Peter Wight

Also Known As: Peter Wright

Biography: Peter Wight is a British character actor of stage, film and TV who is perhaps best known for his work with Mike Leigh on films such as Meantime, Naked, Vera Drake, Another Year and Mr Turner. Wight regularly plays a police officer - most notably in the BBC sitcom Early Doors and in the mid 90s BBC drama Out of the Blue, as well as films like Shiner, Atonement and The Look of Love - and has had numerous period roles in dramas such as Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Our Mutual Friend. His other films include Hot Fuzz, Babel, Cass, and The Sense of an Ending.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: January 01, 1950

Age: 75 years old

Gender: Male

Popularity:

2.18%

Known For:

Babel
Early Doors - Live
Vera Drake
Naked
Slapper
Scanners III: The Takeover
Lucky Break
Another Year
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Cyrano
Meantime
Womb
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Shakespeare’s Wart
The Look of Love
The Project
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Gathering
Kon-Tiki
The Passion
Where the Heart Is
Speaking In Tongues
Meat
Hot Fuzz
Atonement
Sleepers
The Brides in the Bath
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Ghosted
The Program
Care
A Bunch of Amateurs
Ethel & Ernest
Best Laid Plans
Uncle Adolf
Persuasion
Mr. Turner
Secrets & Lies
Jane Eyre
The Bitch
Cass
Another Mother's Son
Lassie
Trespass Against Us
The Sense of an Ending
Hard Boiled Sweets
Brakes
Personal Services
Heidi
Shiner
The Statement
FairyTale: A True Story
My Week with Marilyn
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The Fourth Angel
Flood
Three Blind Mice
Only You
The Security Men
Hamlet
Murphy's Stroke
Sunshine City
Early Days
Codename: Kyril
Pride & Prejudice
Uncle Vanya
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
The Conjuring: Last Rites