Peter Wight
Acting
Born January 1, 1950 · 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.
Films (69)
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024
Cyrano
2021
Early Doors - Live
2021
Uncle Vanya
2020
Only You
2019
Early Days
2018
Hamlet
2018
Brakes
2017
Another Mother's Son
2017
The Sense of an Ending
2017
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Trespass Against Us
2016
The Program
2015
Mr. Turner
2014
The Look of Love
2013
The Security Men
2013
Kon-Tiki
2012
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012
Hard Boiled Sweets
2012
Best Laid Plans
2012
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Ghosted
2011
Another Year
2010
Womb
2010
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
Slapper
2008
Cass
2008
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
Flood
2007
Persuasion
2007
Atonement
2007
Hot Fuzz
2007
Babel
2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
Lassie
2005
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Heidi
2005
Uncle Adolf
2005
Vera Drake
2004
The Brides in the Bath
2003
The Statement
2003
Three Blind Mice
2003
The Gathering
2003
The Project
2002
Lucky Break
2001
The Fourth Angel
2001
Care
2000
Shiner
2000
The Passion
1999
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Jane Eyre
1997
Secrets & Lies
1996
Meat
1994
Speaking In Tongues
1994
Naked
1993
Scanners III: The Takeover
1992
Sleepers
1991
Codename: Kyril
1988
Personal Services
1987
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1987
Meantime
1983
Murphy's Stroke
1980
The Bitch
1979
Where the Heart Is
1979
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
Sunshine City
1973
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959