Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

Known for
Acting
Born
May 3, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Whitstable, Kent, England, UK

Biography

Peter Guinness (born 14 August 1950) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in over fifty television productions and over ten films. Guinness has also appeared onstage in an adaptation of The Pianist.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Brabantio

2024
Red Eye poster

Red Eye

TV · as Sir George Chapman · 2 eps

2023
The Boys in the Boat poster

The Boys in the Boat

Movie · as George Pocock

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League poster

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Movie · as DeSaad (voice)

2019
The Last Boy poster

The Last Boy

Movie · as Priest

2019
Official Secrets poster

Official Secrets

Movie · as TinTin

2019
Chernobyl poster

Chernobyl

TV · as Major Burov · 1 ep

2019
Catch-22 poster

Catch-22

TV · as Gen. Dreedle · 1 ep

2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler poster

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

TV · as General Malcolm · 3 eps

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Silverweed (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan poster

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

TV · as Petr Kovac · 8 eps

2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword poster

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Movie · as Baron 1

2017
Secrets of the Forbidden City poster

Secrets of the Forbidden City

Movie · as Narrator

2016
The Girlfriend Experience poster

The Girlfriend Experience

TV · as Leif · 4 eps

2015
Critical poster

Critical

TV · as Mr. Devlin · 1 ep

2013
Jo poster

Jo

TV · 1 ep

2013
Da Vinci's Demons poster

Da Vinci's Demons

TV · 1 ep

2011
Viking Apocalypse poster

Viking Apocalypse

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Zen poster

Zen

TV · as Tito Spadola · 1 ep

2011
Hidden poster

Hidden

TV · as Jason Styles · 4 eps

2010
Centurion poster

Centurion

Movie · as General Cassius

2009
Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World poster

Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Doctor Who: Dreamland poster

Doctor Who: Dreamland

TV · as Mister Dread (voice) · 5 eps

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Ari · 1 ep

2008
Ashes to Ashes poster

Ashes to Ashes

TV · as Terry Stafford · 1 ep

2007
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

Movie · as Medium Dave

2006
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

TV · as Medium Dave · 2 eps

2005
The Day That James Dean Died poster

The Day That James Dean Died

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2005
Seconds from Disaster poster

Seconds from Disaster

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2004
Secret Passage poster

Secret Passage

Movie · as Alfonso Salvador

2004
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance poster

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

Movie · as Galileo

2004
Out of time

Out of time

Movie · as Doctor

2004
Sea of Souls poster

Sea of Souls

TV · as Dr. Phillip Duncan · 3 eps

2003
Days That Shook the World poster

Days That Shook the World

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2001
Greenfingers poster

Greenfingers

Movie · as Dudley

2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

TV · as Hall Cryer · 2 eps

2001
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

TV · as Brand · 1 ep

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as Chief Executioner · 2 eps

1999
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Lord Crane

1999
Esther poster

Esther

Movie · as Admatha

1997
The Saint poster

The Saint

Movie · as Frankie's Curator

1997
Hostile Waters poster

Hostile Waters

Movie · as Vladimirov

1997
Lexx poster

Lexx

TV · as Joseph Van Helsing · 2 eps

1997
Ivanhoe poster

Ivanhoe

TV · as Montfitchit · 6 eps

1996
Rhodes poster

Rhodes

TV · as Colonel Kekewich · 1 ep

1995
Bugs poster

Bugs

TV · as Mackenzie · 1 ep

1994
Cadfael poster

Cadfael

TV · as Father Ailnoth · 1 ep

1994
Smokescreen poster

Smokescreen

TV · as Albert Gold · 5 eps

1993
Spender : The French Collection poster

Spender : The French Collection

Movie · as Detective Chief Superintendent Gillespie

1993
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Antonio

1992
Alien³ poster

Alien³

Movie · as Gregor

1992
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery poster

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Movie · as Fra Perez

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Stevie Walsh · 1 ep

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Col. Everett Bellian · 1 ep

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Antonio (voice) · 1 ep

1992
The Cloning of Joanna May poster

The Cloning of Joanna May

TV · as Philip · 2 eps

1991
Paul Merton: The Series poster

Paul Merton: The Series

TV · 2 eps

1991
Spender poster

Spender

TV · as DCS Gillespie · 21 eps

1990
The Widowmaker poster

The Widowmaker

Movie · as DS Wills

1990
Old Flames poster

Old Flames

Movie · as Parkes

1990
The Chief poster

The Chief

TV · as Det. Chief Insp. Keith Inman, Det. Supt. Keith Inman · 2 eps

1990
Chancer poster

Chancer

TV · as Corporal Piper · 3 eps

1989
The Woman in Black poster

The Woman in Black

Movie · as Stall Holder

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Mr. Starr · 1 ep

1989
Stay Lucky poster

Stay Lucky

TV · 1 ep

1989
Blackeyes poster

Blackeyes

TV · as Photographer · 2 eps

1988
American Roulette poster

American Roulette

Movie · as Policeman

1987
Rockliffe's Babies poster

Rockliffe's Babies

TV · as Bernie Morelli · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Paul Becket · 1 ep

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Wilcox · 1 ep

1983
The Keep poster

The Keep

Movie · as Wehrmacht Soldier

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1983
By the Sword Divided poster

By the Sword Divided

TV · as Dick Skinner · 14 eps

1982
Smiley's People poster

Smiley's People

TV · as Hari Krishna Monk · 1 ep

1980
Keep Smiling poster

Keep Smiling

Movie · as Police constable

1979
The Legend of King Arthur poster

The Legend of King Arthur

TV · as Girflet · 1 ep

1972
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

TV · as Nick Koop · 1 ep