Born
1 January 1950 (76)
Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Also known as
Peter Wright
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 Fri...
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.
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
Hard Boiled Sweets
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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