Peter Wight
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-01-01
- Place of birth:
- Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
Tender Loving Care
The Conjuring: Last Rites
National Theatre Live: London Tide
The Reckoning
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Cyrano
Early Doors - Live
Uncle Vanya
His Dark Materials
A Confession
Only You
This Time with Alan Partridge
Early Days
Hamlet
Brakes
Another Mother's Son
The Sense of an Ending
The Crown
Ethel & Ernest
Trespass Against Us
Brief Encounters
I Want My Wife Back
The Program
Mr. Turner
Our Zoo
The Look of Love
The Security Men
The Mimic
Room at the Top
The Paradise
Kon-Tiki
Hit & Miss
Titanic
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Hard Boiled Sweets
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Best Laid Plans
Public Enemies
Shakespeare’s Wart
My Week with Marilyn
Ghosted
Case Sensitive
Silk
The Reckoning
Accused
Another Year
Womb
Money
Monday Monday
Boy Meets Girl
A Bunch of Amateurs
Sunshine
Slapper
Lark Rise to Candleford
Cass
Frankenstein
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Flood
Persuasion
Atonement
Hot Fuzz
Party Animals
Babel
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Hotel Babylon
Life on Mars
Lassie
Pride & Prejudice
Heidi
Uncle Adolf
Murder Prevention
Vera Drake
New Tricks
The Brides in the Bath
The Statement
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Three Blind Mice
Fortysomething
Early Doors
The Gathering
The Second Coming
The Project
Ultimate Force
Murphy's Law
Lucky Break
The Fourth Angel
Waking the Dead
Care
Shiner
The Passion
Our Mutual Friend
FairyTale: A True Story
Midsomer Murders
Jane Eyre
Secrets & Lies
Dalziel and Pascoe
Silent Witness
Out of the Blue
Hamish Macbeth
Devil's Advocate
Meat
Speaking In Tongues
Anna Lee
Naked
Naked
A Touch of Frost
Heartbeat
Scanners III: The Takeover
Sleepers
Sleepers
Personal Services
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Casualty
Meantime
Shine on Harvey Moon
Murphy's Stroke
Minder
The Bitch
Where the Heart Is
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Secret Army
The Sweeney
Sunshine City
ITV Playhouse
Journey to the Center of the Earth