Peter Wight
Actor
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.
Filmography
Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter 2007
Atonement
as Police Inspector 2007
Babel
as Tom 2006
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl 2025
My Week with Marilyn
as Lucy's Father 2011
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler 2012
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden 2012
Secrets & Lies
as Father in Family Group 1996
Naked
as Brian 1993
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot 2014
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor 2015
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick 1959
Another Year
as Ken 2010
Womb
as Ralph 2010
Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster 2004
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner 2016