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Alistair Petrie (born 30 September 1970) is a British actor. He has starred in The Bank Job (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012), Rush (2013) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Petrie has also starred in the Channel 4 television series Utopia, the BBC One television series' The Night Manager, Sherlock, and Undercover and as Mr. Groff in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Sex Education.

Alistair Petrie
Born	(1970-09-30) 30 September 1970 (age 51) Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Lucy Scott
Children	3

Early life

Petrie was born 30 September 1970[1] in Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire.[2] He was brought up in the Middle East, mainland Europe and East Africa. His father was an RAF fighter pilot.

He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

Theatre

Petrie spent his early career in theatre around the country before joining the RSC where productions included Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida and Henrik Ibsen's Brand opposite Ralph Fiennes. In 2005, he joined the National Theatre, where he stayed for 28 months performing in His Dark Materials, Shakespeare's Henry IV alongside Sir Michael Gambon and David Edgar's Playing With Fire. Other theatre work includes The Earl of Wessex in the 2015 West End Production of Shakespeare in Love. In 2008, Petrie played the lead role of Man in Mine, Shared Experience at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.[3]

Screen

In 1996, Petrie appeared as Robert Martin in Emma. He featured in the BBC production of The Forsyte Saga as George Forsyte in 2002-2003, and he played a brief role in the music video for "Bellissimo" by Ilya directed by the Guard Brothers in 2004. In 2007 he appeared in Marc Munden's The Mark of Cain, The Whistleblowers and Cranford.

In 2009 he played Heaton in the film The Duchess, and in 2010 played Billing in the horror film Devil's Playground. Petrie appeared as Philip Lisle in The Bank Job, as Felix Finch in the 2012 film Cloud Atlas, as [4] Stirling Moss in Rush, and as General Davits Draven in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[5][4]

Also in television, Petrie has portrayed Geoff in Channel 4's Utopia, Alexander "Sandy" Langbourne in The Night Manager, and Robert Greenlaw in BBC1's Undercover. He played the role of Major James Sholto in the second episode of Season 3 of the BBC TV series Sherlock, which aired on 5 January 2014.[6] In 2018, he played Dr. Stephen Stanley in The Terror (based on the novel of the same name), a supernatural horror series about Franklin's lost expedition. In 2019, Petrie began playing Mr. Groff in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Sex Education.[4]

Personal life

Petrie is married to actress Lucy Scott,[7] with whom he has three sons.[8]

Petrie is an Ambassador for Borne, a medical research charity looking to identify the causes of premature birth.[9][10] In 2007, he and his wife swam the English Channel to fundraise for the charity, becoming the first married couple to complete the crossing.[11][12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Mrs Dalloway	Herbert
2005	Man to Man	Beckinsale
2007	The Mark of Cain	Major Rod Gilchrist
2008	The Bank Job	Philip Lisle
	The Duchess	Heaton
	A Bunch of Amateurs	Rupert Twist
2010	Devil's Playground	Andy Billing
2012	Metamorphosis	The Supervisor
	Cloud Atlas	Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 1 Musician Felix Finch Lascivious Businessman
	Ashes	Dr. Burrows
2013	Rush	Stirling Moss
	Vendetta	DCI Spencer Holland
2014	The Face of an Angel	Steve
	A Little Chaos	De Ville
2015	Kicking Off	Anthony Greaves
	Victor Frankenstein	Chief Inspector
	Silent Hours	Lieutenant Charles Carter
2016	God's Kingdom	Alexander	Short film
	Rogue One	General Draven
2017	Hampstead	Steve Crowley
2019	Hellboy	Lord Adam Glaren
	A Battle in Waterloo	Kildare	Short film
2020	Sulphur and White	Jeff
2021	The Cursed	Seamus Laurent

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Demob	Hodges	Episode: "Episode 1", "Episode 5"
	Scarlet and Black	Hussar	Miniseries, Episode: "Episode three"
1994	All Quiet on the Preston Front	Big Matt	Episode: "Diesel's Garage"
1996	Emma	Robert Martin	TV movie
1998	Game On	Charles	Episode: "Wedding Day"
	Jonathan Creek	Duncan Proctor	Episodes: "The Problem at Gallows Gate: Part 1", "The Problem at Gallows Gate: Part 2"
1999	My Wonderful Life	Ollie	Episode: "Chinese Walls"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Young James Westropp	Episode: "Recalled to Life"
2000	The Stretch	Jonathon Nichols	Miniseries
	Second Sight	Neil	Episode: "Parasomnia"
2002, 2011	Holby City	Mark Noble Colonel John Appleton	Episode: "Second Chances" Episode: "No Credit, No Blame"
2002–2003	The Forsyte Saga	George Forsyte	Miniseries
2002	Celeb	Photographer	Episode: "The Guest"
2003	State of Mind	Nick Grainger	Miniseries
2006	Perfect Disaster	Doug	Series documentary, Episode: "Mega Flood"
2007	The Whistleblowers	Christopher Rowe	Episode: "No Child Left Behind"
	Cranford	Major Gordon	Episode: "August 1842", "May 1843"
2008	Mutual Friends	Carl Cato	4 episodes
2009	Gracie!	Basil Dean	TV movie
2010	The Taking of Prince Harry	Jack Pastor
2011	Midsomer Murders	Clifford Bunting	Episode: "Not in My Back Yard"
	Strike Back	Kenneth Bratton	Episodes: "Project Dawn #3", "Project Dawn #4"
	Death in Paradise	Gordon Foster	Episode #1.5
2012	Whitechapel	Dr. Simon Mortlake	Episode #3.5 Episode #3.6
2013	The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane	Dr. Casement	TV movie
	The Escape Artist	Julian Fowkes	Miniseries Episode: "Part 1"
	Lucan	Jimmy Goldsmith	TV movie
2013–2014	Utopia	Geoff	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2014	Sherlock	Major James Sholto	Episode: "The Sign of Three"
	Vera	Stuart Bayliss	Episode: "On Harbour Street"
	The Game	Andrew	Miniseries Episode Four
2016	The Night Manager	Lord Sandy Langbourne	Miniseries
	Undercover	Robert Greenlaw
	New Blood	Charles Matherson	Episode #1.4 Episode #1.5
	Harley and the Davidsons	Edsel Ford	Episode: "Legacy"
2017	Year of the Rabbit	Mr. Larkham	Miniseries
2018	The Terror	Dr. Stephen Samuel Stanley	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2018–present	Deep State	George White	Main role
2019–present	Sex Education	Mr. Groff	Series regular
2020	Agatha and the Midnight Murders	Sir Malcolm Campbell	TV movie
2022	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Rev Richard Jones	Series regular
Upcoming	The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies[13]	Dr Robert Chance	Series lead

References

External links

• Alistair Petrie at IMDb
• Roxane Vacca Management - Alistair Petrie Profile

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Alistair Petrie (n. 30 de septiembre de 1970) es un actor británico. Es conocido por su papel como Michael Groff en la serie de Netflix Sex Education.

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Алистер Петри (англ. Alistair Petrie; род. 30 сентября 1970 года[2], Каттерик, Северный Йоркшир, Англия) — британский актёр , сыграл в фильмах «Гонка», «Облачный атлас», «Герцогиня» и в сериалах «Шерлок», «Утопия», «Ночной администратор».

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