---
name: "Peter Polycarpou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-polycarpou"
fi1m_id: "peter-polycarpou"
imdb_id: "nm0689948"
tmdb_id: 78019
wikidata_id: "Q7176418"
roles: []
born: "31 March 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T00:34:23.086934+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 Polycarpou

## Identity

Peter Polycarpou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-polycarpou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-polycarpou
- **IMDb ID:** nm0689948
- **TMDB ID:** 78019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7176418
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Polycarpou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7176418, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78019

Actor. Born 31 March 1957 in Brighton, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 March 1957, Brighton, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Polycarpou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7176418, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78019

## Coming up

- *The Great Beyond* (2027-09-29), as Jeweller

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*KAOS*](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Peter Polycarpou is a British Cypriot actor, playwright and singer born on 31 March 1957 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.

His theatre work includes the original London cast of *Les Misérables*, the first West End portrayal of John in *Miss Saigon*, and roles in *The Phantom of the Opera*. He received Laurence Olivier Award nominations for supporting roles in *Oslo* and *The Band's Visit*.

On screen, he played Chris Theodopolopodous in the BBC series *Birds of a Feather* (1990–1994) and appeared in the film *Evita* (1996). Later credits include *The Brutalist* (2024), *KAOS* (2024) as Nik, *House of the Dragon* (2022) and *The Diplomat* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *KAOS* (2024), Fi1m 67, as Nik — [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Michael Hoffman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Great Beyond* (2027), as Jeweller
- *Greenland 2: Migration* (2026), as Dr Haugen
- *Koupepia* (2025), Actor
- *The Brutalist* (2024), as Michael Hoffman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *KAOS* (2024), series, as Nik — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Nolan Green — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *The Bezonians* (2022), as Costas
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Lord Gaunt
- *Blue Iguana* (2018), as Arkady
- *Amoc* (2017), as Paramedic
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, as Louis Charalambous
- *Family Tree* (2013), series, as Father of the Bride
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2012), as Beadle
- *Cleanskin* (2012), as Nabil
- *Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert* (2010), as Pimp
- *Imagine This* (2010), as Daniel
- *The Last Days of Lehman Brothers* (2009), as Lloyd C. Blankfein
- *Empathy* (2007), as DCI Petrides
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), as 2nd Producer
- *O Jerusalem* (2006), as Abdel Khader
- *Planespotting* (2005), as Prosecuter
- *De-Lovely* (2004), as Louis B. Mayer
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Petre Sava
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Dominic Parks
- *Oklahoma!* (1999), as Ali Hakim
- *Sunburn* (1999), series, as Yiannis Kyprianou
- *Julie and the Cadillacs* (1999), as Phil Green
- *Midnight Flight* (1998), as Orestes
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Giles Franklyn — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Evita* (1996), as Domingo Mercante
- *Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall* (1995), as Jean Prouvaire
- *Rich Tea and Sympathy* (1991), series, as Portuguese Waiter
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as Chris Theodopolopodous
- *Black Carrion* (1984), as Driver
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Driver
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Waiter

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