Peter Wight
Acting
Born: 1950-01-01 · 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 Fri
🎬 Movies (20)
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
Grandpa Smurl
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024
Noddy Boffin
Cyrano
2021
Ragueneau
Early Doors - Live
2021
Nige
Uncle Vanya
2020
Telegin
Only You
2019
Andrew
Early Days
2018
Kate’s Dad
Hamlet
2018
Polonius
Brakes
2017
Alan
Another Mother's Son
2017
Rene
The Sense of an Ending
2017
Colin Simpson
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Trespass Against Us
2016
Dog Owner
The Program
2015
Sunday Times Editor
Mr. Turner
2014
Joseph Gillot
The Look of Love
2013
Police Inspector
The Security Men
2013
Kenneth
Kon-Tiki
2012
Spinden
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012
Ray Riddle
Hard Boiled Sweets
2012
Jimmy 'The Gent'
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Reckoning
2023
Peter Jaconelli
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
Arthur Millington
His Dark Materials
2019
Boatman
A Confession
2019
Charlie Edwards
This Time with Alan Partridge
2019
John Baskell
The Crown
2016
Newspaper Editor
Brief Encounters
2016
Brian
I Want My Wife Back
2016
Don (Bex's father)
Our Zoo
2014
Albert Mottershead
The Mimic
2013
Mr Hurdle
Room at the Top
2012
Mr. Hoylake
The Paradise
2012
Edmund Lovett
Hit & Miss
2012
Eddie
Titanic
2012
Joseph Rushton
Public Enemies
2012
Ken Whiteley
Case Sensitive
2011
Robbie Proust
Silk
2011
Alan Carruthers
The Reckoning
2011
Frederick Taylor
Accused
2010
Alan Maxfield
Money
2010
Vince People