Peter Wight
Born: 1950-01-01 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Tender Loving Care as Dr. Wells
2025
- The Conjuring: Last Rites as Grandpa Smurl
2024
- National Theatre Live: London Tide as Noddy Boffin
2023
- The Reckoning as Peter Jaconelli
2022
- Sister Boniface Mysteries as Arthur Millington
2021
- Cyrano as Ragueneau
- Early Doors - Live as Nige
2020
- Uncle Vanya as Telegin
2019
- His Dark Materials as Boatman
- This Time with Alan Partridge as John Baskell
- A Confession as Charlie Edwards
- Only You as Andrew
2018
- Hamlet as Polonius
- Early Days as Kate’s Dad
2017
- The Sense of an Ending as Colin Simpson
- Another Mother's Son as Rene
- Brakes as Alan
2016
- The Crown as Newspaper Editor
- I Want My Wife Back as Don
- Trespass Against Us as Dog Owner
- Brief Encounters as Brian
- Ethel & Ernest as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2015
- The Program as Sunday Times Editor
2014
- Mr. Turner as Joseph Gillot
- Our Zoo as Albert Mottershead
2013
- The Mimic as Mr Hurdle
- The Look of Love as Police Inspector
- The Security Men as Kenneth
2012
- The Paradise as Edmund Lovett
- Titanic as Joseph Rushton
- Hit & Miss as Eddie
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
- Room at the Top as Mr. Hoylake
- Kon-Tiki as Spinden
- Public Enemies as Ken Whiteley
- Best Laid Plans as Roger
- Hard Boiled Sweets as Jimmy 'The Gent'
- Shakespeare’s Wart as Director 1
- The Casebook of Eddie Brewer as Ray Riddle
2011
- Silk as Alan Carruthers
- My Week with Marilyn as Lucy's Father
- Case Sensitive as Robbie Proust
- The Reckoning as Frederick Taylor
- Ghosted
2010
- Accused as Alan Maxfield
- Another Year as Ken
- Womb as Ralph
- Money as Vince People
2009
- Monday Monday
- Boy Meets Girl as Bill
2008
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Sunshine as Philip
- Cass as Cecil
- A Bunch of Amateurs as Mike Bell
- Slapper as Stuart
2007
- Hot Fuzz as Roy Porter
- Atonement as Police Inspector
- Party Animals as George Morgan
- Flood as Johnson
- Persuasion as Admiral Croft
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2006
- Life on Mars as Frank Miller
- Hotel Babylon
- Babel as Tom
- Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Charlie Williams
2005
- Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Gardiner
- Lassie as Dr. Jarrett
- Heidi as Pastor
- Uncle Adolf as Heinrich Hoffman
2004
- New Tricks as Colin Beck
- Vera Drake as Det. Inspector Webster
- Murder Prevention as Cmdr. Donald Wicker
2003
- Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Ormonde
- Early Doors as Nige
- Fortysomething as Nobby
- The Second Coming as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
- The Statement as Inspector Cholet
- The Gathering as Dave Elford
- The Brides in the Bath as Charles Burnham
- Three Blind Mice as Tomlinson
2002
- Ultimate Force
- The Project as Neville
2001
- Waking the Dead as Donald Hunt
- Murphy's Law as Alex Armstrong
- The Fourth Angel as M.P.
- Lucky Break as George Barratt
1999
- The Passion as Ron
1998
- Our Mutual Friend as Reginald Wilfer
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Ludlow
- FairyTale: A True Story as Newspaper Editor
- Jane Eyre as Clergyman
1996
- Silent Witness as Lucas Garner
- Dalziel and Pascoe as Charles Johnson
- Secrets & Lies as Father in Family Group
1995
- Hamish Macbeth as Sydney Braithwaite
- Out of the Blue as DC Ron Ludlow
- Devil's Advocate as Inspector Costello
1994
- Anna Lee as Bernie Schiller
- Speaking In Tongues as Ben's Father
- Meat as Frank
1992
- Heartbeat as Len Peters
- A Touch of Frost as Cyril Pearce
- Scanners III: The Takeover as Mark Dragon
1987
- Personal Services as Detective Gibson
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow as John
1986
- Casualty as Trevor
1983
- Meantime as Estate Manager
1982
- Shine on Harvey Moon as Geoff Woodcock
1980
- Murphy's Stroke as Betting Office Clerk
1979
- Minder as Alan (uncredited)
- The Bitch as Ricky
- Where the Heart Is as Jack
1978
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as Reporter
1977
- Secret Army as Squadron Leader Kennedy
1975
- The Sweeney as Jimmy Park
1973
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Jack
1959
- Journey to the Center of the Earth as Laird Of Glendarick