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Peter Firth

Acting

Born October 27, 1953 · Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also known as Peter Macintosh Firth · پیتر فرث

Biography

​Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1977
  • Theatre World Award · 1975
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1978 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1975 · nominated

Filmography46 titles

Me & Mrs. Jones

2003as Benedict

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Dr. Preston Blair

Yellowstone

2009as Self

Spooks

2002as Harry Pearce

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

2006as Vespasian

Top Gear

2002as Self

Victoria

2016as Duke of Cumberland

Dickensian

2015as Jacob Marley

Highlander: The Series

1992as Arthur Drake, aka Drakov

The Hunt for Red October

1990as Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)

The Greatest Game Ever Played

2005as Lord Northcliffe

Kavanagh QC

1995as Charlie Beck

Heartbeat

1992as Dr. James Radcliffe

Cracker

as Mitchell Grady

Tess

1979as Angel Clare

Amistad

1997as Captain Fitzgerald

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Pearl Harbor

2001as West Virginia Captain

Shadowlands

1993as Dr Craig

South Riding

as Anthony Snaith

Shardlake

2024as Norfolk

The Witch's Daughter

1996as Mr. Jones

Soldier Soldier

1991as Major Ben Collins

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

The Broker's Man

as Alex 'Godzilla' Turnbull

The Magnificent Seven

1998as Federal Marshal Walter Bryce

The Rescuers Down Under

1990as Red (voice)

The Incident

1990as Geiger

Cheat

2019as Michael Shadley

Risen

2016as Pontius Pilate

Mighty Joe Young

1998as Garth

Prisoner of Honor

1991as Maj. Henry

Northanger Abbey

1987as Henry Tilney

Lifeforce

1985as Col. Colin Caine

Mayday

as Malcolm Spicer

The Protectors

as Stephen Douglas

MI-5

2015as Harry Pearce

Born of Fire

1987as Paul Bergson

Undeniable

as Andrew Rawlins

Aces High

1976as Lt. Stephen Croft

The Vice

1999as Keith Beaumont

Band of Gold

as Brian Roberts

Happily Ever After

2016as Walt

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1984as Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)

Dead Man's Gun

1997

Chill Factor

1999as Col. Andrew Brynner