Highest rated as cast or director
Naked
1993
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Another Year
2010
Only You
2019
A Confession
2019 · 1 Season
Cass
2008
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.
Acted in 120
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Noddy Boffin
- 2023
The Reckoning
Peter Jaconelli · 4 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
Early Doors - Live
Nige
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Hamlet
Polonius
- 2017
Brakes
Alan
- 2016
Brief Encounters
Brian · 6 episodes
I Want My Wife Back
Don · 5 episodes
- 2015
- 2014
Our Zoo
Albert Mottershead · 6 episodes
- 2013
The Security Men
Kenneth
The Mimic
Mr Hurdle · 4 episodes
- 2012
Room at the Top
Mr. Hoylake · 2 episodes
Hit & Miss
Eddie · 6 episodes
Titanic
Joseph Rushton · 4 episodes
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
Ray Riddle
Hard Boiled Sweets
Jimmy 'The Gent'
Best Laid Plans
Roger
Public Enemies
Ken Whiteley · 3 episodes
Shakespeare’s Wart
Director 1
- 2011
Case Sensitive
Robbie Proust · 4 episodes
The Reckoning
Frederick Taylor · 2 episodes
- 2010
Money
Vince People · 2 episodes
2000s
- 2009
Monday Monday
TV
Boy Meets Girl
Bill · 4 episodes
- 2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
Mike Bell
Sunshine
Philip · 3 episodes
Slapper
Stuart
- 2007
Frankenstein
DCS Goode
Party Animals
George Morgan · 8 episodes
- 2006
71Babel
Tom
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Charlie Williams
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
The Brides in the Bath
Charles Burnham
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Ormonde · 3 episodes
Three Blind Mice
Tomlinson
Fortysomething
Nobby · 1 episode
Early Doors
Nige · 12 episodes
The Second Coming
Chief Supt. Len Chadwick · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
Care
Francis Chambers
Shiner
Det. Insp. Grant
1990s
- 1999
The Passion
Ron
- 1998
- 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Newspaper Editor
- 1996
- 1995
Out of the Blue
DC Ron Ludlow · 12 episodes
- 1994
Meat
Frank
Speaking In Tongues
Ben's Father
Anna Lee
Bernie Schiller · 5 episodes
- 1993
Naked
Brian · 5 episodes
- 1992
- 1991
Sleepers
Village Policeman
Sleepers
Village Policeman · 1 episode
1980s
- 1987
Personal Services
Detective Gibson
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
John
- 1986
- 1983
Meantime
Estate Manager
- 1982
- 1980
Murphy's Stroke
Betting Office Clerk, 1st Clerk Betting Office
1970s
- 1979
The Bitch
Ricky
- 1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Reporter
- 1977
- 1975
- 1973
Sunshine City
Movie
1960s
- 1967
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1997
