​Peter Firth is a British film and television actor best known for the films Tess, Equus and The Hunt for Red October, and for playing spymaster Harry Pearce in the BBC TV series Spooks and its movie spin-off Spooks: The Greater Good.

Filmography

• Shardlake — Norfolk
• Cheat — Michael Shadley
• 2016Happily Ever After — Walt
• 2016Risen — Pontius Pilate
• Victoria — Duke of Cumberland
• Dickensian — Jacob Marley
• 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Harry Pearce
• Undeniable — Andrew Rawlins
• Mayday — Malcolm Spicer
• World Without End — Earl Roland
• South Riding — Anthony Snaith
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire — Vespasian
• 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played — Lord Northcliffe
• 2004Hawking — Sir Fred Hoyle
• 2003Me & Mrs. Jones — Benedict
• Spooks — Harry Pearce
• 2001Pearl Harbor — West Virginia Captain
• That's Life — Victor Leski
• 2000The Magicians — Simon Magus
• 1999Chill Factor — Col. Andrew Brynner
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dr. Preston Blair
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil — Stefan
• The Vice — Keith Beaumont
• Total Recall 2070
• 1998Mighty Joe Young — Garth
• The Magnificent Seven — Federal Marshal Walter Bryce
• 1997Amistad — Captain Fitzgerald
• Cracker — Mitchell Grady
• Dead Man's Gun
• 1997Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon — Rusticello
• The Broker's Man — Alex 'Godzilla' Turnbull
• 1997The Garden of Redemption — Nazi Commandant
• 1996Seasick — 1st Officer Roald Jensen
• 1996The Witch's Daughter — Mr. Jones
• 1995An Awfully Big Adventure — Bunny
• Band of Gold — Brian Roberts
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Charlie Beck
• Resort to Murder — Peter Dennigan
• 1994White Angel — Leslie Steckler
• 1993Shadowlands — Dr Craig
• 1993The Perfect Husband — Franz
• Heartbeat — Dr. James Radcliffe
• Highlander: The Series — Arthur Drake, aka Drakov
• 1992The Pleasure Principle — Dick
• Murder in Eden — Kenneth Potter
• 1991Prisoner of Honor — Maj. Henry
• Soldier Soldier — Major Ben Collins
• 1991The Laughter of God — Steve Clemant
• 1990Blood Royal: William the Conqueror — William Rufus
• 1990Burndown — Jake Stern
• 1990Children Crossing — Joe
• 1990The Hunt for Red October — Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
• 1990The Incident — Geiger
• 1990The Rescuers Down Under — Red (voice)
• 1989Tree of Hands — Terence
• 1989Trouble in Paradise — Adriaan
• 1988Prisoner of Rio — Clive Ingram
• 1987Born of Fire — Paul Bergson
• 1987Northanger Abbey — Henry Tilney
• Tickets for the Titanic — Michael
• 1986A State of Emergency — Ken Parrish
• 1985Letter to Brezhnev — Peter
• 1985Lifeforce — Col. Colin Caine
• Screen Two — Henry Tilney, Joe, Steve Clemant
• 1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Sir Gaiwan (uncredited voice)
• 1984White Elephant — Peter Davidson
• 1983The Aerodrome — Roy
• 1982Another Flip for Dominick — Dominick Hide
• 1982Fire and Sword — Dinas
• 1980The Flipside of Dominick Hide — Dominick Hide
• The Flipside of Dominick Hide — Dominick Hide
• Tales of the Unexpected
• 1979Tess — Angel Clare
• 1979When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? — Stephen Ryder
• 1977Equus — Alan Strang
• 1977Joseph Andrews — Joseph Andrews
• 1976Aces High — Lt. Stephen Croft
• 1976The Lady of the Camellias — Armand Duval
• 1976The Picture of Dorian Gray — Dorian Gray
• 1975King Arthur, the Young Warlord — Corin
• 1973Daniele and Maria — Daniele
• 1973Diamonds on Wheels — Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
• 1973Her Majesty's Pleasure — Arsenic
• 1973The Ballad of Ben Bagot — Ben Bagot
• Arthur of the Britons
• 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon
• Country Matters — Tommy Adams, Roger Blackburn
• Home and Away — Fred
• The Adventures of Black Beauty — David Abbott
• The Protectors — Stephen Douglas
• 1972The Sullens Sisters — Tommy Adams
• Owen, M.D. — David Redman
• Here Come the Double Deckers — Scooper
• Play for Today — Arsenic, Dominick Hide
• The Flaxton Boys — Archie Weekes
• BBC Play of the Month — Cis Farringdon, Dorian Gray
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
• The Simple Life — Roger Blackburn

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Yellowstone — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• 1985The Making Of Lifeforce — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee