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Born | Sean Carl Roland Pertwee 4 June 1964 Hammersmith, London, England |
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Alma mater | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Occupation(s) | Actor, narrator and producer |
Years active | 1975–present |
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Spouse | Jacqueline Hamilton-Smith (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 [lower-alpha 1] |
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Sean Carl Roland Pertwee [1] [2] (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions.
Pertwee is known for the role of Sgt. Wells in the film Dog Soldiers , W.F. "Smitty" Smith in Event Horizon , Inspector Lestrade in CBS's Elementary and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox's Gotham . He is also the narrator of MasterChef: The Professionals and Zero Hour .
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Pertwee was born on 4 June 1964 in Hammersmith, London, the son of the actor Jon Pertwee (who played the Third Doctor in Doctor Who ) and his German second wife, Ingeborg Rhoesa. Playwright and screenwriter Roland Pertwee was his grandfather; his sister is actress Dariel Pertwee.
Pertwee received his formal education at Teddington Boys' School in Richmond upon Thames and Sunbury College, Surrey.
Pertwee trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After graduating in 1986, he toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company for three years. He appeared in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot – The King of Clubs alongside David Suchet (12 March 1989). He later appeared as Hugh Beringar alongside Derek Jacobi in the first series of the television series Cadfael in 1994. In 1999 he portrayed Brutus in the Hallmark Channel film Cleopatra . He co-owned the Natural Nylon film production company along with Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan McGregor. [3] The company folded in 2003. Pertwee is perhaps best known for his portrayal of grimacing death, particularly in the film Dog Soldiers, a skill which led to him being given an award for 'Best Death Face' at Bristol Old Vic. [4]
He appeared in the 2008 film Doomsday as Doctor Talbot. His voice is frequently heard in a variety of television commercials, documentaries and video games, including the medieval empire-building computer game Medieval: Total War and futuristic war games Killzone (as Colonel Gregor Hakha), Killzone 2 (as Colonel Mael Radec) and Fire Warrior (as Governor Severus). He is also the voice behind the Northeast's tourism advertisement which started broadcasting at the start of 2009. He is the narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals , replacing India Fisher from the fourth series onwards. He starred alongside John Hurt as Brother Proteus in the 2010 animated film Ultramarines: a Warhammer 40,000 Movie. He appeared in the film Devil's Playground , a horror film directed by Mark McQueen. He starred alongside Danny Dyer, Jaime Murray, Janet Montgomery and Craig Fairbrass. The film was released in October 2010. Pertwee appeared in the Nazi zombie film The 4th Reich [5] which he filmed in 2010, directed by Shaun Smith. [6]
Pertwee has been in several dramatic works for BBC Radio 4, including playing the actor Oliver Reed in the play Burning Both Ends by Matthew Broughton in 2011. [7]
In 2014, he was cast in Fox's TV series Gotham , a series presenting an origin for the characters of the Batman franchise. Pertwee portrays Alfred Pennyworth, an ex-special forces soldier from London who works as the Wayne family's loyal butler. After Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered, he becomes guardian and mentor to the future Batman. [8]
Pertwee married Jacqueline Jane "Jacqui" Hamilton-Smith, a make-up artist, daughter of Anthony Hamilton-Smith, on 12 June 1999 at the House of Lords. His wife gave birth to twins, in 2001. They were born prematurely; one dying four days later. [9]
Pertwee presented a television party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party in the 2010 UK general election. [10] [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1991 | Coping with Cupid | Peter | Short sci-fi romance film | [12] [13] |
London Kills Me |
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1992 | Leon the Pig Farmer | Keith Chadwick | British comedy | [14] [15] |
