Peter Wight (actor)

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.

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Peter Wight
Wight in The Paradise (2012)
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

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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.^[1]

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.^[1]

His stage career includes In the Republic of Happiness at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court in 2012/13,^[2] and in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Liz White at the Old Vic Theatre in 2014.^[3] Also as Will’s father John Shakespeare in the RSC production of Hamnet at Stratford upon Avon between April and June 2023.

• 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