--- name: "Peter Wight" canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-wight" fi1m_id: "peter-wight" imdb_id: "nm0927835" tmdb_id: 17476 wikidata_id: "Q7177704" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 January 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 19 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 19 updated: "2026-10-07T18:32:55.240757+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 Wight ## Identity Peter Wight - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-wight - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** peter-wight - **IMDb ID:** nm0927835 - **TMDB ID:** 17476 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7177704 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wight_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17476 Actor. Born 1 January 1950 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 January 1950, Worthing, Sussex, England, UK - **Active:** 1993–present - **Also known as:** Peter Wright - **Frequently works with:** [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Georgina Lowe](https://film.one/person/georgina-lowe.md), [Kenny Doughty](https://film.one/person/kenny-doughty.md), [Lesley Manville](https://film.one/person/lesley-manville.md), [Lesley Sharp](https://film.one/person/lesley-sharp.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 19 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 75 (8), 2010s 78 (7), 2020s 65 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 13 titles - **Score spread:** 10 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 9 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 16, Comedy 5, Romance 5, Crime 3, Action 1, History 1 - **Screen time:** 29 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,081m across 12 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wight_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17476 ## Coming up - *Tender Loving Care* (2026-12-04), as Dr. Wells ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Another Year*](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) (87), [*Only You*](https://film.one/film/only-you.md) (81) - **The Criterion Channel:** [*Naked*](https://film.one/film/naked.md) (84) - **BritBox:** [*A Confession*](https://film.one/tv/a-confession.md) (80) - **Apple TV:** [*Charles II: The Power and The Passion*](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) (77) - **The Roku Channel:** [*Accused*](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) (76) - **Tubi:** [*Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Peter Wight > Peter Wight is the man at the edge of a Mike Leigh film who turns out to be carrying half its weight. He does ordinary British unhappiness, in a garden chair or behind a police desk, more truthfully than most actors manage a leading part. Ken arrives at the barbecue in *Another Year* (2010) overweight and already drinking, and within a scene or two he is crying in a garden chair about a job he hates. Peter Wight plays none of it for pity. He lets Ken be embarrassing first and sad second, which is the order in which real people are embarrassing and sad. We laughed at him, and then wished we had not, because Wight had made it plain that Ken could hear the laugh too. The scene in which he tells Lesley Manville's Mary how he feels, and she tells him how she feels, is as painful a piece of comedy as Leigh has put on screen, and Wight is the one who has to take the blow and keep sitting there. He has been in Leigh's company since *Meantime* (1983), and the five films they have made together are the spine of his screen career: *Naked* (1993), *Vera Drake* (2004), *Another Year* and *Mr. Turner* (2014) among them. Leigh's way of working suits him. Wight has said he learned his method from the theatre director Mike Alfreds, who built the world of a play and the character within it in the Stanislavski manner, and that Leigh does the same. In *Naked* he is Brian, and has a long improvised scene with David Thewlis's Johnny; the film belongs so completely to Thewlis that we did not single Wight out when we reviewed it. In *Vera Drake* he is the detective inspector, which points to the other half of his working life. That half is uniforms. Casting directors look at Wight and see a policeman: in *Atonement*, in *Shiner*, as Nige in *Early Doors*. He has also done the rounds of the period dramas, *Pride & Prejudice*, *Persuasion*, *Jane Eyre*, in the sort of supporting part that comes with a name and a waistcoat. He is reliable in all of them and none of them is why you would remember him. Roy Porter in Edgar Wright's *Hot Fuzz* (2007) is the exception, a comic part he was handed and took. What Wight does that others do not is stay ordinary under the camera. There is no tic, nothing he reaches for; Ken's misery is in how he holds the bottle and where he cannot look. The cost of working that way is a career of parts written as furniture, and a Leigh set is one of the few places in British film where the furniture is allowed to speak. He has gone on doing it, on television in *The Crown* and in films into 2025. If you have only seen him as the officer taking a statement, watch the barbecue in *Another Year*. It lasts a few minutes, and it will change how you look at every policeman he has played since. ## Biography Peter Wight is a British actor, sometimes credited as Peter Wright. Born in 1950 in Worthing, Sussex, he studied at the University of Oxford. He has collaborated frequently with director Mike Leigh, appearing in *Naked* (1993) as Brian, *Vera Drake* (2004), *Another Year* (2010) and *Mr. Turner* (2014). Other film roles include Mr. Gardiner in *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Roy Porter in *Hot Fuzz* (2007), and parts in *Atonement* (2007) and *Babel* (2006). On television he has appeared in *Early Doors*, *The Crown* and *His Dark Materials*. His stage work includes productions at the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.