Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Peter Wight
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 68Series: 46Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 17476
IMDb ID: nm0927835
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q7177704
Also known as
Peter Wright
Other jobs
Screenplay (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Wight.
6.9
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl
2025 Movie
National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Noddy Boffin
2024 Movie
6.3
Cyrano
as Ragueneau
2021 Movie
6.0
Early Doors - Live
as Nige
2021 Movie
7.3
Uncle Vanya
as Telegin
2020 Movie
6.6
Only You
as Andrew
2019 Movie
1.0
Early Days
as Kate’s Dad
2018 Movie
6.4
Hamlet
as Polonius
2018 Movie
5.6
Brakes
as Alan
2017 Movie
6.8
Another Mother's Son
as Rene
2017 Movie
6.4
The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
2017 Movie
7.5
Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016 Movie
5.8
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
2016 Movie
6.4
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor
2015 Movie
6.5
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot
2014 Movie
5.6
The Look of Love
as Police Inspector
2013 Movie
The Security Men
as Kenneth
2013 Movie
6.9
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden
2012 Movie
4.5
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
as Ray Riddle
2012 Movie
6.4
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012 Movie
3.9
Hard Boiled Sweets
as Jimmy 'The Gent'
2012 Movie
5.4
Best Laid Plans
as Roger
2012 Movie
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father
2011 Movie
5.2
Ghosted
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Wight.
7.2
The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli • 4 eps
2023 Series
6.4
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Arthur Millington • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.8
His Dark Materials
as Boatman • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Confession
as Charlie Edwards • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.8
This Time with Alan Partridge
as John Baskell • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.2
The Crown
as Newspaper Editor • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.7
Brief Encounters
as Brian • 6 eps
2016 Series
4.7
I Want My Wife Back
as Don (Bex's father) • 6 eps
2016 Series
8.2
Our Zoo
as Albert Mottershead • 6 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Room at the Top
as Mr. Hoylake • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.3
The Paradise
as Edmund Lovett • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.9
Hit & Miss
as Eddie • 6 eps
2012 Series
6.0
Titanic
as Joseph Rushton • 4 eps
2012 Series
6.6
Public Enemies
as Ken Whiteley • 3 eps
2012 Series
6.9
Case Sensitive
as Robbie Proust • 4 eps
2011 Series
7.5
Silk
as Alan Carruthers • 1 eps
2011 Series
4.8
The Reckoning
as Frederick Taylor • 2 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Accused
as Alan Maxfield • 1 eps
2010 Series
4.5
Money
as Vince People • 2 eps
2010 Series
10.0
Monday Monday
7 eps
2009 Series
5.5
Boy Meets Girl
as Bill • 4 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Sunshine
1 eps
2008 Series
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2 eps
2008 Series
6.9
Party Animals
as George Morgan • 8 eps
2007 Series