
Peter Wight
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

Naked
1993 · 9.0

Monday Monday
2009 · 8.5

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · 8.4

Accused
2010 · 8.2

The Crown
2016 · 8.2

The Sweeney
1975 · 8.1

Pride & Prejudice
2005 · 8.1

Out of the Blue
1995 · 8.0

Our Zoo
2014 · 8.0

His Dark Materials
2019 · 7.8

Secret Army
1977 · 7.8

This Time with Alan Partridge
2019 · 7.8

Heidi
2005 · 7.8

Early Doors
2003 · 7.8

Our Mutual Friend
1998 · 7.8

Sunshine
2008 · 7.8

Life on Mars
2006 · 7.7

Hamish Macbeth
1995 · 7.7

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · 7.7

A Touch of Frost
1992 · 7.6

Murphy's Law
2001 · 7.6

Atonement
2007 · 7.6

Secrets & Lies
1996 · 7.6

Hot Fuzz
2007 · 7.6

Silent Witness
1996 · 7.6

Silk
2011 · 7.5

Ethel & Ernest
2016 · 7.5

Fortysomething
2003 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Hotel Babylon
2006 · 7.3

The Paradise
2012 · 7.3

Naked
1993 · 7.3

Uncle Vanya
2020 · 7.3

The Reckoning
2023 · 7.3

Minder
1979 · 7.2

Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2

Vera Drake
2004 · 7.2

Sleepers
1991 · 7.2

Persuasion
2007 · 7.2

Babel
2006 · 7.2

Heartbeat
1992 · 7.1

A Confession
2019 · 7.1

Jane Eyre
1997 · 7.1

ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0

The Second Coming
2003 · 7.0

Hamlet
2018 · 7.0

Another Year
2010 · 7.0

The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025 · 6.9

Hit & Miss
2012 · 6.9

Anna Lee
1994 · 6.9

Party Animals
2007 · 6.9

Room at the Top
2012 · 6.9

Case Sensitive
2011 · 6.9

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · 6.9

Kon-Tiki
2012 · 6.9

Ultimate Force
2002 · 6.8

My Week with Marilyn
2011 · 6.7

Brief Encounters
2016 · 6.7
Murder Prevention
2004 · 6.7

Another Mother's Son
2017 · 6.7

Meantime
1983 · 6.7

Public Enemies
2012 · 6.6

Uncle Adolf
2005 · 6.6

Only You
2019 · 6.6

Mr. Turner
2014 · 6.6

Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · 6.5

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · 6.4

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 6.4

Lassie
2005 · 6.4

The Program
2015 · 6.4

FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · 6.4

Cyrano
2021 · 6.3

Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003 · 6.3

The Sense of an Ending
2017 · 6.3

Lucky Break
2001 · 6.3

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006 · 6.3

Casualty
1986 · 6.2

Womb
2010 · 6.1

Personal Services
1987 · 6.0

Early Doors - Live
2021 · 6.0

Cass
2008 · 5.9

Titanic
2012 · 5.9

Trespass Against Us
2016 · 5.8

A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · 5.8

Murphy's Stroke
1980 · 5.8

The Mimic
2013 · 5.7

The Statement
2003 · 5.7

The Brides in the Bath
2003 · 5.7

Brakes
2017 · 5.7

The Look of Love
2013 · 5.6

The Gathering
2003 · 5.6

Frankenstein
2007 · 5.6

Boy Meets Girl
2009 · 5.5

Best Laid Plans
2012 · 5.5

Shiner
2000 · 5.4

Flood
2007 · 5.3

The Fourth Angel
2001 · 5.3

Care
2000 · 5.3

Ghosted
2011 · 5.2

The Reckoning
2011 · 4.8

I Want My Wife Back
2016 · 4.7

Money
2010 · 4.5

Meat
1994 · 4.5

The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
2012 · 4.5

Scanners III: The Takeover
1992 · 4.4

The Bitch
1979 · 4.3

Hard Boiled Sweets
2012 · 4.3

Three Blind Mice
2003 · 4.1

Slapper
2008 · 3.5
Devil's Advocate
1995 · 3.3

Early Days
2018 · 1.0

Tender Loving Care
2026 · 0.0

Sunshine City
1973 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: London Tide
2024 · 0.0

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978 · 0.0

The Security Men
2013 · 0.0

Shakespeare’s Wart
2012 · 0.0

Sleepers
1991 · 0.0
Where the Heart Is
1979 · 0.0
The Project
2002 · 0.0

The Passion
1999 · 0.0