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Peter Wight

Peter Wight

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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.

Known For

Babel

Babel

2006

Early Doors - Live

Early Doors - Live

2021

Vera Drake

Vera Drake

2004

Naked

Naked

1993

Slapper

Slapper

2008

Scanners III: The Takeover

Scanners III: The Takeover

1992

Lucky Break

Lucky Break

2001

Another Year

Another Year

2010

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006

Cyrano

Cyrano

2021

Meantime

Meantime

1983

Womb

Womb

2010

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

1978

The Look of Love

The Look of Love

2013

Shakespeare’s Wart

Shakespeare’s Wart

The Project

The Project

2002

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

1987

The Gathering

The Gathering

2003

Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

2012

The Passion

The Passion

1999

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

1979

Speaking In Tongues

Speaking In Tongues

1994

Meat

Meat

1994

Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

2007

Atonement

Atonement

2007

Sleepers

Sleepers

1991

The Brides in the Bath

The Brides in the Bath

2003

The Casebook of Eddie Brewer

The Casebook of Eddie Brewer

2012

Ghosted

Ghosted

2011

The Program

The Program

2015

Care

Care

2000

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

2008

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

2012

Uncle Adolf

Uncle Adolf

2005

Persuasion

Persuasion

2007

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1997

The Bitch

The Bitch

1979

Cass

Cass

2008

Another Mother's Son

Another Mother's Son

2017

Lassie

Lassie

2005

Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us

2016

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

2017

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

2003

The Statement

The Statement

2003

Flood

Flood

2007

Shiner

Shiner

2000

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2012

Personal Services

Personal Services

1987

Heidi

Heidi

2005

Hard Boiled Sweets

Hard Boiled Sweets

2012

Brakes

Brakes

2017

The Fourth Angel

The Fourth Angel

2001

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

2011

Only You

Only You

2019

Hamlet

Hamlet

2018

The Security Men

The Security Men

2013

Murphy's Stroke

Murphy's Stroke

1980

Sunshine City

Sunshine City

1973

Early Days

Early Days

2018

Codename: Kyril

Codename: Kyril

1988

Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice

2005

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

2020

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007

The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025

National Theatre Live: London Tide

National Theatre Live: London Tide

2024

Murphy's Stroke

Murphy's Stroke

1980

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force

2002

Early Doors

Early Doors

2003

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

Party Animals

Party Animals

2007

Life on Mars

Life on Mars

2006

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

1975

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001

Anna Lee

Anna Lee

1994

This Time with Alan Partridge

This Time with Alan Partridge

2019

I Want My Wife Back

I Want My Wife Back

2016

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1995

Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

2009

Monday Monday

Monday Monday

2009

A Confession

A Confession

2019

Hit & Miss

Hit & Miss

2012

Accused

Accused

2010

Titanic

Titanic

2012

Case Sensitive

Case Sensitive

2011

Money

Money

2010

Our Zoo

Our Zoo

2014

The Paradise

The Paradise

2012

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

2012

New Tricks

New Tricks

2004

Public Enemies

Public Enemies

2012

Fortysomething

Fortysomething

2003

Hotel Babylon

Hotel Babylon

2006

Brief Encounters

Brief Encounters

2016

Secret Army

Secret Army

1977

Sunshine

Sunshine

2008

The Crown

The Crown

2016

Murder Prevention

Murder Prevention

2004

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

Shine on Harvey Moon

Shine on Harvey Moon

1982

Casualty

Casualty

1986

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2023

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2011

The Second Coming

The Second Coming

2003

Sunshine

Sunshine

2008

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

2019

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate

1995

Hamish Macbeth

Hamish Macbeth

1995

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

1998

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003

Silk

Silk

2011

Sleepers

Sleepers

1991

The Mimic

The Mimic

2013

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

2001

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

1992