Peter Wight (actor)

Peter Wight
Wight in The Paradise (2012)
Born	1950 (age 74–75) Worthing, Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Policeman Nige in Early Doors .

Early life

Although born in Worthing, Wight grew up in the village of Duffield, Derbyshire, and went on to study at the University of Oxford. ^[1]

Acting career

His television credits include: Our Zoo , Z-Cars , Meantime , Anna Lee , Life on Mars , Holby City , Where the Heart Is , Jane Eyre (1997), Early Doors , Midsomer Murders , Monday Monday , Party Animals , Hit & Miss , The Paradise , The Crown , Brief Encounters and This Time with Alan Partridge . He also appeared in the 2011 miniseries series Case Sensitive and the 2012 series Public Enemies . ^[2]

Film appearances include Naked , Secrets & Lies , FairyTale: A True Story , Vera Drake , Pride & Prejudice , Babel , All or Nothing , A Bunch of Amateurs , Another Year , Mr. Turner , Hot Fuzz , Persuasion , and Trespass Against Us . ^[2]

His stage career includes In the Republic of Happiness at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court in 2012/13, ^[3] and in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Liz White at the Old Vic Theatre in 2014. ^[4] Also as Will’s father John Shakespeare in the RSC production of Hamnet at Stratford upon Avon between April and June 2023.

Selected stage credits

• In Basidon, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2012
• In the Republic of Happiness, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2013
• Trelawny of the Wells, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2013
• Much Ado About Nothing, Old Vic, London, 2013
• Electra, Old Vic, London, 2014
• The Red Lion, National Theatre: Dorfman, London, 2015
• Hamlet, Almeida, London, 2017
• Uncle Vanya, Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 2020
• Hamnet, RSC, Stratford upon Avon, 2023

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Bitch	Ricky
	Palm Beach	Rupert Roberts
1987	Personal Services	Detective Gibson
1993	Naked	Brian
1996	Secrets & Lies	Father in Family Group
1997	FairyTale: A True Story	Newspaper Editor
2000	Shiner	Det. Insp. Grant
2001	Lucky Break	Officer George Barratt
	The Fourth Angel	M.P.
2002	The Gathering	Dave Elford
2003	The Statement	Inspector Cholet
2004	Vera Drake	Det. Inspector Webster
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mr. Gardiner
	Heidi	Pastor
	Lassie	Dr. Jarrett
2006	Babel	Tom
2007	Hot Fuzz	Roy Porter
	Flood	Johnson
	Atonement	Police Inspector
2008	Cass	Cecil
	A Bunch of Amateurs	Mike Bell
2010	Another Year	Ken
	Clone	Ralph
2011	Ghosted	Hawkins
	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
	My Week with Marilyn	Lucy's Father
2012	Best Laid Plans	Roger
	Hard Boiled Sweets	Jimmy the Gent
	The Casebook of Eddie Brewster	Ray Riddle
	Kon-Tiki	Spinden
2013	The Look of Love	Police Inspector
2014	Mr. Turner	Joseph Gillott
2015	The Program	Sunday Times Editor
2016	Brakes	Alan
	Trespass Against Us	Dog Owner
	Ethel & Ernest	Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
2017	The Sense of an Ending	Colin Simpson
	Another Mother's Son	Rene
2018	Only You	Andrew
2020	Uncle Vanya	Telegin
2021	Cyrano	Ragueneau

