---
name: "Peter Eyre"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-eyre"
fi1m_id: "peter-eyre"
imdb_id: "nm0264235"
tmdb_id: 12691
wikidata_id: "Q7173898"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 March 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T11:44:18.349336+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Eyre

## Identity

Peter Eyre

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-eyre
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-eyre
- **IMDb ID:** nm0264235
- **TMDB ID:** 12691
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173898
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eyre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12691

Actor. Born 11 March 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 March 1942, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1967–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Action & Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $31m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eyre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12691

## Biography

Peter Eyre is an American-English actor. Born in New York City on 11 March 1942, he moved to Britain at the age of twelve and has been based there since. He trained in Paris after a deferred place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Eyre's stage career includes work with the Old Vic, where he made his professional debut, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. On screen he has appeared in *Orlando* (1992) as Mr Pope, *Maurice* (1987) as Rev. Borenius, *The Remains of the Day* (1993) as Lord Halifax and *Dragonslayer* (1981) as Casiodorus Rex, as well as television roles including the registrar in *Friends* (1998) and episodes of *Midsomer Murders*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Lord Halifax — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Mr. Pope — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, as Rev. Borenius — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *Callan* (1967), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gay Agenda 26* (2024), Actor
- *These Untold Secrets* (2023), Actor
- *The Carer* (2016), Actor
- *Shadows in the Sun* (2009), as Jonathan / 'Prospero'
- *The Situation* (2007), as US Ambassador
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, as Arthur Quigley
- *The Affair of the Necklace* (2001), as Monsieur Bassenge
- *Sooty* (2001), series, Producer
- *From Hell* (2001), as Lord Hallsham
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid* (2000), as Kurt
- *The Golden Bowl* (2000), as A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
- *Don Quixote* (2000), as Priest
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), as Frogface Footman
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), as The Doge
- *The Vanishing Man* (1997), series, as Forstater
- *The Vanishing Man* (1997), as Forstarter
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Headley Madrigal, Leonard Pike — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Surviving Picasso* (1996), as Sabartes
- *Bug Alert* (1996), series, Writer, Creator
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Simeon Landor
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Michael Durban
- *Joseph* (1995), as Vizir
- *Sharpe's Gold* (1995), as Will Nugent
- *The Last Machine* (1995), series, Actor
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Bishop of Norfolk
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Roberts
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Registrar — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Princess Caraboo* (1994), as Lord Apthorpe
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), as Lord Halifax — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Will Nugent
- *Orlando* (1992), as Mr. Pope — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Memento Mori* (1992), as Eric Colston
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Kurt
- *Let Him Have It* (1991), as Humphries
- *Mountains of the Moon* (1990), as Norton Shaw
- *Just Ask for Diamond* (1988), as Gott
- *Maurice* (1987), as Rev. Borenius — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *The Two Mrs. Grenvilles* (1987), series, as Basil Plante
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Eric Colston
- *Spyship* (1983), series, as Francis Main
- *The Plot to Murder Lloyd George* (1983), as Alec Gordon
- *Couples and Robbers* (1981), as Walter
- *Dragonslayer* (1981), as Casiodorus Rex
- *The Potsdam Quartet* (1981), as Ronald Taylor
- *Luna* (1979), as Edward
- *The Birds Fall Down* (1978), series, as Chubinov
- *Doran's Box* (1976), as Doran
- *Hedda* (1975), as Tesman
- *Mahler* (1974), as Otto Mahler
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Ronald Taylor
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), as Pilgrim
- *Thank You Very Much* (1971), as Trevor
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as George Fitzwilliam
- *Platonov* (1971), as Kiril
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Noran, Trevor
- *Julius Caesar* (1970), as Cinna the Poet
- *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1966), as Knave of Hearts
- *The Death of Socrates* (1966), as Simmias
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Kiril Glagolyev
- *Catch Us If You Can* (1965), as Art Director
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor

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