Peter Wight
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.
Acting
Movie
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Gardiner
2005
Movie
Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter
2007
Movie
Atonement
as Police Inspector
2007
Movie
Babel
as Tom
2006
TV
The Crown
as Newspaper Editor
2016
TV
His Dark Materials
as Boatman
2019
Movie
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl
2025
Movie
My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father
2011
Movie
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
2012
Movie
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden
2012
Movie
Secrets & Lies
as Father in Family Group
1996
Movie
Naked
as Brian
1993
Movie
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot
2014
Movie
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor
2015
Movie
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick
1959
Movie
Another Year
as Ken
2010
Movie
Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster
2004
Movie
Womb
as Ralph
2010
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Ludlow
1997
Movie
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner
2016
Movie
Cyrano
as Ragueneau
2021
TV
Life on Mars
as Frank Miller
2006
Movie
Persuasion
as Admiral Croft
2007
Movie
The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson
2017
