Peter Wight
Date of birth: 1950-01-01
Place of birth: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
Babel
2006-10-26
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlockin
Early Doors - Live
2021-09-09
Early Doors was a TV hit when the sitcom was originally aired on the BBC in 2003 and gained cult sta
Vera Drake
2004-10-22
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a con
Naked
1993-08-06
An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odys
Slapper
2008-06-21
A young boy watches a fight in a crowded bar: a masked man versus the people’s champ. But rather tha
Scanners III: The Takeover
1992-01-31
A young scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after
Lucky Break
2001-08-24
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lu
Another Year
2010-11-05
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less h
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006-03-16
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life
Cyrano
2021-12-17
A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal jous
Meantime
1983-10-16
A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under
Womb
2010-07-15
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manho
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978-11-01
Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
Shakespeare’s Wart
A desperate for work actor auditions for Shakespeare's Henry IV part 2 & is forced to perform more &
The Look of Love
2013-04-26
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man i
The Project
2002-11-10
The Project follows the lives of a group of young Labour party activists from their final days of un
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959-12-15
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1987-01-18
Inspired by the true story of Mary Bell; Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the r
The Gathering
2003-02-23
Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial me
Kon-Tiki
2012-08-24
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a bal
The Passion
1999-05-01
During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer
Where the Heart Is
1979-03-13
Dissatisfied with life with Jack, Penny offers a home to baby Zero and his homeless mother.
Speaking In Tongues
1994-07-27
Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what tha
Meat
1994-09-25
Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an ex-convic
Hot Fuzz
2007-02-14
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the slee
Atonement
2007-02-27
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives whe
Sleepers
1991-04-10
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under dee
The Brides in the Bath
2003-12-31
Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012-03-18
Eddie Brewer is an old-school paranormal investigator, being followed as part of a documentary.
Ghosted
2011-06-24
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his hea
The Program
2015-09-16
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de
Care
2000-10-08
A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a p
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008-11-17
Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When
Ethel & Ernest
2016-10-15
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an int
Best Laid Plans
2012-02-03
David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice
Uncle Adolf
2005-01-03
A young girl becomes the great love of the Nazi leader's life. It spans the years between 1929 and 1
Persuasion
2007-04-01
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with
Mr. Turner
2014-10-31
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes inv
Secrets & Lies
1996-05-24
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother
Jane Eyre
1997-03-09
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
The Bitch
1979-09-20
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is
Cass
2008-01-08
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and b
Another Mother's Son
2017-03-24
The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian priso
Lassie
2005-12-16
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away fro
Trespass Against Us
2016-10-14
Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countrysid
The Sense of an Ending
2017-03-10
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-th
Hard Boiled Sweets
2012-03-09
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie ha
Brakes
2017-11-24
Brakes is a dark, improv-based ensemble comedy set in London. Divided into two parts, it tells the s
Personal Services
1987-02-12
Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become th
Heidi
2005-08-19
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, wh
Shiner
2000-09-22
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
The Statement
2003-12-12
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War I
FairyTale: A True Story
1997-10-24
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific e
My Week with Marilyn
2011-11-23
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012-03-09
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sp
The Fourth Angel
2001-08-15
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is h
Flood
2007-08-24
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high s
Three Blind Mice
2003-10-08
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure ab
Only You
2019-07-12
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
The Security Men
2013-04-12
A group of night security guards working at the fictional Whittington shopping centre in Greater Man
Hamlet
2018-03-31
Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great play,
Murphy's Stroke
1980-05-21
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony
Sunshine City
1973-09-12
SUNSHINE CITY is Albie Thom’s sprawling, protoplasmic experimental portrait of his hometown of Sydne
Early Days
2018-07-13
In the days following her return from hospital, new mother Kate is rocked by finding her world alter
Codename: Kyril
1988-03-29
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reporte
Pride & Prejudice
2005-09-16
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a ge
Uncle Vanya
2020-10-27
During a hot summer, Sonya and her uncle Vanya spend their days idle in a dilapidated farmhouse deep
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007-09-30
The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach th
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025-09-03
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysteriou
National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024-10-17
A storm rages and, in the darkest part of the night, a body is pulled from the swirling river. Acros