Peter Wight
Acting • Born 1950-01-01
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.
Filmography
123 credits
Babel
Movie • 2006
Tom
Early Doors - Live
Movie • 2021
Nige
Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Det. Inspector Webster
Naked
Movie • 1993
Brian
Slapper
Movie • 2008
Stuart
Scanners III: The Takeover
Movie • 1992
Mark Dragon
Lucky Break
Movie • 2001
George Barratt
Another Year
Movie • 2010
Ken
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Movie • 2006
Charlie Williams
Cyrano
Movie • 2021
Ragueneau
Meantime
Movie • 1983
Estate Manager
Womb
Movie • 2010
Ralph
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Movie • 1978
Reporter
Shakespeare’s Wart
Movie
Director 1
The Look of Love
Movie • 2013
Police Inspector
The Project
Movie • 2002
Neville
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie • 1959
Laird Of Glendarick
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Movie • 1987
John
The Gathering
Movie • 2003
Dave Elford
Kon-Tiki
Movie • 2012
Spinden
The Passion
Movie • 1999
Ron
Where the Heart Is
Movie • 1979
Jack
Speaking In Tongues
Movie • 1994
Ben's Father
Meat
Movie • 1994
Frank
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Roy Porter
Atonement
Movie • 2007
Police Inspector
Sleepers
Movie • 1991
Village Policeman
The Brides in the Bath
Movie • 2003
Charles Burnham
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Movie • 2012
Ray Riddle
Ghosted
Movie • 2011
The Program
Movie • 2015
Sunday Times Editor
Care
Movie • 2000
Francis Chambers
A Bunch of Amateurs
Movie • 2008
Mike Bell
Ethel & Ernest
Movie • 2016
Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Best Laid Plans
Movie • 2012
Roger
Uncle Adolf
Movie • 2005
Heinrich Hoffman
Persuasion
Movie • 2007
Admiral Croft
Mr. Turner
Movie • 2014
Joseph Gillot
Secrets & Lies
Movie • 1996
Father in Family Group
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1997
Clergyman
The Bitch
Movie • 1979
Ricky
Cass
Movie • 2008
Cecil
Another Mother's Son
Movie • 2017
Rene
Lassie
Movie • 2005
Dr. Jarrett
Trespass Against Us
Movie • 2016
Dog Owner
The Sense of an Ending
Movie • 2017
Colin Simpson
Hard Boiled Sweets
Movie • 2012
Jimmy 'The Gent'
Brakes
Movie • 2017
Alan
Personal Services
Movie • 1987
Detective Gibson
Heidi
Movie • 2005
Pastor
Shiner
Movie • 2000
Det. Insp. Grant
The Statement
Movie • 2003
Inspector Cholet
FairyTale: A True Story
Movie • 1997
Newspaper Editor
My Week with Marilyn
Movie • 2011
Lucy's Father
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Movie • 2012
Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
The Fourth Angel
Movie • 2001
M.P.
Flood
Movie • 2007
Johnson
Three Blind Mice
Movie • 2003
Tomlinson
Only You
Movie • 2019
Andrew
The Security Men
Movie • 2013
Kenneth
Hamlet
Movie • 2018
Polonius
Murphy's Stroke
Movie • 1980
Betting Office Clerk
Sunshine City
Movie • 1973
Early Days
Movie • 2018
Kate’s Dad
Codename: Kyril
Movie • 1988
Evans
Pride & Prejudice
Movie • 2005
Mr. Gardiner
Uncle Vanya
Movie • 2020
Telegin
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie • 2007
Self
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Movie • 2025
Grandpa Smurl
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Movie • 2024
Noddy Boffin
Murphy's Stroke
Movie • 1980
1st Clerk Betting Office
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ludlow
Ultimate Force
TV • 2002
Early Doors
TV • 2003
Nige
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Lucas Garner
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Len Peters
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Party Animals
TV • 2007
George Morgan
Life on Mars
TV • 2006
Frank Miller
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Jimmy Park
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Donald Hunt
Anna Lee
TV • 1994
Bernie Schiller
This Time with Alan Partridge
TV • 2019
John Baskell
I Want My Wife Back
TV • 2016
Don (Bex's father)
Out of the Blue
TV • 1995
D.C. Ron Ludlow
Boy Meets Girl
TV • 2009
Bill
Monday Monday
TV • 2009
A Confession
TV • 2019
Charlie Edwards
Hit & Miss
TV • 2012
Eddie
Accused
TV • 2010
Alan Maxfield
Titanic
TV • 2012
Joseph Rushton
Case Sensitive
TV • 2011
Robbie Proust
Money
TV • 2010
Vince People
Our Zoo
TV • 2014
Albert Mottershead
The Paradise
TV • 2012
Edmund Lovett
Room at the Top
TV • 2012
Mr. Hoylake
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Colin Beck
Public Enemies
TV • 2012
Ken Whiteley
Fortysomething
TV • 2003
Nobby
Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006
Brief Encounters
TV • 2016
Brian
Secret Army
TV • 1977
Squadron Leader Kennedy
Sunshine
TV • 2008
The Crown
TV • 2016
Newspaper Editor
Murder Prevention
TV • 2004
Cmdr. Donald Wicker
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV • 2008
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Geoff Woodcock
Casualty
TV • 1986
Trevor
The Reckoning
TV • 2023
Peter Jaconelli
The Reckoning
TV • 2011
Frederick Taylor
The Second Coming
TV • 2003
Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
Sunshine
TV • 2008
Philip
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Boatman
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Bill Budge
Devil's Advocate
TV • 1995
Inspector Costello
Hamish Macbeth
TV • 1995
Sydney Braithwaite
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV • 2022
Arthur Millington
Our Mutual Friend
TV • 1998
Reginald Wilfer
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
TV • 2003
Ormonde
Silk
TV • 2011
Alan Carruthers
Sleepers
TV • 1991
Village Policeman
The Mimic
TV • 2013
Mr Hurdle
Murphy's Law
TV • 2001
Alex Armstrong