1993 | Dirty Weekend | The Quiet One |
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Swing Kids |
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1994 | Shopping | Tommy |
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1995 | Blue Juice | J.C. | British film directed by Carl Prechezer | |
ID | Martin | British film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis | [17] | |
1997 | Event Horizon | Pilot Smith |
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1998 | Soldier | Mace | American science fiction action film directed by Paul Anderson | |
Tale of the Mummy | Bradley Cortese | British-American horror film, directed by Russell Mulcahy | ||
Stiff Upper Lips | George |
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1999 | Cleopatra | Brutus |
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2000 | Five Seconds to Spare | Piers | [23] | |
Love, Honour and Obey | Sean | [24] | ||
Seven Days to Live | Martin Shaw | [25] | ||
2001 | The 51st State | Detective Virgil Kane |
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2002 | Equilibrium | Father | American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer | |
Dog Soldiers | Sergeant Harry G. Wells | British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall | ||
2005 | Goal! | Barry Rankin |
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Duncan Smithie | Family-based Scottish film released in the US in 2005 as Greyfriars Bobby directed by John Henderson. | ||
The Prophecy: Uprising | Dani Simionescu |
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The Last Drop | Sgt Bill McMillan | British-Romanian war adventure film by Colin Teague that went directly to DVD release. | ||
2006 | Renaissance | Montoya | (English Language) French black-and-white animated science fiction film by French director Christian Volckman. | |
Wilderness | Jed | British-Irish horror film directed by Michael J. Bassett and written by Dario Poloni. | ||
2007 | Dangerous Parking | Ray Molina | Drama film based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Browne. | |
Goal! 2: Living the Dream... | Barry Rankin | The second part of the football film trilogy Goal! . | ||
Botched | Mr. Groznyi | Horror comedy | ||
2008 | Doomsday | Dr. Talbot | Science fiction action film set a future Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus | [27] |
Mutant Chronicles | Nathan Rooker | Independent science fiction horror film, loosely based on the role-playing game of the same name. | ||
2010 | 4.3.2.1. | Mr. Richards | British crime thriller film directed by Noel Clarke and Mark Davis | |
Just for the Record | Sensei | [28] | ||
Ultramarines: The Movie | Brother Proteus | Science fiction CGI film set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe and based around the Ultramarines. | [29] | |
Devil's Playground | Rob | British horror film directed by Mark McQueen | ||
Heaven and Earth |
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2011 | Four | Detective | British independent film directed by John Langridge. | |
Wild Bill | Jack | British film directed by Dexter Fletcher. | ||
2012 | The Seasoning House | Goran | British horror film directed by Paul Hyett. | [30] |
Naked Harbour | Robert | Finnish film directed by Aku Louhimies | ||
St George's Day | Proctor | British Gangster Film | [31] | |
2013 | UFO | Tramp |
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | SFO Steve Stubbs |
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2013/2014 | The 4th Reich | |||
2015 | Howl | Train Driver Tony |
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2020 | The Reckoning | Moorcroft | ||
2022 | The Invitation | Mr. Fields | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1975 | Billy Smart's Children's Circus | |||
1981 | "Worzel Gummidge" | Uncredited – He plays one of the scarecrows that is going to dig Worzel into the compost heap.[ citation needed ] | Series 4 Episode 3 – The Jumbly Sale | |
1989 | Poirot: The King of Clubs | Ronnie Oglander | ||
Casualty | Nick | Series 4 Episode 3 - "Chain Reaction" | ||
Hard Cases | Dominic Lutovski | |||
1990 | Chancer | Jamie Douglas | Recurring | |
Harry Enfield's Television Programme | ||||
Cluedo | Richard Forrest | Episode: "Christmas Past, Christmas Present" (S 1:Ep 7) | ||
1991 | The Chief | Det. Sgt. Kevin Powers | Episode: "Episode 2" (S 2:Ep 2) | |
Clarissa | John Belford | |||
