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.
Filmography50+ titles
Monday Monday
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Crown
Accused
Pride & Prejudice
Our Zoo
The Sweeney
Our Mutual Friend
This Time with Alan Partridge
His Dark Materials
Life on Mars
Heidi
Hamish Macbeth
Secret Army
Hot Fuzz
Atonement
Murphy's Law
Secrets & Lies
Ethel & Ernest
Silk
Midsomer Murders
Silent Witness
A Touch of Frost
Uncle Vanya
The Paradise
Hotel Babylon
New Tricks
Naked
Persuasion
Babel
Vera Drake
Waking the Dead
Heartbeat
Jane Eyre
A Confession
Another Year
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Kon-Tiki
Hit & Miss
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Another Mother's Son
My Week with Marilyn
Meantime
Only You
Mr. Turner
Ultimate Force
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Hamlet
The Sense of an Ending
The Program