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Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977), earning both a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the role.

Peter Firth
Firth at the 2009 BAFTA Awards ceremony, with fellow Spooks cast member, Miranda Raison
Born	Peter Macintosh Firth (1953-10-27) 27 October 1953 (age 69) Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–present
Spouse	Alexandra Pigg
Children	4

Early life, family and education

Firth was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of publicans Mavis (née Hudson) and Eric Macintosh Firth.[1] He attended Hanson School in Bradford.[2]

Early career

Child actor

Firth was a leading child actor by the middle of 1969, having starred in the first series of The Flaxton Boys as Archie Weekes and then the following year in the series Here Come the Double Deckers, both of which featured child actors in the leading roles. Firth played Scooper, the leader of the gang. In 1972 he also starred in the ITV (London Weekend Television) series The Adventures of Black Beauty, episode "The Runaway", playing David Abbott.

In July 1973, Firth appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre,[3] starring in the stage version of Peter Shaffer's play Equus as a teenager being treated by a psychiatrist, and in October 1974 repeated the role in the Broadway production, receiving a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Alan Strang.

Firth starred in an episode of The Protectors, titled “Implicado”, first screened in November 1973. He played Stephen Douglas, an innocent young man, alongside Patrick Mower as a drug-dealer.

Next stage of career

Firth's first major role as an adult was the title part in a BBC Television Play of the Month adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976). The script was based on a stage adaptation by John Osborne, and also starred Jeremy Brett and John Gielgud. That same year saw the release of the World War I film Aces High which featured Firth as the inexperienced RFC pilot Lt. Stephen Croft.

Firth played the lead role in the film adaptation of Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews (1977). That same year he starred with Richard Burton in the film adaptation of Equus. The film was only a moderate box-office success, but earned Firth a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award in the same category. Further film work quickly followed, most notably Roman Polanski's Tess (1979).

Film

Other film work has included roles in Diamonds on Wheels (1973); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Lifeforce (1985); Letter to Brezhnev (1985); Northanger Abbey (1987), playing Henry Tilney; The Hunt for Red October (1990) playing the Soviet political officer Ivan Putin murdered early in the film; White Angel (1993), playing mild-mannered dentist Leslie Steckler; Amistad (1997) playing the strongly anti-slavery Captain Fitzgerald of the Royal Navy; Mighty Joe Young (1998); Pearl Harbor (2001); and The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), playing Lord Northcliffe.

Television

Along with his film career, Firth has continued to appear in various television productions, with several notable credits in various high-profile dramas. He starred in two science-fiction episodes of the BBC's Play for Today anthology series as the eponymous time-traveller in the romantic The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), and its sequel, Another Flip for Dominick (1982). Firth also had a starring role in Tales Of The Unexpected in 1981. In 1994, in the Fourth Series of Heartbeat, he played Dr. Radcliffe who partnered with Dr. Rowan (Niamh Cusack) in Whitby. He also portrayed the Emperor Vespasian in "The Jewish Revolt" episode of the BBC series Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire.

For many years he had played a primary role as senior MI5 officer Harry Pearce in the BBC's popular spy drama series Spooks (2002–2011), and played Fred Hoyle in Hawking, a BBC dramatisation of the early career of Stephen Hawking. He was also Snaith in the three-part series South Riding in 2011. Firth has also appeared on American and Canadian television, on programmes such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Total Recall 2070, as well as in television films such as The Incident starring Walter Matthau.

In 2014, Firth played the part of the character Andrew Rawlins in Undeniable, a two-part series made for the ITV network. In 2015 he played Jacob Marley in four episodes of the BBC television series Dickensian.

In 2016, he played the part of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover in ITV's drama series Victoria. In 2018, he played Milos Borisovich, a Belarusian drug lord.

