Known for Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1950
Place of Birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
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.

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

Silent Witness

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Casualty

Waking the Dead

His Dark Materials

New Tricks

The Sweeney

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Life on Mars

Lark Rise to Candleford

Dalziel & Pascoe

The Paradise

Accused

Hamish Macbeth

Silk

Secret Army

Hotel Babylon