* ## On Fi1m (19) - *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Fi1m 55, as Grandpa Smurl — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md) - *Cyrano* (2021), Fi1m 75, as Ragueneau — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md) - *A Confession* (2019), Fi1m 80, as Charlie Edwards — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-confession.md) - *Only You* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Andrew — [page](https://film.one/film/only-you.md) - *Mr. Turner* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Joseph Gillot — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md) - *Room at the Top* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Mr. Hoylake — [page](https://film.one/tv/room-at-the-top-2012.md) - *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Lucy's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md) - *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Alan Maxfield — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) - *Another Year* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Ken — [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) - *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, as Police Inspector — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md) - *Hot Fuzz* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Roy Porter — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-fuzz.md) - *Party Animals* (2007), Fi1m 63, as George Morgan — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md) - *Babel* (2006), Fi1m 64, as Tom — [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md) - *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Fi1m 65, as Charlie Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) - *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Mr. Gardiner — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md) - *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Det. Inspector Webster — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) - *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, as Ormonde — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) - *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Father in Family Group — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) - *Naked* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md) ## Complete filmography (121) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Tender Loving Care* (2026), as Dr. Wells - *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), as Grandpa Smurl — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md) - *National Theatre Live: London Tide* (2024), as Noddy Boffin - *The Reckoning* (2023), series, as Peter Jaconelli - *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Arthur Millington - *Cyrano* (2021), as Ragueneau — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md) - *Early Doors - Live* (2021), as Nige - *Uncle Vanya* (2020), as Telegin - *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Boatman - *A Confession* (2019), series, as Charlie Edwards — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-confession.md) - *Only You* (2019), as Andrew — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-you.md) - *Early Days* (2018), as Kate’s Dad - *Hamlet* (2018), as Polonius - *Brakes* (2017), as Alan - *Another Mother's Son* (2017), as Rene - *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), as Colin Simpson - *The Crown* (2016), series, as Newspaper Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) - *Ethel & Ernest* (2016), as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) - *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Dog Owner - *Brief Encounters* (2016), series, as Brian - *I Want My Wife Back* (2016), series, as Don - *The Program* (2015), as Sunday Times Editor - *Mr. Turner* (2014), as Joseph Gillot — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md) - *Our Zoo* (2014), series, as Albert Mottershead - *The Look of Love* (2013), as Police Inspector - *The Security Men* (2013), as Kenneth - *The Mimic* (2013), series, as Mr Hurdle - *Room at the Top* (2012), series, as Mr. Hoylake — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/room-at-the-top-2012.md) - *The Paradise* (2012), series, as Edmund Lovett - *Kon-Tiki* (2012), as Spinden - *Hit & Miss* (2012), series, as Eddie - *Titanic* (2012), series, as Joseph Rushton - *The Casebook of Eddie Brewer* (2012), as Ray Riddle - *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler - *Hard Boiled Sweets* (2012), as Jimmy 'The Gent' - *Best Laid Plans* (2012), as Roger - *Public Enemies* (2012), series, as Ken Whiteley - *Shakespeare’s Wart* (2012), as Director 1 - *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), as