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Peter Firth

Actor

Peter Firth

Acting
1976 — present · 16 films
Born
27 October 1953 · age 72
From
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

​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.

Career Signature

How Peter Firth’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

crowd-pleaser
kinetic urgency
anxious dread
bittersweet
heavy emotional

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Paul BettanyPaul Bettany28 filmsSam NeillSam Neill52 filmsCharles DanceCharles Dance36 filmsJulian GloverJulian Glover17 filmsPete PostlethwaitePete Postlethwaite25 filmsIain GlenIain Glen25 filmsRupert FriendRupert Friend18 filmsKit HaringtonKit Harington11 films

Filmography

Risen

2016

Spooks: The Greater Good

2015

The Greatest Game Ever Played

2005

Hawking

2004

Chill Factor

1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

1999

Mighty Joe Young

1998

An Awfully Big Adventure

1995

Shadowlands

1993

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Born of Fire

1987

Lifeforce

1985

Letter to Brezhnev

1985

Tess

1979

Equus

1977

Aces High

1976