Actor
· Acting
Peter Wight
Born 1950-01-01
📍 Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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 121
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl
2025
National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Noddy Boffin
2024
The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli
2023
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Arthur Millington
2022
Cyrano
as Ragueneau
2021
Early Doors - Live
as Nige
2021
Uncle Vanya
as Telegin
2020
His Dark Materials
as Boatman
2019
A Confession
as Charlie Edwards
2019
Only You
as Andrew
2019
This Time with Alan Partridge
as John Baskell
2019
Early Days
as Kate’s Dad
2018
Hamlet
as Polonius
2018
Brakes
as Alan
2017
Another Mother's Son
as Rene
2017
The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
2017
The Crown
as Newspaper Editor
2016
Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
2016
Brief Encounters
as Brian
2016
I Want My Wife Back
as Don (Bex's father)
2016
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor
2015
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot
2014
Our Zoo
as Albert Mottershead
2014
The Look of Love
as Police Inspector
2013
The Security Men
as Kenneth
2013
The Mimic
as Mr Hurdle
2013
Room at the Top
as Mr. Hoylake
2012
The Paradise
as Edmund Lovett
2012
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden
2012
Hit & Miss
as Eddie
2012
Titanic
as Joseph Rushton
2012
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
as Ray Riddle
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012
Hard Boiled Sweets
as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2012
Best Laid Plans
as Roger
2012
Public Enemies
as Ken Whiteley
2012
My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father
2011
Ghosted
2011
Case Sensitive
as Robbie Proust
2011
Silk
as Alan Carruthers
2011
The Reckoning
as Frederick Taylor
2011
Accused
as Alan Maxfield
2010
Another Year
as Ken
2010
Womb
as Ralph
2010
Money
as Vince People
2010
Monday Monday
2009
Boy Meets Girl
as Bill
2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Mike Bell
2008
Sunshine
2008
Sunshine
as Philip
2008
Slapper
as Stuart
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Cass
as Cecil
2008
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
2007
Flood
as Johnson
2007
Persuasion
as Admiral Croft
2007
Atonement
as Police Inspector
2007
Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter
2007
Party Animals
as George Morgan
2007
Babel
as Tom
2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Charlie Williams
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006
Life on Mars
as Frank Miller
2006
Lassie
as Dr. Jarrett
2005
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Gardiner
2005
Heidi
as Pastor
2005
Uncle Adolf
as Heinrich Hoffman
2005
Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster
2004
New Tricks
as Colin Beck
2004
The Brides in the Bath
as Charles Burnham
2003
The Statement
as Inspector Cholet
2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Ormonde
2003
Three Blind Mice
as Tomlinson
2003
Fortysomething
as Nobby
2003
Early Doors
as Nige
2003
The Gathering
as Dave Elford
2003
The Second Coming
as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
2003
Ultimate Force
2002
Murphy's Law
as Alex Armstrong
2001
Lucky Break
as George Barratt
2001
The Fourth Angel
as M.P.
2001
Waking the Dead
as Donald Hunt
2001
Care
as Francis Chambers
2000
Shiner
as Det. Insp. Grant
2000
The Passion
as Ron
1999
Our Mutual Friend
as Reginald Wilfer
1998
FairyTale: A True Story
as Newspaper Editor
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Ludlow
1997
Jane Eyre
as Clergyman
1997
Secrets & Lies
as Father in Family Group
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Silent Witness
as Lucas Garner
1996
Out of the Blue
as D.C. Ron Ludlow
1995
Hamish Macbeth
as Sydney Braithwaite
1995
Meat
as Frank
1994
Speaking In Tongues
as Ben's Father
1994
Anna Lee
as Bernie Schiller
1994
Naked
as Brian
1993
A Touch of Frost
as Cyril Pearce
1992
Heartbeat
as Len Peters
1992
Heartbeat
as Bill Budge
1992
Scanners III: The Takeover
as Mark Dragon
1992
Sleepers
as Village Policeman
1991
Sleepers
as Village Policeman
1991
Codename: Kyril
as Evans
1988
Personal Services
as Detective Gibson
1987
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
as John
1987
Casualty
as Trevor
1986
Meantime
as Estate Manager
1983
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Geoff Woodcock
1982
Murphy's Stroke
as Betting Office Clerk
1980
Murphy's Stroke
as 1st Clerk Betting Office
1980
The Bitch
as Ricky
1979
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Reporter
1978
Secret Army
as Squadron Leader Kennedy
1977
The Sweeney
as Jimmy Park
1975
Sunshine City
1973
ITV Playhouse
as Jack
1967
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick
1959
Shakespeare’s Wart
as Director 1