Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Nacimiento : 1953-10-27, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

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​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.

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Peter Firth

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Happily Ever After
Walt
When Heather and Sarah Ann were growing up they told each other every secret. But Heather left their small town on the last day of high school vowing never to return. Forced to come back when her father becomes ill, the young documentary filmmaker is pressured into filming Sarah Ann's wedding video. Heather is convinced that the edgy filmmaker and bubbly pink-wearing bride have nothing in common, but as the big day approaches she finds that no one is quite what they seem – especially the old friend she thought she knew better than anyone.
Resucitado
Pontius Pilate
En Jerusalén, un joven centurión romano recibe, por parte de Poncio Pilato, prefecto de Judea, la misión de investigar la misteriosa desaparición del cuerpo de un predicador nazareno crucificado hace tres días, y los crecientes rumores sobre su resurrección.
Doble identidad: Jaque al MI5
Harry Pearce
Un antiguo agente del MI5 (Harington) tiene que investigar la misteriosa desaparición de un terrorista durante una operación aparentemente rutinaria, y lo que seguro que no esperaba es que estuviera relacionada con un complot que amenaza con poner patas arriba la ciudad de Londres.
Juego de honor
Lord Northcliffe
El joven jugador amateur Francis Quimet tiene un talento innato para el golf y un gran sueño: llegar a competir con los mejores jugadores del mundo en un gran torneo. Para un chico de clase humilde, esto es prácticamente imposible. Pero, a fuerza de voluntad, coraje y talento, Quimet intentará vencer todas las barreras para convertirse en campeón del Open de Estados Unidos...
Hawking
Sir Fred Hoyle
Es 1963, y el joven científico Stephen Hawking celebra su vigésimo primer cumpleaños. Durante la fiesta ha conocido a una chica llamada Jane Wilde y la ha fascinado con su charla sobre estrellas y universos. Pero cuando quieren irse, algo sucede: Stephen es incapaz de levantarse. Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock, "War Horse") interpreta al cosmólogo cuando era un brillante y prometedor estudiante de Cambridge al que se le diagnosticó una debilidad en sus neuronas motoras que le dejaban sólo dos años de vida. Contra todo pronóstico, Hawking no sólo consigió el éxito internacional... sino además seguir con vida.
Me and Mrs. Jones
Benedict
Tabloid journalist Liam Marple, sets about to dig up dirt on Laura Bowden, the new British Prime Minister. Posing as a political fundraiser, Liam gains entrance into Number 10 Downing, where he promptly wins the confidence of the idealistic PM.
Pearl Harbor
Mervyn Bennion
Rafe y Danny crecieron juntos en una zona rural estadounidense y su amistad se ha prolongado a lo largo de los años hasta las filas del ejercito del aire, donde los dos son pilotos de combate. Rafe encontró en Evelyn, una valiente enfermera, al amor de su vida, pero pronto es llamado a servir en la fuerza aérea británica para combatir a los nazis como representante del ejército estadounidense. Mientras tanto, Danny y Evelyn son enviados a la base aérea de Pearl Harbor en Hawai. Una vez allí, ambos se enamoran mientras Rafe es derribado en combate. Para sorpresa de ambos, Rafe sobrevive y regresa a Pearl Harbor pero todo se complica cuando se produce un mortal bombardeo por parte del ejercito japonés.
The Magicians
Simon Magus
A magician searches for his successor to fight evil.
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Stefan
In the seventeenth film in the series, in 1918, a top-secret mission for French Intelligence brings Indy to Istanbul. Exploring the city's dark and dangerous streets, he is thrust into a web of betrayal and murder when he discovers a vile Turkish plot to assassinate French espionage agents. Evil of a more enduring kind awaits him in Transylvania, where he engages in mortal combat with bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler and his horrific army of the living dead. With his very life at stake, Indy must garner all his strength and wits in order to defeat the fiend and save mankind.
