Peter Wight (actor)

Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is an English actor.

Peter Wight
Born1950 (age 69–70)
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present

Acting career

His television credits include: Our Zoo, Z-Cars, Meantime, Anna Lee, Life on Mars, Holby City, Where the Heart Is, Jane Eyre (1997), Early Doors, Midsomer Murders, Monday Monday, Party Animals, Hit & Miss, The Paradise, The Crown, Brief Encounters and This Time with Alan Partridge. He also appeared in the 2011 miniseries series Case Sensitive and the 2012 series Public Enemies.[1]

Film appearances include Naked, Secrets & Lies, FairyTale: A True Story, Vera Drake, Pride & Prejudice, Babel, All or Nothing, A Bunch of Amateurs, Another Year and Mr. Turner.[1] In the 2007 film Hot Fuzz, he appears as pub landlord Roy Porter.[1]Also in the 2007 film Persuasion, he appears as Admiral Croft. In 2016 he has a small role in Trespass Against Us.

His stage career includes In the Republic of Happiness at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court in 2012/13,[2] and in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Liz White at the Old Vic Theatre in 2014.[3]

Selected stage credits
  • In Basidon, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2012
  • In the Republic of Happiness, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2013
  • Trelawny of the Wells, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2013
  • Much Ado About Nothing, Old Vic, London, 2013
  • Electra, Old Vic, London, 2014
  • The Red Lion, National Theatre: Dorfman, London, 2015
  • Hamlet, Almeida, London, 2017

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1978 Secret Army Squadron Leader Kennedy Episode: "Lucky Piece"
1996 Hamish Macbeth Sydney Braithwaite Episode: "Radio Lochdubh"
2004 Silent Witness Lucas Garner Episode: "Death by Water"
2005 Waking the Dead Donald Hunt Episode: "Undertow"
2007 Dalziel and Pascoe Charles Johnson Episode: "Demons on Our Shoulders"

References
  1. "Peter Wight". IMDb. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. Billington, Michael (13 December 2012). "In the Republic of Happiness – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. Benedict, David (2 October 2014). "London Theater Review: Kristin Scott Thomas in 'Electra'". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2018.


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