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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK, 1950-01-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Laird Of Glendarick	69
2	1978	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey	Reporter	0
3	1979	Where the Heart Is	Jack	0
4	1983	Meantime	Estate Manager	66
5	1987	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	John	10
6	1991	Sleepers	Village Policeman	0
7	1992	Scanners III: The Takeover	Mark Dragon	43
8	1993	Naked	Brian	73
9	1994	Speaking In Tongues	Ben's Father	0
10	1994	Meat	Frank	40
11	1999	The Passion	Ron	0
12	2000	Care	Francis Chambers	50
13	2001	Lucky Break	George Barratt	62
14	2002	The Project	Neville	0
15	2003	The Gathering	Dave Elford	55
16	2003	The Brides in the Bath	Charles Burnham	59
17	2004	Vera Drake	Det. Inspector Webster	72
18	2006	Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!	Charlie Williams	62
19	2006	Babel	Tom	72
20	2007	Hot Fuzz	Roy Porter	76
21	2007	Atonement	Police Inspector	76
22	2008	Slapper	Stuart	35
23	2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Mike Bell	54
24	2010	Womb	Ralph	60
25	2010	Another Year	Ken	70
26	2011	Ghosted		52
27	2012	Best Laid Plans	Roger	56
28	2012	The Casebook of Eddie Brewer	Ray Riddle	45
29	2012	Kon-Tiki	Spinden	69
30	2013	The Look of Love	Police Inspector	56
31	2015	The Program	Sunday Times Editor	64
32	2016	Ethel & Ernest	Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)	74
33	2021	Cyrano	Ragueneau	64
34	2021	Early Doors - Live	Nige	0
35		Shakespeare’s Wart	Director 1	0
36	1973	Sunshine City		0
37	1979	The Bitch	Ricky	45
38	1980	Murphy's Stroke	Betting Office Clerk	47
39	1987	Personal Services	Detective Gibson	61
40	1988	Codename: Kyril	Evans	0
41	1996	Secrets & Lies	Father in Family Group	76
42	1997	Jane Eyre	Clergyman	71
43	1997	FairyTale: A True Story	Newspaper Editor	64
44	2000	Shiner	Det. Insp. Grant	54
45	2001	The Fourth Angel	M.P.	52
46	2003	Three Blind Mice	Tomlinson	39
47	2003	The Statement	Inspector Cholet	56
48	2005	Uncle Adolf	Heinrich Hoffman	60
49	2005	Heidi	Pastor	76
50	2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mr. Gardiner	81
51	2005	Lassie	Dr. Jarrett	64
52	2007	Persuasion	Admiral Croft	73
53	2007	Flood	Johnson - Transport Chief	53
54	2007	Common Ground: Under Construction Notes	Self	100
55	2008	Cass	Cecil	60
56	2011	My Week with Marilyn	Lucy's Father	67
57	2012	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Tory Grandee - Angus Butler	64
58	2012	Hard Boiled Sweets	Jimmy 'The Gent'	39
59	2013	The Security Men	Kenneth	0
60	2014	Mr. Turner	Joseph Gillot	65
61	2016	Trespass Against Us	Dog Owner	58
62	2017	The Sense of an Ending	Colin Simpson	64
63	2017	Another Mother's Son	Rene	67
64	2017	Brakes	Alan	59
65	2018	Hamlet	Polonius	64
66	2018	Early Days	Kate’s Dad	10
67	2019	Only You	Andrew	67
68	2020	Uncle Vanya	Telegin	73
69	2025	The Conjuring: Last Rites	Grandpa Smurl	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	The Sweeney	Jimmy Park	77
2	1977	Secret Army	Squadron Leader Kennedy	75
3	1982	Shine on Harvey Moon	Geoff Woodcock	76
4	1986	Casualty	Trevor	61
5	1992	Heartbeat	Len Peters	71
6	1992	Heartbeat	Bill Budge	71
7	1994	Anna Lee	Bernie Schiller	71
8	1995	Devil's Advocate	Inspector Costello	10
9	1995	Hamish Macbeth	Sydney Braithwaite	76
10	1995	Out of the Blue	D.C. Ron Ludlow	0
11	1996	Silent Witness	Lucas Garner	76
12	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
13	1997	Midsomer Murders	Ludlow	75
14	1998	Our Mutual Friend		78
15	2001	Waking the Dead	Donald Hunt	72
16	2002	Ultimate Force		66
17	2003	The Second Coming	Chief Supt. Len Chadwick	67
18	2003	Early Doors	Nige	77
19	2003	Fortysomething	Nobby	75
20	2003	Charles II: The Power and The Passion	Ormonde	64
21	2004	New Tricks	Colin Beck	74
22	2004	Murder Prevention		40
23	2006	Life on Mars	Frank Miller	78
24	2006	Hotel Babylon		72
25	2007	Party Animals	George Morgan	69
26	2008	Lark Rise to Candleford		83
27	2008	Sunshine		78
28	2008	Sunshine	Philip	78
29	2009	Boy Meets Girl		60
30	2009	Monday Monday		100
31	2010	Money	Vince People	45
32	2010	Accused	Alan Maxfield	81
33	2011	The Reckoning	Frederick Taylor	48
34	2011	Case Sensitive	Robbie Proust	68
35	2012	Public Enemies	Ken Whiteley	75
36	2012	Titanic	Joseph Rushton	60
37	2012	Hit & Miss	Eddie	69
38	2012	The Paradise	Edmund Lovett	73
39	2012	Room at the Top	Mr. Hoylake	73
40	2014	Our Zoo	Albert Mottershead	81
41	2016	I Want My Wife Back	Don (Bex's father)	47
42	2016	Brief Encounters	Brian	67
43	2016	The Crown	Newspaper Editor	82
44	2019	This Time with Alan Partridge	John Baskell	78
45	2019	A Confession	Charlie Edwards	69
46	2019	His Dark Materials	Boatman	79
47	2023	The Reckoning	Peter Jaconelli	71