Peter Wight
Birthday
1950/01/01 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Also know as
Peter Wright
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.
Acting
(2006) Babel
as Tom
(2021) Early Doors - Live
as Nige
(2004) Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster
(1993) Naked
as Brian
(2008) Slapper
as Stuart
(1992) Scanners III: The Takeover
as Mark Dragon
(2001) Lucky Break
as George Barratt
(2010) Another Year
as Ken
(2006) Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Charlie Williams
(2021) Cyrano
as Ragueneau
(1983) Meantime
as Estate Manager
(2010) Womb
as Ralph
(1978) The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Reporter
(2013) The Look of Love
as Police Inspector
Shakespeare’s Wart
as Director 1
(2002) The Project
as Neville
(1959) Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick
(1987) Will You Love Me Tomorrow
as John
(2003) The Gathering
as Dave Elford
(2012) Kon-Tiki
as Spinden
(1999) The Passion
as Ron
(1979) Where the Heart Is
as Jack
(1994) Speaking In Tongues
as Ben's Father
(1994) Meat
as Frank
(2007) Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter
(2007) Atonement
as Police Inspector
(1991) Sleepers
as Village Policeman
(2003) The Brides in the Bath
as Charles Burnham
(2012) The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
as Ray Riddle
(2011) Ghosted
as ---
(2015) The Program
as Sunday Times Editor
(2000) Care
as Francis Chambers
(2008) A Bunch of Amateurs
as Mike Bell
(2016) Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
(2012) Best Laid Plans
as Roger
(2005) Uncle Adolf
as Heinrich Hoffman
(2007) Persuasion
as Admiral Croft
(2014) Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot
(1996) Secrets & Lies
as Father in Family Group
(1997) Jane Eyre
as Clergyman
(1979) The Bitch
as Ricky
(2008) Cass
as Cecil
(2017) Another Mother's Son
as Rene
(2005) Lassie
as Dr. Jarrett
(2016) Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
(2017) The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
(2003) Three Blind Mice
as Tomlinson
(2003) The Statement
as Inspector Cholet
(2007) Flood
as Johnson - Transport Chief
(2000) Shiner
as Det. Insp. Grant
(1997) FairyTale: A True Story
as Newspaper Editor
(2012) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
(1987) Personal Services
as Detective Gibson
(2005) Heidi
as Pastor
(2012) Hard Boiled Sweets
as Jimmy 'The Gent'
(2017) Brakes
as Alan
(2001) The Fourth Angel
as M.P.
(2011) My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father
(2019) Only You
as Andrew
(2018) Hamlet
as Polonius
(2013) The Security Men
as Kenneth
(1980) Murphy's Stroke
as Betting Office Clerk
(1973) Sunshine City
as ---
(2018) Early Days
as Kate’s Dad
(1988) Codename: Kyril
as Evans
(2005) Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Gardiner
(2020) Uncle Vanya
as Telegin
(2007) Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Ludlow
(2002) Ultimate Force
as ---
(2003) Early Doors
as Nige
(1996) Silent Witness
as Lucas Garner
(1992) Heartbeat
as Len Peters
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(2007) Party Animals
as George Morgan
(2006) Life on Mars
as Frank Miller
(1975) The Sweeney
as Jimmy Park
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Donald Hunt
(1994) Anna Lee
as Bernie Schiller
(2019) This Time with Alan Partridge
as John Baskell
(2016) I Want My Wife Back
as Don (Bex's father)
(1995) Out of the Blue
as D.C. Ron Ludlow
(2009) Boy Meets Girl
as ---
(2003) Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Ormonde
(2009) Monday Monday
as ---
(2019) A Confession
as Charlie Edwards
(2012) Hit & Miss
as Eddie
(2010) Accused
as Alan Maxfield
(2012) Titanic
as Joseph Rushton
(2011) Case Sensitive
as Robbie Proust
(2010) Money
as Vince People
(2014) Our Zoo
as Albert Mottershead
(2012) The Paradise
as Edmund Lovett
(2012) Room at the Top
as Mr. Hoylake
(2004) New Tricks
as Colin Beck
(2012) Public Enemies
as Ken Whiteley
(2003) Fortysomething
as Nobby
(2006) Hotel Babylon
as ---
(2016) Brief Encounters
as Brian
(1977) Secret Army
as Squadron Leader Kennedy
(2008) Sunshine
as ---
(2016) The Crown
as Newspaper Editor
(2004) Murder Prevention
as ---
(2008) Lark Rise to Candleford
as ---
(1982) Shine on Harvey Moon
as ---
(1986) Casualty
as Trevor
(2023) The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli
(1998) Our Mutual Friend
as ---
(2011) The Reckoning
as Frederick Taylor
(2003) The Second Coming
as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
(2008) Sunshine
as Philip
(2019) His Dark Materials
as Boatman
(1992) Heartbeat
as Bill Budge
(1995) Devil's Advocate
as Inspector Costello
(1995) Hamish Macbeth
as Sydney Braithwaite