Peter Wight
Acting Born Jan 1, 1950 Worthing, Sussex, England, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Ludlow
- The Crown (2016) as Newspaper Editor
- Casualty (1986) as Trevor
- Silent Witness (1996) as Lucas Garner
- New Tricks (2004) as Colin Beck
- Heartbeat (1992) as Len Peters
- Heartbeat (1992) as Bill Budge
- The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) as Grandpa Smurl
- Minder (1979) as Alan (uncredited)
- Silk (2011) as Alan Carruthers
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Donald Hunt
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Cyril Pearce
- His Dark Materials (2019) as Boatman
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Gardiner
- The Sweeney (1975) as Jimmy Park
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jack
- Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022) as Arthur Millington
- Secret Army (1977) as Squadron Leader Kennedy
- Hot Fuzz (2007) as Roy Porter
- Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
- Atonement (2007) as Police Inspector
- Life on Mars (2006) as Frank Miller
- Hotel Babylon (2006)
- Accused (2010) as Alan Maxfield