Peter Guinness (actor)

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.

Stage

• Alberto Sholez in Moby Dick. World premiere adapted and directed by Michael Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1984)
• Jaques in As You Like It. Directed by Marianne Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2000)
• Stage adaptation of The Pianist, (2007), Manchester International Festival
• Thomas Danforth in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Directed by Caroline Steinbeis at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2015)

Selected television work

• Smileys People (1982) TV series, episode 1.2
• The Keep, (1983), Film
• Zorro, (1990), TV series
• The Adventure of the Creeping Man, (1991 PBS TV series), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, played Wilcox
• The Cloning of Joanna May, (1992) TV mini-series
• Alien 3, (1992), Film
• Highlander: The Series (1993), TV, episode "Nowhere To Run"
• Heartbeat (1993) TV series, episode "Riders on the Storm"
• Cadfael, (1997), TV, series 3 episode 3 "The Raven in the Foregate" Film
• Ivanhoe, (1997), TV mini series, 4 episodes
• Sleepy Hollow (1999), Film
• Harbourl Lights (2001) TV series
• Lexx (2001), TV series, episodes 4.7 and 4.8, played Van Helsing
• Bleak House (2005), TV series)
• Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale (2006), TV documentary
• Hogfather (2006), TV film
• The Phantom of the Opera (2007) radio, voiced "Erik" (The Phantom), broadcast in 4 parts on BBC Radio 7 (now Radio 4extra)
• Seconds From Disaster (2007) Narrator series 3, TV documentary
• The Bill, TV Series
• Casualty, TV series
• Dreamland, (2009) TV (voice)
• Silent Witness, (2009), TV, "The Lost Child" Parts 1 & 2
• Red Cap, TV series
• Freaks, Music video
• Centurion, (2010), Film
• Hidden, (2011), TV series
• Merlin (2012) TV series, Episode 5.12 "The Diamond of the Day Part 1"
• The Bible (2013) Portrayed King Nebuchadnezzar
• Strike Back, s4 ep7 (2013)
• The Assets, s1 (2014)

He is married to Roberta Taylor, an actress and writer. In 2010 he came out in support politically for the Labour Party, after appearing in one of their election broadcasts.