Peter Wight
Acting

Peter Wight

Born 1 January 1950 · Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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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.

Known for

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