Peter Firth
Biography
Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.
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Acting History
2024
Shardlake as Norflok
2024Shardlake as Norfolk
2019Cheat as Michael Shadley
2016Victoria as Duke of Cumberland
2016Happily Ever After as Walt
2016Risen as Pontius Pilate
2015Dickensian as Jacob Marley
2015Spooks: The Greater Good as Harry Pearce
2014Undeniable as Andrew Rawlins
2013Mayday as Malcolm Spicer
2012World Without End as Earl Roland
2011South Riding as Anthony Snaith
2009Yellowstone as Self
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Vespasian
2005The Greatest Game Ever Played as Lord Northcliffe
2004Hawking as Sir Fred Hoyle
2003Me & Mrs. Jones as Benedict
2002Top Gear as Self
2002Spooks as Harry Pearce
2001Pearl Harbor as Mervyn Bennion
2000That's Life as Victor Leski
2000The Magicians as Simon Magus
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil as Stefan
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Preston Blair
1999Chill Factor as Col. Andrew Brynner
1999Total Recall 2070
1999The Vice
1998Mighty Joe Young as Garth
1998The Magnificent Seven as Federal Marshal Walter Bryce
1997Amistad as Captain Fitzgerald
1997Cracker as Mitchell Grady
1997Holding On
1997The Broker's Man
1997The Garden of Redemption as Nazi Commandant
1997Dead Man's Gun
1997Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon as Rusticello
1996Seasick as 1st Officer Roald Jensen
1996The Witch's Daughter as Mr. Jones
1995Resort to Murder
1995An Awfully Big Adventure as Bunny
1995Band of Gold as Brian Roberts
1995Kavanagh Q.C. as Charlie Beck
1994White Angel as Leslie Steckler
1993Shadowlands as Dr Craig
1993The Perfect Husband as Franz
1992Highlander: The Series as Arthur Drake, aka Drakov
1992Heartbeat as Dr. James Radcliffe
1992The Pleasure Principle as Dick
1991The Laughter of God as Steve Clemant
1991Prisoner of Honor as Maj. Henry
1991Murder in Eden as Kenneth Potter
1991Soldier Soldier as Major Ben Collins
1990The Rescuers Down Under as Red (voice)
1990Burndown as Jake Stern
1990Children Crossing as Joe
1990The Incident as Geiger
1990The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
1989Trouble in Paradise as Adriaan
1989Tree of Hands as Terence
1988Prisoner of Rio as Clive Ingram
1987Born of Fire as Paul Bergson
1987Northanger Abbey as Henry Tilney
1986A State of Emergency as Ken Parrish
1985Letter to Brezhnev as Peter
1985Lifeforce as Col. Colin Caine
1985Screen Two as Henry Tilney
1985The Making Of Lifeforce as Self
1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)
1984White Elephant as Peter Davidson
1983The Aerodrome as Roy
1982Another Flip for Dominick as Dominick Hide
1982Fire and Sword as Dinas
1980The Flipside of Dominick Hide as Dominick Hide
1980The Flipside of Dominick Hide as Dominick Hide
1979Tess as Angel Clare
1979Tales of the Unexpected
1979When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? as Stephen Ryder
1977Equus as Alan Strang
1977Joseph Andrews as Joseph Andrews
1976The Lady of the Camellias as Armand Duval
1976The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray
1976Aces High as Lt. Stephen Croft
1975King Arthur, the Young Warlord as Corin
1973The Ballad of Ben Bagot as Ben Bagot
1973Her Majesty's Pleasure as Arsenic
1973Diamonds on Wheels as Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
1973Daniele and Maria as Daniele
1972Arthur of the Britons
1972The Protectors as Stephen Douglas
1972The Adventures of Black Beauty as David Abbott
1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1970Play for Today as Arsenic
1970Play for Today as Dominick Hide
1970Here Come the Double Deckers as Scooper
1969The Flaxton Boys as Archie Weekes
1965BBC Play of the Month as Cis Farringdon
1965BBC Play of the Month as Dorian Gray
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Robert 'Bobby' Stewart