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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1950
Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Peter Wright
Peter Wight
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Grandpa Smurl
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
0.0
Noddy Boffin
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024
7.2
Peter Jaconelli
The Reckoning
2023
6.4
Arthur Millington
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
6.3
Ragueneau
Cyrano
2021
6.0
Nige
Early Doors - Live
2021
7.3
Telegin
Uncle Vanya
2020
7.9
Boatman
His Dark Materials
2019
7.0
Charlie Edwards
A Confession
2019
6.6
Andrew
Only You
2019
Credits
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl
2025
6.9
National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Noddy Boffin
2024
0.0
The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli
2023
7.2
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Arthur Millington
2022
6.4
Cyrano
as Ragueneau
2021
6.3
Early Doors - Live
as Nige
2021
6.0
Uncle Vanya
as Telegin
2020
7.3
His Dark Materials
as Boatman
2019
7.9
A Confession
as Charlie Edwards
2019
7.0
Only You
as Andrew
2019
6.6
This Time with Alan Partridge
as John Baskell
2019
7.8
Early Days
as Kate’s Dad
2018
1.0
Hamlet
as Polonius
2018
6.4
Brakes
as Alan
2017
5.6
Another Mother's Son
as Rene
2017
6.8
The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
2017
6.4
The Crown
as Newspaper Editor
2016
8.2
Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016
7.4
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
2016
5.8
Brief Encounters
as Brian
2016
6.7
I Want My Wife Back
as Don (Bex's father)
2016
4.7
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor
2015
6.4
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot
2014
6.5
Our Zoo
as Albert Mottershead
2014
8.2
The Look of Love
as Police Inspector
2013
5.6
The Security Men
as Kenneth
2013
0.0
Room at the Top
as Mr. Hoylake
2012
6.9
The Paradise
as Edmund Lovett
2012
7.3
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden
2012
6.9
Hit & Miss
as Eddie
2012
6.9
Titanic
as Joseph Rushton
2012
6.0
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
as Ray Riddle
2012
4.5
Hard Boiled Sweets
as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2012
3.9
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012
6.4
Best Laid Plans
as Roger
2012
5.4
Public Enemies
as Ken Whiteley
2012
6.6
My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father
2011
6.7
Ghosted
2011
5.2
Case Sensitive
as Robbie Proust
2011
6.9
The Reckoning
as Frederick Taylor
2011
4.8
Accused
as Alan Maxfield
2010
8.1
Another Year
as Ken
2010
7.0
Womb
as Ralph
2010
6.0
Money
as Vince People
2010
4.5
Monday Monday
2009
10.0
Boy Meets Girl
as Bill
2009
5.5
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Mike Bell
2008
5.7
Sunshine
2008
7.8
Sunshine
as Philip
2008
7.8
Slapper
as Stuart
2008
3.5
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
8.4
Cass
as Cecil
2008
6.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
2007
10.0
Flood
as Johnson - Transport Chief
2007
5.3
Persuasion
as Admiral Croft
2007
7.2
Atonement
as Police Inspector
2007
7.6
Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter
2007
7.6
Party Animals
as George Morgan
2007
6.9
Babel
as Tom
2006
7.2
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Charlie Williams
2006
6.1
Hotel Babylon
2006
7.3
Life on Mars
as Frank Miller
2006
7.8
Lassie
as Dr. Jarrett
2005
6.4
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Gardiner
2005
8.1
Heidi
as Pastor
2005
7.6
Uncle Adolf
as Heinrich Hoffman
2005
6.0
🎬
Murder Prevention
2004
4.0
Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster
2004
7.2
New Tricks
as Colin Beck
2004
7.4
The Brides in the Bath
as Charles Burnham
2003
5.4
The Statement
as Inspector Cholet
2003
5.6
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Ormonde
2003
6.2
Three Blind Mice
as Tomlinson
2003
3.8
Fortysomething
as Nobby
2003
7.5
Early Doors
as Nige
2003
7.7
The Gathering
as Dave Elford
2003
5.5
The Second Coming
as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
2003
6.8
🎬
The Project
as Neville
2002
0.0
Ultimate Force
2002
6.6
Lucky Break
as George Barratt
2001
6.1
The Fourth Angel
as M.P.
2001
5.2
Waking the Dead
as Donald Hunt
2001
7.2
Care
as Francis Chambers
2000
4.2
Shiner
as Det. Insp. Grant
2000
5.2
The Passion
as Ron
1999
0.0
Our Mutual Friend
as Reginald Wilfer
1998
7.8
FairyTale: A True Story
as Newspaper Editor
1997
6.4
Midsomer Murders
as Ludlow
1997
7.5
Jane Eyre
as Clergyman
1997
7.1
Secrets & Lies
as Father in Family Group
1996
7.6
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Silent Witness
as Lucas Garner
1996
7.5
Out of the Blue
as D.C. Ron Ludlow
1995
0.0
Hamish Macbeth
as Sydney Braithwaite
1995
7.5
🎬
Devil's Advocate
as Inspector Costello
1995
1.0
Meat
as Frank
1994
3.0
Speaking In Tongues
as Ben's Father
1994
0.0
Anna Lee
as Bernie Schiller
1994
6.9
Naked
as Brian
1993
7.2
Heartbeat
as Len Peters
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Bill Budge
1992
7.1
Scanners III: The Takeover
as Mark Dragon
1992
4.4
Sleepers
as Village Policeman
1991
0.0
Codename: Kyril
as Evans
1988
0.0
Personal Services
as Detective Gibson
1987
6.0
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
as John
1987
1.0
Casualty
as Trevor
1986
6.1
Meantime
as Estate Manager
1983
6.6
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Geoff Woodcock
1982
7.6
Murphy's Stroke
as Betting Office Clerk
1980
4.7
The Bitch
as Ricky
1979
4.3
🎬
Where the Heart Is
as Jack
1979
0.0
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Reporter
1978
0.0
Secret Army
as Squadron Leader Kennedy
1977
7.5
The Sweeney
as Jimmy Park
1975
7.8
Sunshine City
1973
0.0
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick
1959
6.9
Shakespeare’s Wart
as Director 1
N/A
0.0