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Peter Wight

Peter Wight

Actor·b. 1950·Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

5 horror credits

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.

Actor5 films

The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Grandpa Smurl

2025 3.5
The Casebook of Eddie Brewer

The Casebook of Eddie Brewer

Ray Riddle

2012
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

Roy Porter

2007 3.9
The Gathering

The Gathering

Dave Elford

2003
Scanners III: The Takeover

Scanners III: The Takeover

Mark Dragon

1992