Lucy's Father — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md) - *Ghosted* (2011), Actor - *Case Sensitive* (2011), series, as Robbie Proust - *Silk* (2011), series, as Alan Carruthers — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md) - *The Reckoning* (2011), series, as Frederick Taylor - *Accused* (2010), series, as Alan Maxfield — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) - *Another Year* (2010), as Ken — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) - *Womb* (2010), as Ralph - *Money* (2010), series, as Vince People - *Monday Monday* (2009), series, Actor - *Boy Meets Girl* (2009), series, as Bill - *A Bunch of Amateurs* (2008), as Mike Bell - *Sunshine* (2008), series, as Philip - *Slapper* (2008), as Stuart - *Lark Rise to Candleford* (2008), series, Actor - *Cass* (2008), as Cecil - *Flood* (2007), as Johnson - *Persuasion* (2007), as Admiral Croft - *Atonement* (2007), as Police Inspector — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md) - *Hot Fuzz* (2007), as Roy Porter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-fuzz.md) - *Party Animals* (2007), series, as George Morgan — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md) - *Babel* (2006), as Tom — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md) - *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), as Charlie Williams — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) - *Hotel Babylon* (2006), series, Actor - *Life on Mars* (2006), series, as Frank Miller — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) - *Lassie* (2005), as Dr. Jarrett - *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), as Mr. Gardiner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md) - *Heidi* (2005), as Pastor - *Uncle Adolf* (2005), as Heinrich Hoffman - *Murder Prevention* (2004), series, as Cmdr. Donald Wicker - *Vera Drake* (2004), as Det. Inspector Webster — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) - *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Colin Beck - *The Brides in the Bath* (2003), as Charles Burnham - *The Statement* (2003), as Inspector Cholet - *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, as Ormonde — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) - *Three Blind Mice* (2003), as Tomlinson - *Fortysomething* (2003), series, as Nobby - *Early Doors* (2003), series, as Nige - *The Gathering* (2003), as Dave Elford - *The Second Coming* (2003), series, as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick - *The Project* (2002), as Neville - *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Actor - *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Alex Armstrong — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) - *Lucky Break* (2001), as George Barratt - *The Fourth Angel* (2001), as M.P. - *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Donald Hunt - *Care* (2000), as Francis Chambers - *Shiner* (2000), as Det. Insp. Grant - *The Passion* (1999), as Ron - *Our Mutual Friend* (1998), series, as Reginald Wilfer - *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997), as Newspaper Editor - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ludlow — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *Jane Eyre* (1997), as Clergyman · Screenplay - *Secrets & Lies* (1996), as Father in Family Group — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) - *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Charles Johnson - *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Lucas Garner - *Out of the Blue* (1995), series, as DC Ron Ludlow - *Hamish Macbeth* (1995), series, as Sydney Braithwaite - *Devil's Advocate* (1995), series, as Inspector Costello - *Meat* (1994), as Frank - *Speaking In Tongues* (1994), as Ben's Father - *Anna Lee* (1994), series, as Bernie Schiller - *Naked* (1993), as Brian — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md) - *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Cyril Pearce — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) - *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Len Peters, Bill Budge - *Scanners III: The Takeover* (1992), as Mark Dragon - *Sleepers* (1991), series, as Village Policeman - *Sleepers* (1991), as Village Policeman - *Personal Services* (1987), as Detective Gibson - *Will You Love Me Tomorrow* (1987), as John - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Trevor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) - *Meantime* (1983), as Estate Manager - *Shine on Harvey Moon* (1982), series, as Geoff Woodcock - *Murphy's Stroke* (1980), as Betting Office Clerk, 1st Clerk Betting Office - *Minder* (1979), series, as Alan (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md) - *The Bitch* (1979), as Ricky - *Where the Heart Is* (1979), as Jack - *The One and Only Phyllis Dixey* (1978), as Reporter - *Secret Army* (1977), series, as Squadron Leader Kennedy - *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Jimmy Park — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md) - *Sunshine City* (1973), Actor - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Jack - *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1959), as Laird Of Glendarick --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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