Peter Wight

Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Policeman Nige in Early Doors (2003–2004).

Early life Although born in Worthing, Wight grew up in the village of Duffield, Derbyshire, and went to Saint Ralph Sherwin's Roman Catholic Secondary School, before going on to study at the University of Oxford.

Acting career His television credits include: Our Zoo, Z-Cars, Meantime, Anna Lee, Life on Mars, Holby City, Where the Heart Is, Jane Eyre (1997), Early Doors, Midsomer Murders, Monday Monday, Party Animals, Hit & Miss, The Paradise, The Crown, Brief Encounters and This Time with Alan Partridge. He also appeared in the 2011 miniseries series Case Sensitive and the 2012 series Public Enemies.

Film appearances include Naked, Secrets & Lies, FairyTale: A True Story, Vera Drake, Pride & Prejudice, Babel, All or Nothing, A Bunch of Amateurs, Another Year, Mr. Turner, Hot Fuzz, Persuasion, and Trespass Against Us.

His stage career includes In the Republic of Happiness at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court in 2012/13, and in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Liz White at the Old Vic Theatre in 2014. Also as Will’s father John Shakespeare in the RSC production of Hamnet at Stratford upon Avon between April and June 2023.

Selected stage credits In Basidon, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2012 In the Republic of Happiness, Royal Court: Jerwood Downstairs, London, 2013 Trelawny of the Wells, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2013 Much Ado About Nothing, Old Vic, London, 2013 Electra, Old Vic, London, 2014 The Red Lion, National Theatre: Dorfman, London, 2015 Hamlet, Almeida, London, 2017 Uncle Vanya, Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 2020 Hamnet, RSC, Stratford upon Avon, 2023

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 Ricky Palm Beach Rupert Roberts 1987 Personal Services Detective Gibson 1993 Naked Brian 1996 Secrets & Lies Father in Family Group 1997 FairyTale: A True Story Newspaper Editor 2000 Shiner Det. Insp. Grant 2001 Lucky Break Officer George Barratt M.P. 2002 Dave Elford 2003 Inspector Cholet 2004 Vera Drake Det. Inspector Webster 2005 Pride & Prejudice Mr. Gardiner Heidi Pastor Lassie Dr. Jarrett 2006 Babel Tom 2007 Hot Fuzz Roy Porter Flood Johnson Atonement Police Inspector 2008 Cass Cecil Mike Bell 2010 Another Year Ken Clone Ralph 2011 Ghosted Hawkins Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Tory Grandee - Angus Butler My Week with Marilyn Lucy's Father 2012 Best Laid Plans Roger Hard Boiled Sweets Jimmy the Gent Ray Riddle Kon-Tiki Spinden 2013 Police Inspector 2014 Mr. Turner Joseph Gillott 2015 Sunday Times Editor 2016 Brakes Alan Trespass Against Us Dog Owner Ethel & Ernest Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) 2017 Colin Simpson Another Mother's Son Rene 2018 Only You Andrew 2020 Uncle Vanya Telegin 2021 Cyrano Ragueneau

Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 Armchair Thriller Operator No.1 Episode: "The Girl Who Walked Quickly: Part 4" Z-Cars Traffic PC Episode: "Quilley on the Spot"Secret Army Squadron Leader Kennedy Episode: "Lucky Piece" Reporter Television film Jimmy Park Episode: "Victims" 1979 ITV Playhouse Jack Episode: "Where the Heart Is" 1980 Murphy's Stroke 1st Clerk Betting Office Television film Minder Alan Episode: "All Mod Cons"(uncredited) Short film 1983 Meantime Estate Manager Television film Two Foolish Men Short film 1985 Shine On Harvey Moon Geoff Woodcock Episode: "Anything Goes…" 1986 Mackie 3 episodes Short film 1987 Screen Two John Episode: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" Yesterday's Dreams Les 4 episodes First Sight Terry Episode: "Exclusive Yarns" Chuck Norris: The Man, His Music Short film 1988 Hard Cases Brian 3 episodes Codename: Kyril Evans 3 episodes This is David Lander Peter Partridge Episode: "Not a Pretty Site" 1988–1993 Firearms Instructor/Frank Jennings/Hayward 3 episodes 1991 Sleepers Village Policeman Episode: "On the Run" 1992 Casualty Trevor Episode: "Will You Still Love Me?" Tony Preece 2 episodes 1993 Between the Lines Bernard Gilhoolie Episode: "Honourable Men" 1994 Anna Lee Bernard Schiller 5 episodes Stages Ben's Father Episode: "Speaking in Tongues" Screen One Frank Episode: "Meat" Timothy Television film 1995 Devil's Advocate Inspector Costello Television film 1995–1996 Out of the Blue D.C. Ron Ludlow 12 episodes 1996 Cyril Pearce Episode: "Fun Times for Swingers" Hamish Macbeth Sydney Braithwaite Episode: "Radio Lochdubh" Out of This World Peter Trinder - English Teacher, Dodleston Cheshire 1984 2 episodes Staying Alive James Moorhead 2 episodes 1997 Jane Eyre Clergyman Television film Wokenwell Ted Horrocks Episode #1.1 1998 Our Mutual Friend Mr. Wilfer 3 episodes 1999 Ron Television series 2000 D.I. Harry Jenkins Television film In Defence DCI George Mercer Episode #1.1 Care Francis Chambers Television film 2001 High Stakes Andrew Weycroft Episode: "The Big Deal" Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping Short film Where the Heart Is Ted Jackson Episode: "As Time Goes By" Table 12 John Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" 2002 Holby City Bryan Lake Episode: "Fathers and Sons" Ultimate Force Bill Jackson Episode: "The Killing House" Midsomer Murders Ludlow Episode: "Murder on St. Malley's Day" Neville Television film Heartbeat Len Peters Episode: "Class Act" 2003 Chief Superintendent Len Chadwick 2 episodes 3 Blind Mice Tomlinson My Family Mr. Freeman Episode: "Return of the Prodigal Prat" Fortysomething Nobby Episode: "Episode #1.1" Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ormonde 3 episodes Charles Burnham Television film 2003–2004 Early Doors Nige 12 episodes 2004 Murphy's Law Alex Armstrong Episode: "The Group" Silent Witness Lucas Garner Episode: "Death by Water" Murder Prevention Commander Donald Wicker 6 episodes 2005 Uncle Adolf Heinrich Hoffmann Television film Dullman Uncredited Waking the Dead Donald Hunt Episode: "Undertow" 2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Charlie Williams Television film Mayo Ray Carver Episode: "Scrubbed Out" EastEnders Neil Episode: "11 September 2006" 2007 Life on Mars Frank Miller Episode #2.3 Party Animals George Morgan 8 episodes Persuasion Admiral Croft Television film Dalziel and Pascoe Charles Johnson Episode: "Demons on Our Shoulders" Frankenstein DCS Goode Television film 2008 Lark Rise to Candleford Old Amos 2 episodes 10 Days to War Juan Valdes Episode: "Why This Rush?" Hotel Babylon Martin Episode #3.8 Slapper Short film Sunshine Philip Episode #1.3 Heartbeat Bill Budge Episode: "Strike Up the Band" 2009 Boy Meets Girl Bill 4 episodes Monday Monday Roger 7 episodes 2010 Money Vince 2 episodes Pete versus Life Barry Episode: "Marriage of Convenience" New Tricks Colin Beck Episode: "Fashion Victim" Accused Alan Maxfield Episode: "Helen's Story" 2011 Silk Alan Carruthers Episode 1.4 Frederick Taylor/Taylor Reith 2 episodes 2011-2012 Case Sensitive DI Proust 4 episodes 2012 Public Enemies Ken Whiteley 3 episodes Titanic Joseph Rushton 4 episodes Hit & Miss Eddie 6 episodes Room at the Top Mr. Hoylake 2 episodes Shakespeare's Wart Director 1 Short film 2012–2013 Edmund Lovett 13 episodes 2013 Kenneth Television film 2013–2014 Martin's Dad 4 episodes 2014 Our Zoo Albert Mottershead 6 episodes 2016 I Want My Wife Back Don 5 episodes Brief Encounters Brian 6 episodes Domestic Policy Short film 2016–2017 Newspaper Editor 2 episodes 2018 Early Days Kate's Dad Short film Hamlet Polonius Television film Vanity Fair Mr. Raggles 4 episodes 2019 This Time with Alan Partridge John Baskell Episode #1.2 Charlie Edwards 6 episodes George Clements Short film 2020 Housebound Clive 2 episodes 2021 Early Doors: Live Nige Video Small World Harold Short film 2022 His Dark Materials Boatman 2 episodes 2023 The Reckoning Peter Jaconelli 2 episodes 2025 Sister Boniface Mysteries Arthur Millington Episode: "Killer Heels" 2026 Sherwood Eric Bostall