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Armchair Thriller	Operator No.1	Episode: "The Girl Who Walked Quickly: Part 4"
	Z-Cars	Traffic PC	Episode: "Quilley on the Spot"
	Secret Army	Squadron Leader Kennedy	Episode: "Lucky Piece"
	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey	Reporter	Television film
	The Sweeney	Jimmy Park	Episode: "Victims"
1979	ITV Playhouse	Jack	Episode: "Where the Heart Is"
1980	Murphy's Stroke	1st Clerk Betting Office	Television film
	Minder	Alan	Episode: "All Mod Cons" (uncredited)
	The Tumour Principle		Short film
1983	Meantime	Estate Manager	Television film
	Two Foolish Men		Short film
1985	Shine On Harvey Moon	Geoff Woodcock	Episode: "Anything Goes…"
1986	The Fourth Floor	Mackie	3 episodes
	A Turnip Head's Guide to Alan Parker		Short film
1987	Screen Two	John	Episode: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
	Yesterday's Dreams	Les	4 episodes
	First Sight	Terry	Episode: "Exclusive Yarns"
	Chuck Norris: The Man, His Music		Short film
1988	Hard Cases	Brian	3 episodes
	Codename: Kyril	Evans	3 episodes
	This is David Lander	Peter Partridge	Episode: "Not a Pretty Site"
1988–1993	The Bill	Firearms Instructor/Frank Jennings/Hayward	3 episodes
1991	Sleepers	Village Policeman	Episode: "On the Run"
1992	Casualty	Trevor	Episode: "Will You Still Love Me?"
	The Life and Times of Henry Pratt	Tony Preece	2 episodes
1993	Between the Lines	Bernard Gilhoolie	Episode: "Honourable Men"
1994	Anna Lee	Bernard Schiller	5 episodes
	Stages	Ben's Father	Episode: "Speaking in Tongues"
	Screen One	Frank	Episode: "Meat"
	The Return of the Native	Timothy	Television film
1995	Devil's Advocate	Inspector Costello	Television film
1995–1996	Out of the Blue	D.C. Ron Ludlow	12 episodes
1996	A Touch of Frost	Cyril Pearce	Episode: "Fun Times for Swingers"
	Hamish Macbeth	Sydney Braithwaite	Episode: "Radio Lochdubh"
	Out of This World	Peter Trinder - English Teacher, Dodleston Cheshire 1984	2 episodes
	Staying Alive	James Moorhead	2 episodes
1997	Jane Eyre	Clergyman	Television film
	Wokenwell	Ted Horrocks	Episode #1.1
1998	Our Mutual Friend	Mr. Wilfer	3 episodes
1999	The Passion	Ron	Television series
2000	The Blind Date	D.I. Harry Jenkins	Television film
	In Defence	DCI George Mercer	Episode #1.1
	Care	Francis Chambers	Television film
2001	High Stakes	Andrew Weycroft	Episode: "The Big Deal"
	Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping		Short film
	Where the Heart Is	Ted Jackson	Episode: "As Time Goes By"
	Table 12	John	Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner"
2002	Holby City	Bryan Lake	Episode: "Fathers and Sons"
	Ultimate Force	Bill Jackson	Episode: "The Killing House"
	Midsomer Murders	Ludlow	Episode: "Murder on St. Malley's Day"
	The Project	Neville	Television film
2002	Heartbeat	Len Peters	Episode: "Class Act"
2003	The Second Coming	Chief Superintendent Len Chadwick	2 episodes
	3 Blind Mice	Tomlinson
	My Family	Mr. Freeman	Episode: "Return of the Prodigal Prat"
	Fortysomething	Nobby	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
	Charles II: The Power & the Passion	Ormonde	3 episodes
	The Brides in the Bath	Charles Burnham	Television film
2003–2004	Early Doors	Nige	12 episodes
2004	Murphy's Law	Alex Armstrong	Episode: "The Group"
	Silent Witness	Lucas Garner	Episode: "Death by Water"
	Murder Prevention	Commander Donald Wicker	6 episodes
2005	Uncle Adolf	Heinrich Hoffmann	Television film
	The Secret Life of Words	Dullman	Uncredited
	Waking the Dead	Donald Hunt	Episode: "Undertow"
2006	Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!	Charlie Williams	Television film
	Mayo	Ray Carver	Episode: "Scrubbed Out"
	EastEnders	Neil	Episode: "11 September 2006"
2007	Life on Mars	Frank Miller	Episode #2.3
	Party Animals	George Morgan	8 episodes
	Persuasion	Admiral Croft	Television film
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Charles Johnson	Episode: "Demons on Our Shoulders"
	Frankenstein	DCS Goode	Television film
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Old Amos	2 episodes
	10 Days to War	Juan Valdes	Episode: "Why This Rush?"
	Hotel Babylon	Martin	Episode #3.8
	Slapper		Short film
	Sunshine	Philip	Episode #1.3
2008	Heartbeat	Bill Budge	Episode: "Strike Up the Band"
2009	Boy Meets Girl	Bill	4 episodes
	Monday Monday	Roger	7 episodes
2010	Money	Vince	2 episodes
	Pete versus Life	Barry	Episode: "Marriage of Convenience"
	New Tricks	Colin Beck	Episode: "Fashion Victim"
	Accused	Alan Maxfield	Episode: "Helen's Story"
2011	Silk	Alan Carruthers	Episode 1.4
	The Reckoning	Frederick Taylor/Taylor Reith	2 episodes
2011-2012	Case Sensitive	DI Proust	4 episodes
2012	Public Enemies	Ken Whiteley	3 episodes
	Titanic	Joseph Rushton	4 episodes
	Hit & Miss	Eddie	6 episodes
	Room at the Top	Mr. Hoylake	2 episodes
	Shakespeare's Wart	Director 1	Short film
2012–2013	The Paradise	Edmund Lovett	13 episodes
2013	The Security Men	Kenneth	Television film
2013–2014	The Mimic	Martin's Dad	4 episodes
2014	Our Zoo	Albert Mottershead	6 episodes
2016	I Want My Wife Back	Don	5 episodes
	Brief Encounters	Brian	6 episodes
	Domestic Policy		Short film
2016–2017	The Crown	Newspaper Editor	2 episodes
2018	Early Days	Kate's Dad	Short film
	Hamlet	Polonius	Television film
	Vanity Fair	Mr. Raggles	4 episodes
2019	This Time with Alan Partridge	John Baskell	Episode #1.2
	A Confession	Charlie Edwards	6 episodes
	The Delivery	George Clements	Short film
2020	Housebound	Clive	2 episodes
2021	Early Doors: Live	Nige	Video
	Small World	Harold	Short film
2022	His Dark Materials	Boatman	2 episodes
2023	The Reckoning	Peter Jaconelli	2 episodes

References

1. Morgan, Fergus (7 February 2025). "Peter Wight: 'I'd like to write and perform a one-man play. That would be scary as hell'". The Stage.
2. "Peter Wight". IMDb . Retrieved 15 June 2018.
3. Billington, Michael (13 December 2012). "In the Republic of Happiness – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 June 2018.
4. Benedict, David (2 October 2014). "London Theater Review: Kristin Scott Thomas in 'Electra'". Variety . Retrieved 15 June 2018.

External links

• Peter Wight at IMDb
• Peter Wight at the Internet Broadway Database