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Alistair Petrie

Acting Born Sep 30, 1970 Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Alistair Petrie (born September 30, 1970) is an English actor. He has starred in The Bank Job (2010), Cloud Atlas (2012), Rush (2013) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Petrie has also starred in the Channel 4 television series Utopia, the BBC One television series' The Night Manager, Sherlock, and Undercover and as Mr. Groff in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Sex Education.

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Known for

Midsomer Murders

as Clifford Bunting

Death in Paradise

as Gordon Foster

Sex Education

as Michael Groff

Andor

as General Davits Draven

Sherlock

as James Sholto
Film

Hellboy

as Lord Adam Glaren
Film

The Cursed

as Seamus Laurent

Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Clifford Bunting
  • Death in Paradise (2011) as Gordon Foster
  • Vera (2011) as Stuart Bayliss
  • Sex Education (2019) as Michael Groff
  • Andor (2022) as General Davits Draven
  • Sherlock (2010) as James Sholto
  • The Night Manager (2016) as Sandy Langbourne
  • Genius (2017) as Heinrich Weber
  • Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) as Young James Westropp
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as General Draven
  • Jonathan Creek (1997) as Duncan Proctor
  • Rush (2013) as Stirling Moss
  • Utopia (2013) as Geoff Lawson
  • The Forsyte Saga (2002) as George Forsyte
  • Cranford (2007) as Major Gordon
  • The Bank Job (2008) as Phillip Lisle
  • Hellboy (2019) as Lord Adam Glaren
  • Death by Lightning (2025) as John Sherman
  • Cloud Atlas (2012) as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman
  • (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) as Big Matt
  • The Cursed (2021) as Seamus Laurent
  • The Game (2014) as Andrew
  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) as Rev Richard Jones
  • The Duchess (2008) as Heaton