Peter Wight
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.
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Movies (71)
Tender Loving Care
2026 · Dr. Wells
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025 · Grandpa Smurl
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024 · Noddy Boffin
Cyrano
2021 · Ragueneau
Early Doors - Live
2021 · Nige
Tío Vanya
2020 · Telegin
Only You
2019 · Andrew
Early Days
2018 · Kate’s Dad
Hamlet
2018 · Polonius
Brakes
2017 · Alan
Another Mother's Son
2017 · Rene
El sentido de un final
2017 · Colin Simpson
Ethel & Ernest
2016 · Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Dog Owner
El engaño del siglo
2015 · Sunday Times Editor
Mr. Turner
2014 · Joseph Gillot
The Look of Love
2013 · Police Inspector
The Security Men
2013 · Kenneth
Un viaje fantástico
2012 · Spinden
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012 · Ray Riddle
Chicos Rudos
2012 · Jimmy 'The Gent'
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
Best Laid Plans
2012 · Roger
Shakespeare’s Wart
2012 · Director 1
Mi semana con Marilyn
2011 · Lucy's Father
Ghosted
2011
Another Year
2010 · Ken
Womb
2010 · Ralph
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Mike Bell
Slapper
2008 · Stuart
Cass
2008 · Cecil
Frankenstein
2007 · DCS Goode
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Self
Flood
2007 · Johnson
Persuasion
2007 · Admiral Croft
Expiación, deseo y pecado
2007 · Police Inspector
Hot Fuzz: Super Policías
2007 · Roy Porter
Babel
2006 · Tom
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006 · Charlie Williams
Lassie
2005 · Dr. Jarrett
Orgullo y Prejuicio
2005 · Mr. Gardiner
Heidi
2005 · Pastor
Uncle Adolf
2005 · Heinrich Hoffman
Vera Drake
2004 · Det. Inspector Webster
The Brides in the Bath
2003 · Charles Burnham
The Statement
2003 · Inspector Cholet
Three Blind Mice
2003 · Tomlinson
Los Testigos
2003 · Dave Elford
The Project
2002 · Neville
Lucky Break
2001 · George Barratt
The Fourth Angel
2001 · M.P.
Care
2000 · Francis Chambers
Shiner
2000 · Det. Insp. Grant
The Passion
1999 · Ron
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · Newspaper Editor
Jane Eyre
1997 · Clergyman, Screenplay
Secrets & Lies
1996 · Father in Family Group
Meat
1994 · Frank
Speaking In Tongues
1994 · Ben's Father
Desnudo
1993 · Brian
Scanners III: The Takeover
1992 · Mark Dragon
Sleepers
1991 · Village Policeman
Personal Services
1987 · Detective Gibson
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1987 · John
Meantime
1983 · Estate Manager
Murphy's Stroke
1980 · Betting Office Clerk, 1st Clerk Betting Office
The Bitch
1979 · Ricky
Where the Heart Is
1979 · Jack
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978 · Reporter
Sunshine City
1973
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Laird of Glendarick
TV shows (54)
The Reckoning
2023 · Peter Jaconelli
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · Arthur Millington
His Dark Materials
2019 · Boatman
A Confession
2019 · Charlie Edwards
This Time with Alan Partridge
2019 · John Baskell
The Crown
2016 · Newspaper Editor
Brief Encounters
2016 · Brian
I Want My Wife Back
2016 · Don
Our Zoo
2014 · Albert Mottershead
The Mimic
2013 · Mr Hurdle
Room at the Top
2012 · Mr. Hoylake
The Paradise
2012 · Edmund Lovett
Hit & Miss
2012 · Eddie
Titanic
2012 · Joseph Rushton
Public Enemies
2012 · Ken Whiteley
Case Sensitive
2011 · Robbie Proust
Silk
2011 · Alan Carruthers
The Reckoning
2011 · Frederick Taylor
Acusados
2010 · Alan Maxfield
Money
2010 · Vince People
Monday Monday
2009
Boy Meets Girl
2009 · Bill
Sunshine
2008 · Philip
De Lark Rise a Candleford
2008
Party Animals
2007 · George Morgan
Hotel Babylon
2006 · Martin
Life on Mars
2006 · Frank Miller
Murder Prevention
2004 · Cmdr. Donald Wicker
New Tricks
2004 · Colin Beck
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003 · Ormonde
Fortysomething
2003 · Nobby
Early Doors
2003 · Nige
The Second Coming
2003 · Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
Ultimate Force
2002
Murphy's Law
2001 · Alex Armstrong
Waking the Dead
2001 · Donald Hunt
Our Mutual Friend
1998 · Reginald Wilfer
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
1997 · Ludlow
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Charles Johnson
Testigo silencioso
1996 · Lucas Garner
Out of the Blue
1995 · DC Ron Ludlow
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Sydney Braithwaite
Devil's Advocate
1995 · Inspector Costello
Anna Lee
1994 · Bernie Schiller
Naked
1993 · Brian
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Cyril Pearce
Heartbeat
1992 · Len Peters, Bill Budge
Sleepers
1991 · Village Policeman
Casualty
1986 · Trevor
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Geoff Woodcock
Minder
1979 · Alan (uncredited)
Secret Army
1977 · Squadron Leader Kennedy
The Sweeney
1975 · Jimmy Park
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Jack