Peter Ferdinando
Acting
Biography
Peter Ferdinando is a British character actor, known for his varied performances. He has collaborated extensively with director and cousin Gerard Johnson, playing the title role in the critically acclaimed Tony and the lead role in their more recent film together, the award-winning Hyena. He played the King Pin Spencer in David Mackenzie's prison drama Starred Up. He also regularly collaborates with British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, having played Jacob in A Field in England, The Half-Face Man in "Deep Breath", the first episode of series 8 of Doctor Who, and Paul in Wheatley's High-Rise. More recent work includes Tommy's Honour with Peter Mullan, directed by Jason Connery, Ghost in the Shell, with Scarlett Johansson and Juliet Binoche, directed by Rupert Sanders, and Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, with Jude Law. In 2017, he starred in Woody Harrelson's experimental, live film directorial debut Lost In London alongside Owen Wilson, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson.
Filmography
39 credits
Tony
Movie • 2010
Tony
Turnout
Movie • 2011
Pottsy
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie • 2012
Black Knight
Starred Up
Movie • 2014
Spencer
A Field in England
Movie • 2013
Jacob
Hyena
Movie • 2015
Michael
High-Rise
Movie • 2015
Cosgrove
300: Rise of an Empire
Movie • 2014
Greek Ambassador
Bodywork
Movie • 2001
Alex Gordon
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
Movie • 2014
Half-Face Man
Face
Movie • 1997
Policeman
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Movie • 2017
Earl of Mercia
Ghost in the Shell
Movie • 2017
Cutter
Tommy's Honour
Movie • 2017
Major Molesworth
Lost in London
Movie • 2017
Dante
The Only Boy for Me
Movie • 2006
Bob
Blue Iguana
Movie • 2018
Deacon Bradshaw
Vita & Virginia
Movie • 2019
Leonard Woolf
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Movie • 2018
Jimmy
Mug
Movie • 2004
Mug
Tony
Movie • 2005
Tony
Titanic Town
Movie • 1998
Soldier
A Safe House
Movie • 1990
Vincent Maguire
Archive
Movie • 2020
Tagg
Muscle
Movie • 2020
Ken
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Movie • 1993
Homeless Youth
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Movie • 2023
Mike
Odyssey
Movie • 2025
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Half-Face Man
Hustle
TV • 2004
Flash Git
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Peter Morris (Zotkin)
Sexy Beast
TV • 2024
Dominic McGraw
The Letter for the King
TV • 2020
Jaro
Safe House
TV • 2015
Michael
Hanna
TV • 2019
Lukas
Injustice
TV • 2011
John Slater
MobLand
TV • 2025
Valjon
Close to Home
TV • 1989
Michael
The Mimic
TV • 2013
Jesse