
Acting
Community Rating
6.0
1 Ratist review
Born
January 1, 1950 (age 76)
Born in
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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.

Shakespeare’s Wart
as Director 1
TBA

The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl
2025

National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Noddy Boffin
2024

The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli
2023

Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Arthur Millington
2022

Cyrano
as Ragueneau
2021

Early Doors - Live
as Nige
2021

Uncle Vanya
as Telegin
2020

His Dark Materials
as Boatman
2019

A Confession
as Charlie Edwards
2019

Only You
as Andrew
2019

This Time with Alan Partridge
as John Baskell
2019

Early Days
as Kate’s Dad
2018

Hamlet
as Polonius
2018

Brakes
as Alan
2017

Another Mother's Son
as Rene
2017

The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
2017

The Crown
as Newspaper Editor
2016

Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2016

Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
2016