Actor
Peter Wight
76 years · Worthing, Sussex, England, UK · 69 films
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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Filmography 68
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025 · Grandpa Smurl
On HBO Max
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024 · Noddy Boffin
Cyrano
2021 · Ragueneau
On YouTube Free
Early Doors - Live
2021 · Nige
Uncle Vanya
2020 · Telegin
On Marquee TV Amazon Channel
Only You
2019 · Andrew
On Plex
Early Days
2018 · Kate’s Dad
Hamlet
2018 · Polonius
Brakes
2017 · Alan
Another Mother's Son
2017 · Rene
The Sense of an Ending
2017 · Colin Simpson
On Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Ethel & Ernest
2016 · Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Dog Owner
The Program
2015 · Sunday Times Editor
On Hoopla
Mr. Turner
2014 · Joseph Gillot
The Look of Love
2013 · Police Inspector
On AMC+
The Security Men
2013 · Kenneth
Kon-Tiki
2012 · Spinden
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012 · Ray Riddle
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
On Kanopy
Hard Boiled Sweets
2012 · Jimmy 'The Gent'
Best Laid Plans
2012 · Roger
On Plex
Shakespeare’s Wart
2012 · Director 1
My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Lucy's Father
On VIX