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