Peter Sullivan
Acting • Born 1964-07-26
Biography
Peter Sullivan was born into a political family and he was expected to follow a career in politics and the law. He joined the National Youth Theatre at 17 and then trained at Central before studying in New York under Uta Hagen and at The Actors' Studio and then became a member of the Catalan theatre group La Fura Dels Baus. Over three decades he has played multiple leading roles in film and television in the US, UK and Europe and has been a National Theatre player for over 30 years. He speaks four languages and has performed in all of them.
Filmography
56 credits
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
Vasilov
Monsieur N.
Movie • 2003
Thomas Reade
Gypsy Woman
Movie • 2002
Policeman
The Monkey's Paw
Movie • 2022
Sergeant Major Morris
The Scandalous Lady W
Movie • 2015
Mr. James Farrar
Hancock & Joan
Movie • 2008
Edward Joffe
The Butterfly Effect
Movie • 1995
Duncan McHale
The Limehouse Golem
Movie • 2016
Inspector Roberts
Tobey
Movie • 2017
Father
Morning Echo
Movie • 2010
Donald Moffatt
National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 2016
William Collyer
A Very Social Secretary
Movie • 2005
Gould
Lord of Misrule
Movie • 1996
Dr. Glanville
The Face of an Angel
Movie • 2014
James Pryce
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Movie • 2000
Wagner
Conspiracy
Movie • 2001
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
Earthy Encounters
Movie • 2018
John
7 Days in Entebbe
Movie • 2018
Amos Eiran
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Movie • 1999
Col. Serre
We Are Happy
Movie • 2015
Steve
Cut
Movie • 1999
Cyclops
Movie • 2001
Friends Reunited
Movie • 2005
Nick Roberts
22+1
Movie • 2025
Doctor Farr
The Hour
TV • 2011
Commander Laurence Stern
Baptiste
TV • 2019
Michael
The Borgias
TV • 2011
Cardinal Ascanio Sforza
Backup
TV • 1995
Det. Insp. Overton
Cuffs
TV • 2015
Chief Super Robert Vickers
The Sixth Commandment
TV • 2023
David Jeremy
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
TV • 2009
Mile High
TV • 2003
Nathan Barley
TV • 2005
Geoff Moss
Extras
TV • 2005
Film Director
Fixer
TV • 2008
Indian Summers
TV • 2015
Vital Signs
TV • 2006
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Richard Beamer
The IT Crowd
TV • 2006
John
Strange
TV • 2003
Bob
The Musketeers
TV • 2014
Vargas
Trinity
TV • 2009
D.I. Ryan Worthing
Around the World in 80 Days
TV • 2021
Nyle Bellamy
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Franklin Stone
Strike
TV • 2017
Andrew Fancourt
The Passion
TV • 2008
Temple Lawyer
The Thick of It
TV • 2005
Geoffrey
Sex Traffic
TV • 2004
Rick
Spooks
TV • 2002
Viktor Sarkisian
The Iris Affair
TV • 2025
Julian Baxter
Poldark
TV • 2015
Ralph Hanson
The Jetty
TV • 2024
Blake
Shockers
TV • 1999
Fred Powell
The Crimson Field
TV • 2014
Major Jocelyn Ballard
Chandler & Co
TV • 1994
Paul Stoddard
Critical
TV • 2015
Dr. Clive Archerfield