---
name: "Peter Gowen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-gowen"
fi1m_id: "peter-gowen"
imdb_id: "nm0332938"
tmdb_id: 42838
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T02:53:22.715784+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 Gowen

## Identity

Peter Gowen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-gowen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-gowen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0332938
- **TMDB ID:** 42838
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42838

Actor. Born in County Cork, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Also known as:** Питер Гауэн, Питер Гоуэн
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42838

## Biography

Peter Gowen is an Irish actor from County Cork. His screen credits include the role of Leddy in *The Butcher Boy* (1997), Brother Barnabas in *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), William Peto in *The Tudors* (2008), and Mr O'Reilly in *Noble* (2014). He has also appeared in *Love/Hate* (2010–2011) as Pat and in episodes of *The Bill*.

On stage, Gowen performed in Brian Friel's *Dancing at Lughnasa* at Dublin's Gate Theatre and appeared on Broadway in a revival of Ibsen's *A Doll's House*. He has written and performed his own one-man plays, including *The Chronicles of Oggle*.

*Sources: imdb.com, echolive.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Tudors* (2007), Fi1m 65, as William Peto — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Fi1m 74, as Leddy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Noble* (2014), as Mr O'Reilly
- *Dollhouse* (2012), as Dad
- *Love/Hate* (2010), series, as Pat
- *My Boy Jack* (2007), as H.A Gwynne
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, as William Peto — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), as Brother Barnabas
- *The Jump* (1998), series, as Paddy Donovan
- *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1998), as Austin Morgan
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), as Leddy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)
- *Who Bombed Birmingham?* (1990), as Eamon O'Connor
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, as Jonjo O'Brady
- *Hostage* (1985), Actor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Dermot

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