Peter Wight
Born: 1950-01-01
• Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Conjuring: Last Rites
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Cyrano
Early Doors - Live
Uncle Vanya
Only You
Early Days
Hamlet
Brakes
Another Mother's Son
The Sense of an Ending
Ethel & Ernest
Trespass Against Us
The Program
Mr. Turner
The Look of Love
The Security Men
Kon-Tiki
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Hard Boiled Sweets
Best Laid Plans
My Week with Marilyn
Ghosted
Another Year
Womb
A Bunch of Amateurs
Slapper
Cass
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Flood
Persuasion
Atonement
Hot Fuzz
Babel
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Lassie
Pride & Prejudice
Heidi
Uncle Adolf
Vera Drake
The Brides in the Bath
The Statement
Three Blind Mice
The Gathering
No Image
The Project
Lucky Break
The Fourth Angel
Care
Shiner
The Passion
FairyTale: A True Story
Jane Eyre
Secrets & Lies
Meat
Speaking In Tongues
Naked
Scanners III: The Takeover
Sleepers
Codename: Kyril
Personal Services
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Meantime
Murphy's Stroke
Murphy's Stroke
The Bitch
No Image
Where the Heart Is
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Sunshine City
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Shakespeare’s Wart