Sense of an Ending as Colin Simpson
2016The Crown as Newspaper Editor
2016Ethel & Ernest as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016Trespass Against Us as Dog Owner
2016Brief Encounters as Brian
2016I Want My Wife Back as Don (Bex's father)
2015The Program as Sunday Times Editor
2014Mr. Turner as Joseph Gillot
2014Our Zoo as Albert Mottershead
2013The Look of Love as Police Inspector
2013The Security Men as Kenneth
2012Room at the Top as Mr. Hoylake
2012The Paradise as Edmund Lovett
2012Kon-Tiki as Spinden
2012Hit & Miss as Eddie
2012Titanic as Joseph Rushton
2012The Casebook of Eddie Brewer as Ray Riddle
2012Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012Hard Boiled Sweets as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2012Best Laid Plans as Roger
2012Public Enemies as Ken Whiteley
2011My Week with Marilyn as Lucy's Father
2011Ghosted
2011Case Sensitive as Robbie Proust
2011The Reckoning as Frederick Taylor
2010Accused as Alan Maxfield
2010Another Year as Ken
2010Womb as Ralph
2010Money as Vince People
2009Monday Monday
2009Boy Meets Girl
2008A Bunch of Amateurs as Mike Bell
2008Sunshine
2008Sunshine as Philip
2008Slapper as Stuart
2008Lark Rise to Candleford
2008Cass as Cecil
2007Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2007Flood as Johnson - Transport Chief
2007Persuasion as Admiral Croft
2007Atonement as Police Inspector
2007Hot Fuzz as Roy Porter
2007Party Animals as George Morgan
2006Babel as Tom
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Charlie Williams
2006Hotel Babylon
2006Life on Mars as Frank Miller
2005Lassie as Dr. Jarrett
2005Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Gardiner
2005Heidi as Pastor
2005Uncle Adolf as Heinrich Hoffman
2004Murder Prevention
2004Vera Drake as Det. Inspector Webster
2004New Tricks as Colin Beck
2003The Brides in the Bath as Charles Burnham
2003The Statement as Inspector Cholet
2003Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Ormonde
2003Three Blind Mice as Tomlinson
2003Fortysomething as Nobby
2003Early Doors as Nige
2003The Gathering as Dave Elford
2003The Second Coming as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
2002The Project as Neville
2002Ultimate Force
2001Lucky Break as George Barratt
2001The Fourth Angel as M.P.
2001Waking the Dead as Donald Hunt
2000Care as Francis Chambers
2000Shiner as Det. Insp. Grant
1999The Passion as Ron
1998Our Mutual Friend as Reginald Wilfer
1997FairyTale: A True Story as Newspaper Editor
1997Midsomer Murders as Ludlow
1997Jane Eyre as Clergyman
1996Secrets & Lies as Father in Family Group
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1996Silent Witness as Lucas Garner
1995Out of the Blue as D.C. Ron Ludlow
1995Hamish Macbeth as Sydney Braithwaite
1995Devil's Advocate as Inspector Costello
1994Meat as Frank
1994Speaking In Tongues as Ben's Father
1994Anna Lee as Bernie Schiller
1993Naked as Brian
1992Heartbeat as Len Peters
1992Heartbeat as Bill Budge
1992Scanners III: The Takeover as Mark Dragon
1991Sleepers as Village Policeman
1988Codename: Kyril as Evans
1987Personal Services as Detective Gibson
1987Will You Love Me Tomorrow as John
1986Casualty as Trevor
1983Meantime as Estate Manager
1982Shine on Harvey Moon as Geoff Woodcock
1980Murphy's Stroke as Betting Office Clerk
1979The Bitch as Ricky
1979Where the Heart Is as Jack
1978The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Reporter
1977Secret Army as Squadron Leader Kennedy
1975The Sweeney as Jimmy Park
1973Sunshine City
1959Journey to the Center of the Earth as Laird Of Glendarick
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