Birthday:
Jan 01, 1950
Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Peter Wight
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Babel | Tom | 2006 |
| Early Doors - Live | Nige | 2021 |
| Vera Drake | Det. Inspector Webster | 2004 |
| Naked | Brian | 1993 |
| Slapper | Stuart | 2008 |
| Scanners III: The Takeover | Mark Dragon | 1992 |
| Lucky Break | George Barratt | 2001 |
| Another Year | Ken | 2010 |
| Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Charlie Williams | 2006 |
| Cyrano | Ragueneau | 2021 |
| Meantime | Estate Manager | 1983 |
| Womb | Ralph | 2010 |
| The One and Only Phyllis Dixey | Reporter | 1978 |
| Shakespeare’s Wart | Director 1 | 1970 |
| The Look of Love | Police Inspector | 2013 |
| The Project | Neville | 2002 |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Laird Of Glendarick | 1959 |
| Will You Love Me Tomorrow | John | 1987 |
| The Gathering | Dave Elford | 2003 |
| Kon-Tiki | Spinden | 2012 |
| The Passion | Ron | 1999 |
| Where the Heart Is | Jack | 1979 |
| Speaking In Tongues | Ben's Father | 1994 |
| Meat | Frank | 1994 |
| Hot Fuzz | Roy Porter | 2007 |
| Atonement | Police Inspector | 2007 |
| Sleepers | Village Policeman | 1991 |
| The Brides in the Bath | Charles Burnham | 2003 |
| The Casebook of Eddie Brewer | Ray Riddle | 2012 |
| Ghosted | 2011 | |
| The Program | Sunday Times Editor | 2015 |
| Care | Francis Chambers | 2000 |
| A Bunch of Amateurs | Mike Bell | 2008 |
| Ethel & Ernest | Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) | 2016 |
| Best Laid Plans | Roger | 2012 |
| Uncle Adolf | Heinrich Hoffman | 2005 |
| Persuasion | Admiral Croft | 2007 |
| Mr. Turner | Joseph Gillot | 2014 |
| Secrets & Lies | Father in Family Group | 1996 |
| Jane Eyre | Clergyman | 1997 |
| The Bitch | Ricky | 1979 |
| Cass | Cecil | 2008 |
| Another Mother's Son | Rene | 2017 |
| Lassie | Dr. Jarrett | 2005 |
| Trespass Against Us | Dog Owner | 2016 |
| The Sense of an Ending | Colin Simpson | 2017 |
| Hard Boiled Sweets | Jimmy 'The Gent' | 2012 |
| Brakes | Alan | 2017 |
| Personal Services | Detective Gibson | 1987 |
| Heidi | Pastor | 2005 |
| Shiner | Det. Insp. Grant | 2000 |
| The Statement | Inspector Cholet | 2003 |
| FairyTale: A True Story | Newspaper Editor | 1997 |
| My Week with Marilyn | Lucy's Father | 2011 |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Tory Grandee - Angus Butler | 2012 |
| The Fourth Angel | M.P. | 2001 |
| Flood | Johnson - Transport Chief | 2007 |
| Three Blind Mice | Tomlinson | 2003 |
| Only You | Andrew | 2019 |
| The Security Men | Kenneth | 2013 |
| Hamlet | Polonius | 2018 |
| Murphy's Stroke | Betting Office Clerk | 1980 |
| Sunshine City | 1973 | |
| Early Days | Kate’s Dad | 2018 |
| Codename: Kyril | Evans | 1988 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Gardiner | 2005 |
| Uncle Vanya | Telegin | 2020 |
| Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self | 2007 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Midsomer Murders | Ludlow | 1997 |
| Ultimate Force | 2002 | |
| Early Doors | Nige | 2003 |
| Silent Witness | Lucas Garner | 1996 |
| Heartbeat | Len Peters | 1992 |
| Dalziel & Pascoe | 1996 | |
| Party Animals | George Morgan | 2007 |
| Life on Mars | Frank Miller | 2006 |
| The Sweeney | Jimmy Park | 1975 |
| Waking the Dead | Donald Hunt | 2001 |
| Anna Lee | Bernie Schiller | 1994 |
| This Time with Alan Partridge | John Baskell | 2019 |
| I Want My Wife Back | Don (Bex's father) | 2016 |
| Boy Meets Girl | 2009 | |
| Out of the Blue | D.C. Ron Ludlow | 1995 |
| Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Ormonde | 2003 |
| Monday Monday | 2009 | |
| A Confession | Charlie Edwards | 2019 |
| Hit & Miss | Eddie | 2012 |
| Accused | Alan Maxfield | 2010 |
| Titanic | Joseph Rushton | 2012 |
| Case Sensitive | Robbie Proust | 2011 |
| Money | Vince People | 2010 |
| Our Zoo | Albert Mottershead | 2014 |
| The Paradise | Edmund Lovett | 2012 |
| Room at the Top | Mr. Hoylake | 2012 |
| New Tricks | Colin Beck | 2004 |
| Public Enemies | Ken Whiteley | 2012 |
| Fortysomething | Nobby | 2003 |
| Hotel Babylon | 2006 | |
| Brief Encounters | Brian | 2016 |
| Secret Army | Squadron Leader Kennedy | 1977 |
| Sunshine | 2008 | |
| The Crown | Newspaper Editor | 2016 |
| Lark Rise to Candleford | 2008 | |
| Murder Prevention | 2004 | |
| Shine on Harvey Moon | 1982 | |
| Casualty | Trevor | 1986 |
| The Reckoning | Peter Jaconelli | 2023 |
| Our Mutual Friend | 1998 | |
| The Reckoning | Frederick Taylor | 2011 |
| The Second Coming | Chief Supt. Len Chadwick | 2003 |
| Sunshine | Philip | 2008 |
| His Dark Materials | Boatman | 2019 |
| Heartbeat | Bill Budge | 1992 |
| Devil's Advocate | Inspector Costello | 1995 |
| Hamish Macbeth | Sydney Braithwaite | 1995 |