Chill Factor
Col. Andrew Brynner
La tranquilidad de un minúsculo atolón del Pacífico Sur se rompe cuando una operación secreta de investigación científico-militar, conocida como Elvis, fracasa. El balance del accidente son 18 militares fallecidos. Sólo hay dos supervivientes: Richard Long, el científico responsable de la fórmula, y Andrew Brynner, el comandante al mando de la fallida operación. Los intereses de ambos hombres tras el accidente ambos son muy diferentes: el doctor quiere proteger al mundo de una fórmula de la que no se siente nada orgulloso mientras que el militar sólo desea venganza. Diez años más tarde, cuando parecía que todo estaba olvidado, otros dos hombres van a tener que enfrentarse a Elvis en Montana.
Mi gran amigo Joe
Garth
En las montañas de África Central, unos cazadores furtivos atacan a un grupo de gorilas y, a pesar de la llegada de un grupo de preservacionistas para luchar contra ellos, no pueden evitar que un gorila y la madre de otro mueran. En la reyerta un enorme gorila ataca al jefe de los cazadores y le arranca dos dedos. Años más tarde, el gran gorila ha crecido y es protegido por Jill, una ecologista. Se ha convertido en una leyenda, pero cuando los furtivos descubren que es real intentarán cazarlo, por lo que el director de una reserva de vida salvaje de California convence a Jill para trasladar al gran gorila Joe allí.
Amistad
Captain Fitzgerald
Una noche del verano de 1839, cincuenta y tres esclavos negros que viajaban a bordo del navío “La Amistad” se amotinaron y tomaron el control del barco frente a las costas de Cuba. Fracasado su intento de regresar a África, fueron detenidos por tropas americanas y se encontraron en un país extraño y a merced de un sistema judicial que les era ajeno.
The Garden of Redemption
Nazi Commandant
A priest struggles with his religious beliefs as he sees his countrymen murdered in Nazi occupied Italy and as he becomes attracted to a woman operating in the resistance.
Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon
Rusticello
In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.
Seasick
1st Officer Roald Jensen
Eco-terrorists attack a ship carrying toxic waste.
The Witch's Daughter
While visiting the island of Skua, reliable Tim (Richard Claxton) and his blind sister Janey are joined by a waif-like "witch" named Perdita (Sammy Glenn) in an effort to foil a gang of jewel thieves. Patrick Bergin and Peter Firth costar in this fun-filled family adventure.
Una insólita aventura
Bunny
Recrea la vida de un grupo de actores de teatro que viven en Liverpool, recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El director de la compañía es Meredith Potter, un hombre tenaz con su trabajo, que exige el máximo de unos actores que dirige con auténtica mano de hierro. Un día aparece una joven ingenua e impresionable, que huye de su monótona vida familiar, solicitando el trabajo de ayudante del director en escena. Es admitida, con lo que se ve atrapada en las intrigas de la compañía de teatro. Stella llama la atención de sus compañeros con sus comentarios llenos de inocencia sobre el amor y el sexo. Con la nueva producción teatral aparece un nuevo personaje, P.L. O'Hara, un ser atractivo y avasallador que concita en torno a él la codicia, la rivalidad y los celos. Stella quedará atrapada en esta red, ya que O'Hara se enamora de ella.
White Angel
Leslie Steckler
Ellen Carter's career is on the rocks. She hasn't written a worthy novel since her husband went missing and she was suspected by the police of murdering him. To top it all off, she has reason to believe that her new tenant Leslie Steckler is the serial killer responsible for a number of deaths in the region. But what she doesn't know is that, in the meantime, Steckler has discovered a little secret about her...
Tierras de penumbra
Dr Craig
C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) es profesor de Literatura en Oxford y un escritor de gran reputación, pues entre sus obras se encuentra la saga de "Las crónicas de Narnia". Sin embargo, es soltero y vive con su hermano de forma casi monacal, totalmente desconectado de la realidad y encerrado en el mundo de la enseñanza y de los libros. Un día, empero, irrumpe en su vida Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), una poetisa estadounidense divorciada y gran admiradora suya, que está de viaje por Inglaterra con su hijo (Joseph Mazzello) y desea fervientemente conocerlo en persona.
