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Peter Wight
Known for: ActingPeter 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.
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Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Gardiner 
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Grandpa Smurl 
Hot Fuzz
as Roy Porter 
Atonement
as Police Inspector 
Babel
as Tom 
Titanic
as Joseph Rushton 
The Program
as Sunday Times Editor 
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler 
A Confession
as Charlie Edwards 
Mr. Turner
as Joseph Gillot 
Naked
as Brian 
Trespass Against Us
as Dog Owner 
Another Year
as Ken 
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Laird Of Glendarick 
Party Animals
as George Morgan 
Hit & Miss
as Eddie 
Early Doors
as Nige 
Our Zoo
as Albert Mottershead 
Anna Lee
as Bernie Schiller 
Kon-Tiki
as Spinden 
Case Sensitive
as Robbie Proust 
The Sense of an Ending
as Colin Simpson 
The Reckoning
as Peter Jaconelli 
Vera Drake
as Det. Inspector Webster 
Cyrano
as Ragueneau 
Room at the Top
as Mr. Hoylake 
FairyTale: A True Story
as Newspaper Editor 
Boy Meets Girl
as Bill 
Flood
as Johnson 
The Look of Love
as Police Inspector 
Brief Encounters
as Brian 
Womb
as Ralph 
The Gathering
as Dave Elford 
Persuasion
as Admiral Croft 
The Statement
as Inspector Cholet 
Scanners III: The Takeover
as Mark Dragon 
Money
as Vince People 
Another Mother's Son
as Rene 
Jane Eyre
as Clergyman 
Ethel & Ernest
as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) 
Heidi
as Pastor 
Lucky Break
as George Barratt 
Uncle Vanya
as Telegin 
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Mike Bell 
Cass
as Cecil 
The Bitch
as Ricky 
Meantime
as Estate Manager 
Only You
as Andrew 
Shiner
as Det. Insp. Grant 
Three Blind Mice
as Tomlinson 
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Charlie Williams 
Best Laid Plans
as Roger 
The Brides in the Bath
as Charles Burnham