1992 | Virtual Murder | Matt Andries | Episode: "Dreams Imagic" (S 1:Ep 6) | |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Captain Heinz | Episode: "Trenches of Hell, Part 2)" (S 2:Ep 3) | ||
Boon | David Kennedy | Episode: "Whispering Grass" (S 8:Ep 12) | ||
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Det Sgt Barry Vine | Episodes:
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A Touch of Frost | Episode: "Quarry" | |||
1993 | Peak Practice | Episode: "Hope to Die" | ||
1994 | Cadfael | Sheriff Hugh Beringar | Series 1 | |
1996 | Deadly Voyage | Ion Plesin | TV film directed by John Mackenzie and written by Stuart Urban | |
1997 | Bodyguards | Ian Worell | Main cast | |
1998 | Macbeth | Macbeth | UK TV | |
2000 | Operation Good Guys | Episode: "The Leader" (S 3:Ep 4) | ||
In the Beginning | Isaac | Two-part biblical TV Mini-series directed by Kevin Connor | ||
2001 | Cold Feet (2001) | Mark Cubitt | Guest star; Series 4 | |
2003 | Cold Feet (2003) | Mark Cubitt | Guest Star; Series 5 | |
Waking The Dead | Carl Mackenzie | Episodes:
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Julius Caesar (2003) | Titus Labienus | Two-part TV Mini-series directed by Uli Edel | [34] | |
2004 | Bo' Selecta! | Himself | Episode: "Episode Five" (S 3:Ep 5) | |
2004–2005 | A Bear's Tail | Richard Head | Series 4 – Episodes:
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2006 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Dr. Owen Griffith | Episode: "The Moving Finger" | |
Ancient Rome–The Rise And Fall of an Empire: Caesar | Julius Caesar | |||
2007 | Nuclear Secrets | Narrator | Five-episode TV mini-series | |
The Tudors | English ambassador in the Italian Duchy of Urbino | Episode: "In Cold Blood" (S 1:EP 1) | ||
When Evil Calls | The Janitor | TV mini-series | [35] | |
2008 | Honest | DS. Ed Bain |
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The Wrong Door |
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Skins | Soldier on the Train and Simon the Lecturer | Episode: "Tony" (S 2:Ep 6) | ||
A Journey To The Edge Of The Universe | Narrator | |||
2009 | Law & Order: UK | Josh Pritchard | Episode: "Vice" (S 1:Ep 3) | |
2010 | Luther | Terry Lynch | Episode: "Episode 2" (S 1:Ep 2) | |
2011 | National Geographic: Islands Series | Narrator | Cyprus | |
Camelot | Sir Ector | recurring; Series 1 | ||
2013 | Jo | Charlie | Six episodes | |
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | |||
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir George Stubbs | Episode: "Dead Man's Folly" | ||
Himself | Episode: "Being Poirot" | |||
Death in Paradise | Malcolm Powell | Episode: "A Deadly Party" (S 2:EP 8) | [36] | |
2013–2014 | Elementary | Inspector Lestrade | Episodes:
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2014–2019 | Gotham | Alfred Pennyworth | Main cast | [8] |
2014 | The Musketeers | Sarazin | Episode: "Musketeers Don't Die Easily" (S 1:EP 10) | |
2019 | Prodigal Son | Owen Shannon | Episode: "Silent Night" (S 1:EP 10) | |
2020 | Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Inspector Lejeune | ||
2020 | Two Weeks to Live | Jimmy | ||
2023 | You | Vic | ||
2023– | Naked, Alone and Racing to Get Home | Narrator | ||
2024 | Silent Witness | Detective Inspector John Flynn | Episodes: "Death by a Thousand Hits" Part 1 (S 27: Ep 7) "Death by a Thousand Hits" Part 2 (S 27: Ep 8) | [37] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1997 | Tom Jones | Captain Fitzpatrick | A BBC adaptation for the stage by playwright Joan Macalpine. | [38] |
Year | Title | Role | Refs. |
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2011 | Burning Both Ends | Oliver Reed | [7] |
Year | Title | Role | Refs. |
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1996 | The Gene Machine | Piers Featherstonehaugh | |
2001 | Shadowman:2econd coming | Asmodeus & additional voices | |
2002 | Medieval: Total War | Narrator | |
2003 | Primal | Jared | |
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior | Governor Severus | ||
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance | Invictus Thrax | ||
2004 | Killzone | Colonel Gregor Hakha | [39] |
2008 | Fable II | Additional Voices | |
2009 | Killzone 2 | Colonel Mael Radec | [39] |
2010 | Fable III | Captain Saker | [39] |
2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Colonel Mael Radec | [39] |
2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Peter Chamberlaine | |
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