El marido perfecto
Franz
Praga, 1900. Milan es un hombre soltero, conquistador. Toca el piano y canta aceptablemente. Mantiene una agradable amistad con Franz, director del Balneario de Karlovy Vary, donde Milan pasa temporadas descansando. Franz está casado con una bella mujer llamada Teresa. Milan asedia la fortaleza de Teresa. Diez años después, Milan y Franz se encuentran de nuevo y los recuerdos se apoderan de ellos. Milan se conmociona al enterarse de que Teresa ha muerto. Tuvieron una niña a la que Milan ama desde ese momento como una hija, pero la niña padece una grave enfermedad. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Pleasure Principle
Dick
Part relationship drama and part sex comedy follows a middle-aged man who loves women and sex and can't stop cheating. He gets a divorce from his angry wife, but then cheats on his lovers. However, one of them decides to get even.
The Laughter of God
Amanda Donohoe and Peter Firth star in Tony Bicât’s unnerving thriller about a poisoned marriage in which both people are locked in passionate affairs and fantasizing about murder
Prisoner of Honor
Maj. Henry
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894.
Los rescatadores en Cangurolandia
Red (voice)
Esta vez, nuestros ratoncitos agentes secretos se encuentran en el corazón de la indomable selva australiana cuando tienen que acudir en ayuda de Cody, un jovencito que lucha por salvar un águila de un despiadado cazador furtivo.
Burndown
Jake Stern
The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. A sheriff and reporter start to investigate ...
Children Crossing
Joe
Is Joe really having an affair - or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance - an emotional journey which keeps you guessing to the bitter end.
The Incident
Geiger
Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes) dies while at "Camp Bremen" in the fictitious town of Bremen, Colorado.
La caza del Octubre Rojo
Ivan Putin
Un submarino nuclear, bajo el mando de un prestigioso general de la Unión soviética, se interna en el Océano Atlántico con rumbo a los Estados Unidos. La CIA, que ignora si pretende atacarles o desertar de su país, encarga al agente Jack Ryan que se ponga en contacto con él para saber sus verdaderas intenciones. Entretenida cinta de suspense y acción. Fue la primera entrega de una saga sobre las aventuras de Jack Ryan, el brillante analista y agente de la inteligencia americana creado por Tom Clancy.
Trouble in Paradise
Adriaan
In the harbor of Rotterdam, an action group called "Redpeace" discovers illegal weapon transports. Those are executed by shipping-trade Kusters Shipping Company. The discovery is annoying for Ann Kusters, the wife of Erik Kusters. She functions as a translator with the European parliament. It gets even worse when Ann is discovered and photographed while she's having an intimate rendez-vous with a french politician, whose investigating the illegal weapon transports. Short after, the man is found dead...
Tree of Hands
Terence
A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.
Prisoner of Rio
Clive Ingram
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
Born of Fire
Paul Bergson
For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.
A State of Emergency
This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.
Northanger Abbey
Henry Tilney
Los Allen, un matrimonio sin hijos, invitan a Catherine Morland, hija de unos amigos, a que viaje con ellos a Bath, Inglaterra. Catherine y la Sra. Allen pasan el tiempo comprando y paseando para que las vean pues no conocen a nadie ahí.
Letter to Brezhnev
Peter
The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.
Lifeforce, fuerza vital
Col. Colin Caine
Astronautas ingleses y norteamericanos viajan a bordo de la nave espacial "Churchill", en misión científica para estudiar el cometa Halley, que se acerca a la Tierra. Antes de llegar a su destino, encuentran una nave extraterrestre que viaja en la cola del cometa. La nave atrae la curiosidad de los astronautas quienes, al mando del comandante de la misión, se lanzan a su investigación. En el interior hallan tres recipientes de cristal, cada uno de los cuales contiene a un ser de aspecto humano y saludable. Esto desencadenará un alucinante caos en Londres.