Audiobooks

Firth is also a narrator of audiobooks. He has been responsible for performances reading Pat Barker's Regeneration, The Ghost Road and The Eye in the Door, Suspicion by Robert McCrum, Maurice by E. M. Forster, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Honours and awards

On 17 July 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bradford as a Doctor of Letters for his services to acting, having been nominated by the School of Computing, Informatics & Media; he received his award during the school's degree ceremony.[4]

Personal life

Firth lodged with Peter Shaffer throughout the Broadway run of Equus, in a father-son relationship.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Brother Sun, Sister Moon
	Daniel and Maria
1975	King Arthur, the Young Warlord	Corin
1976	Aces High	Lt Stephen Croft
1977	Joseph Andrews	Joseph Andrews
	Equus	Alan Strang	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1979	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?	Stephen Ryder
	Tess	Angel Clare
1981	Fire and Sword	Dinas	Original title: "Feuer und Schwert - Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde"
1984	Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Sir Gawain	Voice: uncredited
	White Elephant	Peter Davidson
1985	Lifeforce	Col Colin Caine
	Letter to Brezhnev	Peter
1986	A State of Emergency	Kenneth Parrish
1987	Born of Fire	Paul Bergson	Science Fiction
1988	Prisoner of Rio	Clive Ingram
1989	Tree of Hands	Terence
	Trouble in Paradise	Adriaan
1990	The Hunt for Red October	Senior Lieutenant Ivan Putin
	Burndown	Jake Stern
	The Rescuers Down Under	Red	Voice
1992	The Pleasure Principle	Dick
1993	El marido perfecto	Franz
	Shadowlands	Dr Craig
1994	White Angel	Leslie Steckler
1995	An Awfully Big Adventure	Bunny
1996	Merisairas	1st Officer Ronald Jensen
1997	Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter	Rusticello
	Gaston's War	Major Smith
	Amistad	Captain Fitzgerald
1998	Woundings	Louise's Attacker
	Mighty Joe Young	Garth
1999	Chill Factor	Colonel Andrew Brynner
2001	Pearl Harbor	Capt. Mervyn Bennion
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Lord Northcliffe
2010	World Without End	Sir Roland
2015	Spooks: The Greater Good	Harry Pearce
2016	Risen	Pontius Pilate
	Happily Ever After	Walt

