Peter Firth

Actor Oct 27 (age 72) Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK 1954–2024 (70 year career)

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Biography

Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.

Known For

Film

Pearl Harbor

Mervyn Bennion

Film

The Hunt for Red October

Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)

Film

Amistad

Captain Fitzgerald

Film

The Rescuers Down Under

Red (voice)

Film

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Lord Northcliffe

Film

Risen

Pontius Pilate

Film

Mighty Joe Young

Garth

Film

Tess

Angel Clare

Filmography

Acting (98)

Movies (56)

Risen

as Pontius Pilate

Happily Ever After

as Walt

Spooks: The Greater Good

2015

as Harry Pearce

6.0

The Greatest Game Ever Played

as Lord Northcliffe

Hawking

as Sir Fred Hoyle

Me & Mrs. Jones

as Benedict

Pearl Harbor

as Mervyn Bennion

The Magicians

as Simon Magus

Chill Factor

as Col. Andrew Brynner

4.9

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

as Stefan

Mighty Joe Young

as Garth

The Garden of Redemption

1997

as Nazi Commandant

Amistad

1997

as Captain Fitzgerald

7.0

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

as Rusticello

The Witch's Daughter

as Mr. Jones

Seasick

as 1st Officer Roald Jensen

1.0

An Awfully Big Adventure

as Bunny

White Angel

as Leslie Steckler

Shadowlands

as Dr Craig

The Perfect Husband

as Franz

The Pleasure Principle

as Dick

Prisoner of Honor

as Maj. Henry

The Laughter of God

as Steve Clemant

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)

Burndown

as Jake Stern

The Incident

as Geiger

Children Crossing

as Joe

The Rescuers Down Under

1990

as Red (voice)

6.6

Trouble in Paradise

1989

as Adriaan

Tree of Hands

1989

as Terence

Prisoner of Rio

as Clive Ingram

Northanger Abbey

as Henry Tilney

Born of Fire

as Paul Bergson

A State of Emergency

as Ken Parrish

Lifeforce

as Col. Colin Caine

The Making Of Lifeforce

1985

as Self

Letter to Brezhnev

1985

as Peter

6.3

White Elephant

1984

as Peter Davidson

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1984

as Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)

5.2

The Aerodrome

1983

as Roy

7.0

Another Flip for Dominick

as Dominick Hide

Fire and Sword

as Dinas

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

as Dominick Hide

Tess

as Angel Clare

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

as Stephen Ryder

Equus

as Alan Strang

Joseph Andrews

as Joseph Andrews

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

as Dorian Gray

8.0

The Lady of the Camellias

1976

as Armand Duval

Aces High

1976

as Lt. Stephen Croft

5.9

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

1975

as Corin

7.0

Daniele and Maria

1973

as Daniele

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1973

as Arsenic

Diamonds on Wheels

1973

as Robert 'Bobby' Stewart

8.0

The Ballad of Ben Bagot

1973

as Ben Bagot

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

7.0

Television (42)

Shardlake

as Norflok

Cheat

as Michael Shadley

Victoria

as King of Hanover

Dickensian

as Jacob Marley

Undeniable

as Andrew Rawlins

Mayday

as Malcolm Spicer

World Without End

as Earl Roland

South Riding

as Anthony Snaith

Yellowstone

as Self

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Vespasian

Top Gear

as Self

Spooks

as Harry Pearce

That's Life

as Victor Leski

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Preston Blair

Total Recall 2070

The Vice

The Magnificent Seven

1998

as Federal Marshal Walter Bryce

Cracker

as Mitchell Grady

Dead Man's Gun

Holding On

The Broker's Man

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Charlie Beck

Band of Gold

as Brian Roberts

Resort to Murder

Heartbeat

as Dr. James Radcliffe

7.1

Heartbeat

1992

as Dr. James Radcliffe

7.1

Highlander: The Series

1992

as Arthur Drake, aka Drakov

Soldier Soldier

as Major Ben Collins

Murder in Eden

as Kenneth Potter

Screen Two

as Henry Tilney

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

1980

as Dominick Hide

Tales of the Unexpected

The Protectors

as Stephen Douglas

The Adventures of Black Beauty

1972

as David Abbott

5.8

Arthur of the Britons

Country Matters

as Tommy Adams

Play for Today

as Arsenic

Here Come the Double Deckers

as Scooper

The Flaxton Boys

as Archie Weekes

BBC Play of the Month

as Cis Farringdon

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Robert 'Bobby' Stewart

7.8