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name: "Peter Morgan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-morgan"
fi1m_id: "peter-morgan"
imdb_id: "nm0604948"
tmdb_id: 15730
wikidata_id: "Q948122"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "10 April 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-07T16:53:59.871198+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 Morgan

## Identity

Peter Morgan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-morgan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-morgan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0604948
- **TMDB ID:** 15730
- **Wikidata ID:** Q948122
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morgan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948122, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15730

Writer and producer. Born 10 April 1963 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 10 April 1963, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Sheen](https://film.one/person/michael-sheen.md), [Andy Harries](https://film.one/person/andy-harries.md), [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Christine Langan](https://film.one/person/christine-langan.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Ron Howard](https://film.one/person/ron-howard.md), [Stephen Frears](https://film.one/person/stephen-frears.md), [Tom Hooper](https://film.one/person/tom-hooper.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 2 BAFTAs (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (3), 2010s 71 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, History 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,152m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morgan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948122, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15730

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Frost/Nixon*](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*The Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) (78)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Special Relationship*](https://film.one/film/the-special-relationship.md) (58)

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

## Fi1m on Peter Morgan

> Peter Morgan makes disagreements between public figures absorbing, funny and unexpectedly moving. We rate him most when he lets actors complicate his sharply written exchanges; his fondness for tidy contests can leave the people too simply drawn.

A remark goes unanswered in *The Crown* (2016), and Morgan makes that small failure of politeness worth attending to. His gift is for conversations in which people with difficult jobs cannot agree on how to do them. The breakthrough was *The Deal* (2003), followed by *The Queen* (2006) and *Frost/Nixon* (2008). Across these dramas, he combines public events with imagined private exchanges, giving actors plenty to work with.

Stephen Frears finds a particularly good use for that approach in *The Queen*, where the immediate question is how the royal family should behave during a crisis. We were moved by Helen Mirren's Queen because her tightly controlled performance lets us feel how hard it is to keep doing what she believes is her duty. Michael Sheen gives Blair an engaging briskness, but Morgan is rather too certain that this is the man who understands what is required. A joke can settle an exchange before either person has had to reconsider much.

Ron Howard makes Morgan's fondness for a contest work in *Frost/Nixon*: preparation, an apparent underdog and the prospect of a winner make an interview tense. The screenplay gives us a clear way into the men's ambitions, and Frank Langella makes Nixon uncomfortably sympathetic. Yet the emphasis on how each man performs under pressure narrows what the conversation can tell us. We recommend the film readily, with some impatience at how neatly Morgan has arranged the terms.

*Rush* (2013), again directed by Howard, shows both the usefulness and the limits of that habit. James Hunt's pleasure-seeking and Niki Lauda's exactness make the rivalry immediately understandable, while Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl make it matter. Morgan keeps explaining a difference we have already grasped, and gives Suzy Miller and Marlene Lauda too little attention beyond what they tell us about the drivers. The racing remains tense and involving; the writing between races sometimes hurries past the people.

*The Crown* expands those difficult conversations across six seasons, with royal duty repeatedly intruding on private life. Morgan sustains an absorbing family drama, helped by acting that gives weight to an unanswered remark. The solemn treatment of every frustration also slows it down: some scenes need less respectful attention. Start with *The Queen*; try *The Crown* if watching people struggle to remain polite sounds like a good evening.

## Biography

Peter Morgan is a British screenwriter and playwright. He was born on 10 April 1963 in London and studied at the University of Leeds.

Morgan is known for his work on historical subjects. His screenplays include *The Queen* (2006), *The Last King of Scotland* (2006), *Frost/Nixon* (2008), *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), *The Damned United* (2009) and *Rush* (2013). He created and wrote the Netflix series *The Crown* (2016–2023).

He has also written stage plays including *Frost/Nixon* (2006) and *The Audience* (2013). Morgan has received five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, and was appointed CBE. In 2017 he was awarded a British Film Institute Fellowship.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Fi1m 55, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Rush* (2013), Fi1m 82, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush.md)
- *The Special Relationship* (2010), Fi1m 58, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-special-relationship.md)
- *Frost/Nixon* (2008), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md)
- *The Queen* (2006), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)
- *The Deal* (2003), Fi1m 73, Writer, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deal.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *My Father, the Prince* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Audience u královny* (2021), Theatre Play
- *Audience* (2019), Writer
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Theatre Play, Creator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Rush* (2013), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/rush.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Audience* (2013), Theatre Play, Writer
- *360* (2012), as Salesman · Screenplay
- *Hereafter* (2010), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Special Relationship* (2010), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-special-relationship.md)
- *The Damned United* (2009), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Frost/Nixon* (2008), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md)
- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), Screenplay
- *Longford* (2006), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Last King of Scotland* (2006), Screenplay
- *The Queen* (2006), Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)
- *Colditz* (2005), series, Writer
- *Colditz* (2005), Writer
- *EastEnders: Pat and Mo* (2004), Cinematography
- *Henry VIII* (2003), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Deal* (2003), Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deal.md)
- *The Jury* (2002), series, Writer
- *Metropolis* (2000), series, Writer
- *The Very Thought of You* (1998), Screenplay
- *The Chest* (1997), Screenplay
- *Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love* (1993), Writer
- *Rik Mayall Presents* (1993), series, Writer
- *The Silent Touch* (1992), Writer
- *Inferno* (1992), Writer
- *Dear Rosie* (1990), Writer
- *4 Play* (1989), series, Writer
- *The Boys from Brazil*, series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Peter Morgan](https://film.one/media/person/94498/gallery-33f320623b39.jpg) Peter Morgan — NYFF_2010_"Hereafter"_Press_Conference(4).jpg: aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city
derivative work: JJ Georges, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Peter_Morgan_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Daniel Brühl, Niki Lauda and Peter Morgan at the premiere of Rush in Vienna, Austria. 30.09.2013](https://film.one/media/person/94498/gallery-50120edf9d0b.jpg) Daniel Brühl, Niki Lauda and Peter Morgan at the premiere of Rush in Vienna, Austria. 30.09.2013 — Elena Ringo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Daniel_Br%C3%BChl%2C_Niki_Lauda_and_Peter_Morgan.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Br%C3%BChl%2C_Niki_Lauda_and_Peter_Morgan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Morgan](https://film.one/media/person/94498/gallery-38d8f6720c74.jpg) Peter Morgan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2009: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Frost/Nixon*
- 2007: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Queen*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won

- 2007: Best British Film (won), for *The Last King of Scotland*
- 2007: Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Last King of Scotland*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2021: Outstanding Drama Series (won), for *The Crown*
- 2021: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (won), for *The Crown, season 4*

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2007: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *The Queen*
- Tony Award for Best Play 2007: Tony Award for Best Play (nominated), for *Frost/Nixon*
- Richard Imison Award 1999: Richard Imison Award (won)

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

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