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	How We Used to Live	Urchin	Episode: "At the Seaside"
	The Flaxton Boys	Archie Weeks	13 episodes
1970-1971	Here Come the Double Deckers	Scooper	17 episodes
	The Doctors	Charlie Higson	7 episodes
1972	The Magistrate	Cis Farringdon	BBC Play of the Month
	The Adventures of Black Beauty	David Abbott	Episode: "Runaway"
1972-1973	Country Matters	Roger Blackburn/Tommy Adams	2 episodes
1973	Owen, M.D.	David Redman	Episode: "The Love Game"
	Scene	Ben Bagot	Episode: "The Ballad of Ben Bagot"
	The Protectors	Stephen Douglas	Episode: "Implicado"
	Her Majesty's Pleasure	Arsenic	BBC1 Play for Today
	Arthur of the Britons	Corin	Episode: "The Pupil"
	Diamonds on Wheels	Robert 'Bobby' Stewart	TV film - Disney
1976	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dorian Gray	BBC Play of the Month
	The Lady of the Camellias	Armand Duval	2 episodes
1980	Tales of the Unexpected	Hardy	Episode: "The Man at the Top"
	The Flipside of Dominick Hide	Dominick Hide	BBC1 Play for Today
1982	Another Flip for Dominick	Dominick Hide	BBC1 Play for Today
1983	The Aerodrome	Roy	TV film
1987	Tickets for the Titanic	Michael	Episode: "The Way, the Truth, the Video"
	Northanger Abbey	Henry Tilney	BBC Screen Two
1990	The Incident	Geiger	TV film
	Children Crossing	Joe	BBC Screen Two
	Blood Royal: William the Conqueror	William Rufus	TV film
	The Incident	Geiger	TV film
	Murder in Eden	Kenneth Potter	BBC mini series
1991	The Laughter of God	Steve Clemant	BBC Screen Two
	Prisoner of Honor	Maj Henry
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Stefan	Episode: "Istanbul, September 1918"
1994	Anna Lee	Peter Wainwright	Episode: "Stalker"
	Highlander: The Series	Arthur Drake, aka Drakov	Episode: "Warmonger"
	Heartbeat	Dr. James Radcliffe	7 episodes
1995	Resort to Murder	Peter Dennigan	TV mini series
	Soldier Soldier	Major Ben Collins	Episode: "Leaving"
1996	The Witch's Daughter	Mr Jones	TV film
	Band of Gold	Brian Roberts	4 episodes
	And the Beat Goes On	Francis	4 episodes
1997	Holding On	Mick	TV mini series
	The Broker's Man	Alex 'Godzilla' Turnbull	4 episodes
	Kavanagh QC	Charlie Beck	Episode: "Ancient History"
	The Garden of Redemption	Nazi Commandant	TV film
1998	Dead Man's Gun	Det. Insp. Archibald McCann	Episode: "The Ripper"
1999	The Magnificent Seven	Federal Marshal Walter Bryce	Episode: "The New Law"
	Cracker	Mitchell Grady	Episode: "Best Boys"
	Total Recall 2070	Vincent Nagle	3 episodes
2000	The Magicians	Simon Magus	TV film
2000-2001	That's Life	Victor Leski	20 episodes
2002	Me & Mrs Jones	Benedict	TV film
	The Vice	Keith Beaumont	Episode: "No Man's Land"
2002–2011	Spooks	Harry Pearce
2004	Hawking	Sir Fred Hoyle	TV film
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Preston Blair	Episode: "Identity"
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Vespasian	TV mini series documentary
	The Battle for Rome	Vespasian	TV mini series
2011	South Riding	Anthony Snaith	TV mini series
2012	World Without End	Sir Roland
2013	Mayday	Malcolm Spicer
2014	Undeniable	Andrew Rawlins
	Lives of the Infamous Comedy Blaps	Narrator	TV mini series
2015	Spooks: The Greater Good	Harry Pearce
2015–2016	Dickensian	Jacob Marley
2016	Victoria	Duke of Cumberland
2018	Strike Back	Milos Borisovich	TV series
2019	Cheat	Michael	TV series
	Summer of Rockets	Tezler	TV series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Star Wars: Force Commander	Capt. Beri Tulon	Real-time strategy video game

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Author	Un-/Abridged	Notes
1996	After Hannibal	Barry Unsworth	Unabridged
1997	Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	Unabridged
1997	Suspicion	Robert McCrum	Unabridged
2005	Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Thomas Hardy	Abridged	2 hrs and 49 mins
2008	Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Thomas Hardy	Unabridged	14 hrs and 42 mins
2009	Witness	Nick Warburton	Unabridged	One of four narrators
2010	Maurice	E. M. Forster	Unabridged
2011	Birdsong	Sebastian Faulks	Unabridged
2015	Amok: An Audible Original Drama	Sebastian Fitzek	Unabridged	One of six narrators
2019	Regeneration	Pat Barker	Unabridged	Regeneration Trilogy - Book 1
2019	The Eye in the Door	Pat Barker	Unabridged	Regeneration Trilogy - Book 2
2019	The Ghost Road	Pat Barker	Unabridged	Regeneration Trilogy - Book 3

References

External links

• Peter Firth at AllMovie
• Peter Firth at the Internet Broadway Database
• Peter Firth at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Peter Firth

Peter Firth (* 27. Oktober 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Vereinigtes Königreich) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Peter Firth

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[es] Peter Firth

Peter Macintosh Firth (Bradford, Yorkshire; 27 de octubre de 1953) es un actor británico. Es más conocido por una variedad de papeles en el cine y la televisión entre 1970 y 2000. Uno de sus papeles más destacados es el de Harry Pearce en la serie dramática de espías Spooks.

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[ru] Ферт, Питер

Пи́тер Ферт (англ. Peter Firth; род. 27 октября 1953 (1953-10-27), Брадфорд, Уэст-Йоркшир, Англия, Великобритания) — английский актёр.

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