Peter Firth
Acting • Born 1953-10-27
Biography
Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.
Filmography
100 credits
Chill Factor
Movie • 1999
Col. Andrew Brynner
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
The Rescuers Down Under
Movie • 1990
Red (voice)
Tess
Movie • 1979
Angel Clare
An Awfully Big Adventure
Movie • 1995
Bunny
Amistad
Movie • 1997
Captain Fitzgerald
Lifeforce
Movie • 1985
Col. Colin Caine
Born of Fire
Movie • 1987
Paul Bergson
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1998
Garth
Joseph Andrews
Movie • 1977
Joseph Andrews
Letter to Brezhnev
Movie • 1985
Peter
Equus
Movie • 1977
Alan Strang
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Movie • 2005
Lord Northcliffe
Aces High
Movie • 1976
Lt. Stephen Croft
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Movie • 1979
Stephen Ryder
Prisoner of Rio
Movie • 1988
Clive Ingram
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Movie • 1980
Dominick Hide
White Angel
Movie • 1994
Leslie Steckler
The Magicians
Movie • 2000
Simon Magus
Children Crossing
Movie • 1990
Joe
Burndown
Movie • 1990
Jake Stern
Prisoner of Honor
Movie • 1991
Maj. Henry
A State of Emergency
Movie • 1986
Ken Parrish
Shadowlands
Movie • 1993
Dr Craig
Another Flip for Dominick
Movie • 1982
Dominick Hide
Spooks: The Greater Good
Movie • 2015
Harry Pearce
Daniele and Maria
Movie • 1973
Daniele
Hawking
Movie • 2004
Sir Fred Hoyle
Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon
Movie • 1997
Rusticello
Risen
Movie • 2016
Pontius Pilate
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Movie • 1975
Corin
The Laughter of God
Movie • 1991
Steve Clemant
Seasick
Movie • 1996
1st Officer Roald Jensen
The Aerodrome
Movie • 1983
Roy
Northanger Abbey
Movie • 1987
Henry Tilney
The Perfect Husband
Movie • 1993
Franz
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Movie • 1999
Stefan
Diamonds on Wheels
Movie • 1973
Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie • 1976
Dorian Gray
Pearl Harbor
Movie • 2001
Mervyn Bennion
Me & Mrs. Jones
Movie • 2003
Benedict
Happily Ever After
Movie • 2016
Walt
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
Movie • 1973
Ben Bagot
The Lady of the Camellias
Movie • 1976
Armand Duval
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie • 1972
The Incident
Movie • 1990
Geiger
The Garden of Redemption
Movie • 1997
Nazi Commandant
Trouble in Paradise
Movie • 1989
Adriaan
The Witch's Daughter
Movie • 1996
Mr. Jones
Fire and Sword
Movie • 1982
Dinas
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Movie • 1973
Arsenic
The Pleasure Principle
Movie • 1992
Dick
White Elephant
Movie • 1984
Peter Davidson
Tree of Hands
Movie • 1989
Terence
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1984
Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)
The Making Of Lifeforce
Movie • 1985
Self
The Sullens Sisters
Movie • 1972
Tommy Adams
The Simple Life
Movie
Roger Blackburn
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dr. Preston Blair
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Dr. James Radcliffe
Spooks
TV • 2002
Harry Pearce
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Charlie Beck
Here Come the Double Deckers
TV • 1970
Scooper
Total Recall 2070
TV • 1999
That's Life
TV • 2000
Victor Leski
Arthur of the Britons
TV • 1972
The Magnificent Seven
TV • 1998
Federal Marshal Walter Bryce
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Arsenic
Victoria
TV • 2016
Duke of Cumberland
The Broker's Man
TV • 1997
Dead Man's Gun
TV • 1997
The Vice
TV • 1999
Resort to Murder
TV • 1995
Murder in Eden
TV • 1991
Kenneth Potter
Mayday
TV • 2013
Malcolm Spicer
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Dominick Hide
Undeniable
TV • 2014
Andrew Rawlins
South Riding
TV • 2011
Anthony Snaith
Dickensian
TV • 2015
Jacob Marley
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
TV • 1980
Dominick Hide
Yellowstone
TV • 2009
Self
Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self
World Without End
TV • 2012
Earl Roland
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
Cheat
TV • 2019
Michael Shadley
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Arthur Drake, aka Drakov
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Major Ben Collins
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Stephen Douglas
The Adventures of Black Beauty
TV • 1972
David Abbott
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Henry Tilney
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV • 2006
Vespasian
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Cis Farringdon
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dorian Gray
Shardlake
TV • 2024
Norflok
Shardlake
TV • 2024
Norfolk
Band of Gold
TV • 1995
Brian Roberts
Cracker
TV • 1997
Mitchell Grady
The Flaxton Boys
TV • 1969
Archie Weekes
Country Matters
TV • 1972
Tommy Adams