---
name: "Peter Howitt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-howitt"
fi1m_id: "peter-howitt"
imdb_id: "nm0398185"
tmdb_id: 1230252
wikidata_id: "Q1373590"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "5 May 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T09:28:11.086153+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."
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# Peter Howitt

## Identity

Peter Howitt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-howitt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-howitt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398185
- **TMDB ID:** 1230252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1373590
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Howitt_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230252

Director. Born 5 May 1957 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 5 May 1957, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–1998
- **Also known as:** Питер Хауитт, Питер Ховитт, Питер Хьюитт
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Howitt_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230252

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Sliding Doors*](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Howitt is an English actor, film director and screenwriter. Born on 5 May 1957 in Manchester, he grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent, and trained at the Drama Studio London. He first gained prominence playing Joey Boswell in the BBC sitcom *Bread* (1986–1988).

Howitt wrote and directed his debut feature *Sliding Doors* (1998), in which he also appeared. He has since directed *Antitrust* (2001), *Johnny English* (2003), *Laws of Attraction* (2004) and *Dangerous Parking* (2007), the last of which he also wrote, produced and starred in. He has appeared in supporting roles in films including *In the Name of the Father* (1993).

Howitt has been married to Lorraine since 2001 and they have two children. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Fi1m 83, as Remand Prison Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Sliding Doors* (1998), Fi1m 63, as Cheeky Bloke — [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Confinement* (2026), Director
- *The Fixer: Part 2* (2024), series, Director
- *Scorched Earth* (2018), Director
- *The Fixer* (2015), series, Director
- *Reasonable Doubt* (2014), Director
- *Radio Rebel* (2012), Writer, Director
- *Defying Gravity* (2009), series, as Trevor Williams · Director
- *Dangerous Parking* (2007), as Noah Arkwright · Director, Screenplay
- *Laws of Attraction* (2004), Director
- *Johnny English* (2003), as Additional Writing · Director
- *Antitrust* (2001), Director
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), as Cheeky Bloke · Director, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)
- *Stone Cold* (1997), as Shelter
- *Kiss and Tell* (1996), as Graham Ives
- *Some Mother's Son* (1996), as SAS Leader
- *Killing Me Softly* (1996), as Malcolm Thornton
- *Frontiers* (1996), series, as Supt. Nick Jarratt
- *Eleven Men Against Eleven* (1995), as Steve Denton
- *Tears Before Bedtime* (1995), series, as Ben Farlow
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), as Remand Prison Officer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *Royal Celebration* (1993), as Jim
- *The Magician* (1993), Actor
- *Party Time* (1992), as Terry
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Kuyler
- *Civvies* (1992), series, as Steve Harris
- *Coasting* (1990), series, as Eddie Baker
- *Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage* (1989), as Topless
- *On the Waterfront* (1988), series, Actor
- *Bread* (1986), series, as Joey Boswell
- *Punters* (1984), as Ansty
- *Sharon and Elsie* (1984), series, as Michael Blake
- *Follow Me!* (1972), as Set Decoration
- *How We Used To Live* (1968), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Peter Howitt](https://film.one/media/person/164331/gallery-cca11702cab1.jpg) Peter Howitt — Image via TMDB
- ![Peter Howitt](https://film.one/media/person/164331/gallery-7b4b7f19320f.jpg) Peter Howitt — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 1998: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *Sliding Doors*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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