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Peter Guinness (actor)

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Peter Guinness
Guinness in 2015
Born (1950-08-14) 14 August 1950 (age 74)
Whitstable, Kent, England
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present
Spouse
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(m. 1996; died 2024)​

Peter Guinness (born 14 August 1950) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.

Career

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He has appeared in over fifty television productions and more than ten films. Guinness has also appeared onstage in an adaptation of The Pianist.

Personal life

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He was married to Roberta Taylor, who was an actress and writer, until her death in July 2024.[1][2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Keep Wehrmacht Soldier
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Fra Perez
1992 Alien 3 Gregor
1997 The Saint Frankie's curator
1999 Sleepy Hollow Lord Crane
2006 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather Medium Dave Cropper
2010 Centurion General Cassius
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Baron 1
2019 Official Secrets TinTin / Scotland Yard
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League DeSaad Voice and motion capture
2023 The Boys in the Boat George Yeomans Pocock

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 Smiley's People Hari Krishna Monk Episode 1.02
1983–1985 By the Sword Divided Dick Skinner Mini-series
1989–2007 The Bill Multiple characters 10 episodes
1991 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Jenkins "The Creeping Man" (Episode 1.06)
1992 Zorro Bandit Leader "An Affair to Remember" (Episode 4.05)
The Cloning of Joanna May Phillip Mini-series
1992–1993 Spender DCS Gillespie Main role
1993 Highlander: The Series Col. Everett Bellian "Nowhere To Run" (Episode 1.21)
Heartbeat Stevie Walsh "Riders of the Storm" (Episode 3.02)
1994 Smokescreen Albert Gold Main role
1994–1998 Casualty Elliot Matthews / Paul Becket Recurring role
1996 Tales from the Crypt Mr. Starr "Horror In The Night" (Episode 7.05)
1997 Cadfael Father Ailnoth "The Raven in the Foregate" (Episode 3.03)
Ivanhoe Montfitchet Parts 3-6
2000 Arabian Nights Chief Executioner Mini-series
2000–2002 Coronation Street Ray Sykes 5 episodes
2001 Harbour Lights Vinnie "The Safe Side" (Episode 2.04)
Lexx Van Helsing Episodes 4.7, 4.8
2003–2004 Red Cap Capt. Gavin Howard Main role
2005 Bleak House Coroner Episodes 1.2, 1.7
2006 Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale Rudyard Kipling Documentary
Hogfather Medium Dave TV movie
2007 Seconds From Disaster Narrator Series 3
2008 Silent Witness Powell "The Lost Child" Parts 1 & 2
2009 Doctor Who Mister Dread (voice) "Dreamland"
2010 Ashes to Ashes Terry Stafford Episode 3.4
2011 Zen Tito Spadola Episode: "Vendetta"
Hidden Jason Styles 4 episodes
2012 Merlin Ari "The Diamond of the Day Part 1" (Episode 5.12)
2013 Jo Sabot Episode: "Place de la Concorde"
The Bible King Nebuchadnezzar Episode: "Survival"
Da Vinci's Demons Friar Tomás de Torquemada Episode: "The Tower"
Strike Back Pushkin Episode 4.07
2014 The Assets Dmitry Polyakov 2 episodes
2015 Critical Mr. Devlin Episode 1.4
2016 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Vincent Lermentov Episode: "More Yang Than Yin"
2018 Watership Down Silverweed (voice) 4 episodes
2019 Chernobyl Major Burov Episode: "Please Remain Calm"
2019 Catch-22 General Dreedle Episode 1.6
2019 Pennyworth General Malcolm 3 episodes
2020 Cursed Sir Ector 3 episodes
2021 The Girlfriend Experience Lief 4 episodes
2022 Jack Ryan Petr Kovac Main role
2024 Red Eye Sir George Chapman[3] 2 episodes

Audio-dramas

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Doctor Who: The Holy Terror Childeric[4]
2004 Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead Devlin Waugh[5]
2008 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom[6]
2008[7] Blake's 7: Point of No Return[7] Carl Varon[8]
2009 Doctor Who: The Beast of Orlok Baron Teufel[9]
2010 Dracula's Guest & Other Dark Tales Narrator[10]
2015 Alien Narrator Audiobook:

The Official Movie Novelization

2016–2017 Strangeness in Space Dr Scarifium Episodes 2 and 6: "The Five" and "Dark Meta"
2017 Doctor Who: The Star Men Rovus[11]

Other

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Freaks Bar Patron Music video

Stage

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References

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  1. ^ Tim Walker (1 May 2012). "Reunion, at Jermyn Street Theater, Seven magazine review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Roberta Taylor obituary | Television | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Red Eye on ITV: What it's about, how many episodes, who's in the cast and where you've seen them before".
  4. ^ "14. The Holy Terror". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "17. Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ "1. The Phantom of the Opera". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b Willis, Jesse (25 August 2009). "Review of Blake's 7 – Point Of No Return and Eye Of The Machine". SFFaudio. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ^ "A Rebellion Reborn". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ^ "3.3. The Beast of Orlok". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. ^ "1.02. Dracula's Guest & Other Dark Tales". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. ^ "221. The Star Men". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. ^ Wladyslaw Szpilman "The Pianist" perf. by Peter Guinness and Mikhail Rudy (Excerpt, video posted at YouTube)
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