Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1950
Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Credits
122 titles
Peter Wight
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
Filmography
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Grandpa Smurl
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Noddy Boffin
The Reckoning
Peter Jaconelli
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Arthur Millington
Cyrano
Ragueneau
Early Doors - Live
Nige
Uncle Vanya
Telegin
His Dark Materials
Boatman
A Confession
Charlie Edwards
Only You
Andrew
This Time with Alan Partridge
John Baskell
Early Days
Kate’s Dad
Hamlet
Polonius
Brakes
Alan
Another Mother's Son
Rene
The Sense of an Ending
Colin Simpson
The Crown
Newspaper Editor
Ethel & Ernest
Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Trespass Against Us
Dog Owner
Brief Encounters
Brian
I Want My Wife Back
Don
The Program
Sunday Times Editor
Mr. Turner
Joseph Gillot
Our Zoo
Albert Mottershead
The Look of Love
Police Inspector
The Security Men
Kenneth
The Mimic
Mr Hurdle
Room at the Top
Mr. Hoylake
The Paradise
Edmund Lovett
Kon-Tiki
Spinden
Hit & Miss
Eddie
Titanic
Joseph Rushton
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Ray Riddle
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
Hard Boiled Sweets
Jimmy 'The Gent'
Best Laid Plans
Roger
Public Enemies
Ken Whiteley
Shakespeare’s Wart
Director 1
My Week with Marilyn
Lucy's Father
Ghosted
Case Sensitive
Robbie Proust
Silk
Alan Carruthers
The Reckoning
Frederick Taylor
Accused
Alan Maxfield
Another Year
Ken
Womb
Ralph
Money
Vince People
Monday Monday
Boy Meets Girl
Bill
A Bunch of Amateurs
Mike Bell