White Elephant
Peter Davidson
This film was made entirely in Ghana and consists of documentary scenes and a fictitious story about a British engineer who wants to import microchips to Africa. But the reaction of the blacks to his plans to build a fully automatic plastic furniture factory surprises him. His faith in technocracy stands opposed to what they know about the environment. When the conflict has reached its climax, a spell is cast upon him... finally, he gives up... but his attitude toward Africa has changed for the better.
The Aerodrome
Roy
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
Another Flip for Dominick
Dominick Hide
Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the lover he left in 1980, or their son. Then his boss gives him a new mission: to find out what has become of one of Dominick's students, Pyrus Bonnington, who has gone missing in 1982.
Fuego y Espada
Dinas
Tras resultar herido en el campo de batalla en Irlanda, el joven caballero Tristán es cuidado por la bella Isolda. Ambos se enamoran, pero ella guarda un secreto.
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Dominick Hide
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future
Tess
Angel Clare
En Inglaterra, a finales del siglo XIX, la humilde familia Durbeyfield descubre que en realidad desciende del ilustre clan de los d'Urberville. La hermosa y joven hija Durbeyfield, Tess, es enviada a la cercana mansión de los d'Urberville para retomar la relación con sus ricos parientes. Así comienza la entrada de la inocente Tess en un juego de ilusiones y seducciones en el que podría encontrar al amor de su vida.
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Stephen Ryder
A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
Equus
Alan Strang
Un joven que trabaja en unas cuadras, después de dejar ciegos a seis caballos de un amigo, va a parar, por orden de la justicia, a la consulta de un psiquiatra que descubre en él una rara enfermedad mental, derivada de una extraña devoción religiosa, que le ha sido inculcada por su madre, y que consiste en la búsqueda de Dios a través del espíritu de Equus.
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
Inglaterra, siglo XVIII. Joseph Andrews es un sirviente que trabaja para la señora Booby, una voluptuosa dama de la alta sociedad. A pesar de sus insinuaciones, Joseph se mantiene fiel a a su prometida Fanny. Por lo demás, Fanny es muy bella y son muchos los hombres que la cortejan.
The Lady of the Camellias
Armand Duval
The doomed love story between Marguerite Gautier, a French courtesan frequented by high-class gentlemen, who is suffering from tuberculosis, and a young gentleman Armand Duval who's new in town.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age while he remains young. But his vain bargain eventually leads to murder and destroys Gray's life. This 1976 installment of the BBC's long-running "Play of the Month" television series co-stars Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Judi Bowker and John Gielgud as Lord Henry Wotton.
Ases del cielo
Lt. Stephen Croft
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un joven oficial recién salido de la Academia llega al frente Occidental para participar en el combate aéreo contra los alemanes, pero las posibilidades de supervivencia de los pilotos aliados no es muy alta. (FILMAFFINITY)
Arturo, el joven guerrero
Corin
Este es el inspirador y épico viaje de la noble búsqueda de un guerrero para probar su valor, su poder y su destino destinado a convertirse en el próximo gobernante de Gran Bretaña.
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Arsenic
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. Mother Bear has escaped. Still, there is some consolation. The new arrival looks a likely Goldilocks. "There's one or two who'll be after him", says Woodbine - and he knows all their weaknesses.
Diamonds on Wheels
Robert 'Bobby' Stewart
Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Daniele and Maria
Daniele
Directed by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ennio De Concini, Daniele e Maria (1973) is the tale of a forbidden romance between a rich and reclusive boy and the poor girl whose kindness opens up his formerly sheltered life. As the familiar setup from Romeo and Juliet suggests, the romance can only have a tragic ending as Maria is whisked away from her love and is forced into a loveless marriage organized by the rich family sheltering Daniele…
Hermano sol, hermana luna
A pesar de ser hijo de unos ricos mercaderes, Francisco de Asís renuncia a todas sus posesiones y a su acomodada vida para dedicarla al servicio de Dios y de los más pobres.