Peter Wight

Acting · Born 1950-01-01 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

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

• Babel as Tom
• Vera Drake as Det. Inspector Webster
• Naked as Brian
• Another Year as Ken
• Hot Fuzz as Roy Porter
• Atonement as Police Inspector
• Persuasion as Admiral Croft
• Secrets & Lies as Father in Family Group
• Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Gardiner
• The Conjuring: Last Rites as Grandpa Smurl

TV

• Life on Mars as Frank Miller
• The Crown as Newspaper Editor
• His Dark Materials as Boatman
• Midsomer Murders as Ludlow
• Ultimate Force
• Early Doors as Nige
• Silent Witness as Lucas Garner
• Heartbeat as Len Peters
• Dalziel & Pascoe
• Party Animals as George Morgan