Peter Guinness (actor)

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Peter Guinness
Peter Guinness 2015.jpg
Guinness in 2015
Born (1950-08-14) 14 August 1950 (age 71)
Whitstable, Kent, England
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present
Spouse(s)Roberta Taylor
(m. 1996)

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

Career[]

He has appeared in over fifty television productions and over ten films. Though not credited in the television section below, he appeared in a leading role in the first 'Zen' series (2011) as Tito Spadola, a former prisoner seeking revenge for false imprisonment. Guinness has also appeared onstage in an adaptation of The Pianist.

Personal life[]

He is married to Roberta Taylor,[1] an actress and writer.

Credits[]

Stage[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Keep Wehrmacht Soldier
1992 Alien 3 Gregor
1999 Sleepy Hollow Lord Crane
2010 Centurion General Cassius
2019 Official Secrets TinTin / Scotland Yard
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League DeSaad Voice and motion capture

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Smiley's People Hari Krishna Monk Episode 1.02
1983-1985 By the Sword Divided Dick Skinner Mini-series
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
1993 Highlander: The Series Col. Everett Bellian "Nowhere To Run" (Episode 1.21)
Heartbeat Stevie Walsh "Riders of the Storm" (Episode 3.02)
1994 Albert Gold
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
2001 Harbour Lights Vinnie "The Safe Side" (Episode 2.04)
Lexx Van Helsing Episodes 4.7, 4.8
2005 Bleak House Coroner Episodes 1.2, 1.7
2006 Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale Rudyard Kipling
Hogfather Medium Dave
2007 Seconds From Disaster Narrator Series 3
The Bill
Casualty
2009 Doctor Who Mister Dread (voice) "Dreamland"
Silent Witness "The Lost Child" Parts 1 & 2
Red Cap
2010 Ashes to Ashes
2011 Hidden
2012 Merlin Ari "The Diamond of the Day Part 1" (Episode 5.12)
2013 The Bible King Nebuchadnezzar
Strike Back (Episode 4.07)
2019 Chernobyl Major Burov Episode 2
2020 Cursed Sir Ector
2014 The Assets

Audio dramas[]

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Doctor Who: The Holy Terror Childeric[3]
2004 Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead Devlin Waugh[4]
2008 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom[5]
2008[6] Blake's 7: Point of No Return[6] Carl Varon[7]
2009 Doctor Who: The Beast of Orlok Baron Teufel[8]
2010 Dracula's Guest & Other Dark Tales Narrator[9]
2015 Alien 3 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[10]

Other[]

Year Title Role Notes
Freaks Music video

References[]

  1. ^ Tim Walker (1 May 2012). "Reunion, at Jermyn Street Theatre, Seven magazine review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. ^ Wladyslaw Szpilman "The Pianist" perf. by Peter Guinness and Mikhail Rudy (Excerpt, video posted at YouTube)
  3. ^ "14. The Holy Terror". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. ^ "17. Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "1. The Phantom of the Opera". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  7. ^ "A Rebellion Reborn". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ^ "3.3. The Beast of Orlok". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ^ "1.02. Dracula's Guest & Other Dark Tales". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. ^ "221. The Star Men". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

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