Peter Wight
Actor
Born January 1, 1950 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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
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 (Bex's father)
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
Hard Boiled Sweets
Jimmy 'The Gent'
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
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
Sunshine
Philip
Slapper
Stuart
Lark Rise to Candleford
Cass
Cecil
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
Flood
Johnson
Persuasion
Admiral Croft
Atonement
Police Inspector
Hot Fuzz
Roy Porter
Party Animals
George Morgan
Babel
Tom
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Charlie Williams
Hotel Babylon
Life on Mars
Frank Miller
Lassie
Dr. Jarrett
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Gardiner
Heidi
Pastor
Uncle Adolf
Heinrich Hoffman
Vera Drake
Det. Inspector Webster
New Tricks
Colin Beck
The Brides in the Bath
Charles Burnham
The Statement
Inspector Cholet
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Ormonde
Three Blind Mice
Tomlinson
Fortysomething
Nobby
Early Doors
Nige
The Gathering
Dave Elford
The Second Coming
Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
Ultimate Force
Murphy's Law
Alex Armstrong
Lucky Break
George Barratt
The Fourth Angel
M.P.
Waking the Dead
Donald Hunt
Care
Francis Chambers
Shiner
Det. Insp. Grant
The Passion
Ron
Our Mutual Friend
Reginald Wilfer
FairyTale: A True Story
Newspaper Editor
Midsomer Murders
Ludlow
Jane Eyre
Clergyman
Secrets & Lies
Father in Family Group
Silent Witness
Lucas Garner
Out of the Blue
DC Ron Ludlow
Hamish Macbeth
Sydney Braithwaite
Meat
Frank
Speaking In Tongues
Ben's Father
Anna Lee
Bernie Schiller
Naked
Brian
A Touch of Frost
Cyril Pearce
Heartbeat
Len Peters
Scanners III: The Takeover
Mark Dragon
Sleepers
Village Policeman
Sleepers
Village Policeman
Codename: Kyril
Evans
Personal Services
Detective Gibson
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
John
Casualty
Trevor
Meantime
Estate Manager
Shine on Harvey Moon
Geoff Woodcock
Murphy's Stroke
Betting Office Clerk
Minder
Alan (uncredited)
The Bitch
Ricky
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Reporter
Secret Army
Squadron Leader Kennedy
The Sweeney
Jimmy Park
Sunshine City
ITV Playhouse
Jack
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Laird Of Glendarick