
Peter Sullivan
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Jackal
1997

Monsieur N.
2003

Gypsy Woman
2002

The Monkey's Paw
2022

The Scandalous Lady W
2015

Hancock & Joan
2008

The Butterfly Effect
1995

The Limehouse Golem
2016

Tobey
2017

Morning Echo
2010

National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea
2016

A Very Social Secretary
2005

Lord of Misrule
1996

The Face of an Angel
2014

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
2000

Conspiracy
2001

Earthy Encounters
2018

7 Days in Entebbe
2018

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999

We Are Happy
2015

Cut
1999

Cyclops
2001

Friends Reunited
2005

22+1
2025

Working with Pinter
2007

Baptiste
2019

The Hour
2011

The Borgias
2011

Backup
1995

Cuffs
2015

The Sixth Commandment
2023

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009

Mile High
2003

Nathan Barley
2005

Extras
2005

Fixer
2008

Indian Summers
2015

Vital Signs
2006

Peak Practice
1993

The IT Crowd
2006

Strange
2003

The Musketeers
2014

Trinity
2009

Around the World in 80 Days
2021

Ripper Street
2012

Strike
2017

The Passion
2008

The Thick of It
2005

Sex Traffic
2004

Spooks
2002

The Iris Affair
2025

Poldark
2015

The Jetty
2024

Shockers
1999

The Crimson Field
2014

Chandler & Co
1994

Critical
2015

Wire in the Blood
2002