Peter Firth

Peter Firth

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

História

​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.
Ressurreição
Pontius Pilate
Às vésperas de um levante em Jerusalém, surgem rumores de que o Messias judeu ressuscitou. Um centurião romano agnóstico e cético é enviado por Pôncio Pilatos para investigar a ressurreição e localizar o corpo desaparecido do já falecido e crucificado Jesus de Nazaré, a fim de subjulgar a revolta eminente. Conforme ele apura os fatos e ouve depoimentos, suas dúvidas sobre o evento milagroso começam a sumir.
Spooks: O Mestre Espião
Harry Pearce
Quando um terrorista escapa da custódia durante uma transferência de rotina, Will Crombie deve colaborar com Harry Pearce, o chefe desonrado do Serviço de Inteligência Britânico MI5, para rastreá-lo antes de um iminente ataque terrorista em Londres. Produção baseada na série britânica de mesmo nome que teve 10 temporadas, sendo estrelado por Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker.
O Melhor Jogo da História
Lord Northcliffe
Bill Paxton é mais conhecido pelo seu trabalho de ator e já participou de diversos filmes como Titanic, Poderoso Joe, Limite Vertical e Thunderbirds, porém esse já é seu terceiro longo e é baseado numa história real e emocionante. No mais famoso torneio de golfe do mundo, o US Open, um jovem jogador desbanca um dos mais conceituados jogadores de todos os tempos. O caso aconteceu em 1913, quando o mundo passava pelo terror da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Todos os entusiastas do esporte davam como certa a vitória do já conceituado campeão Harry Vardon (de Rei Arthur) até que o novato Francis Ouimet (Shia LeBeouf de Eu, Robô) com apenas 20 anos apareceu e surpreendeu o mundo. O filme conta um pouco da trajetória dos dois jogadores desde a infância até o dia em que eles se enfrentaram nessa partida histórica.
A História de Stephen Hawking
Sir Fred Hoyle
Produção para TV que conta a história do físico britânico Stephen Hawking, desde o momento em que é diagnosticado com a Doença de Lou Gehrig, também chamada ELA (Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica, que gera a gradativa perda do controle da musculatura). Também narra seu relacionamento com sua primeira esposa e a ajuda que recebeu do professor de Cambridge, Roger Penrose, com quem demonstrou a validez da Teoria Geral da Relatividade proposta por Albert Einstein.
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
Com o bombardeamento dos japoneses a Pearl Harbor (EUA), dois amigos, um americano outro inglês, alistando-se na força aérea de cada um dos seus países para participar na 2ª Guerra Mundial. Mas no meio do drama da guerra surge um outro, relacionado com a paixão que ambos desenvolvem pela mesma mulher, no que será um teste sério à sua grande amizade. Este filme é baseado na obra homónima de Randall Wallace.
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.
Suando Frio
Col. Andrew Brynner
Uma perigosa arma nuclear cai nas mãos de um sorveteiro e um cozinheiro, que juntos precisam impedir que ela caia nas mãos de terroristas. Com Cuba Gooding Jr. e Skeet Ulrich.
Poderoso Joe
Garth
O ponto de partida na trama é a morte de uma cientista e de uma gorila fêmea em uma aldeia africana. As duas deixam seus respectivos filhotes, que se tornam inseparáveis. A narrativa avança e a situação se complica. Crescidos, a jovem Jill (Theron) e o gorila Joe passam a sofrer a perseguição dos caçadores. Para garantir a segurança do macaco, a moça aceita a oferta de um zoólogo (Paxton) e interna o bicho em uma reserva animal nos EUA. A empreitada não dá certo e a dupla tem então de bolar um plano mirabolante para levar o gorila de volta.
Amistad
Captain Fitzgerald
Costa de Cuba, 1839. Dezenas de escravos negros se libertam das correntes e assumem o comando do navio negreiro La Amistad. Eles sonham retornar para a África, mas desconhecem navegação e se vêem obrigados a confiar em dois tripulantes sobreviventes, que os enganam e fazem com que, após dois meses, sejam capturados por um navio americano, quando desordenadamente navegaram até a costa de Connecticut.
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.
Jogos de Ilusão
Bunny
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.
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...
Terra das Sombras
Dr Craig
Em 1952, na Universidade de Oxford, surge o relacionamento entre o professor e intelectual C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) e a escritora americana Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). Eles se encontraram após ela lhe ter escrito uma carta, sendo que esta correspondência a levou a sua primeira viagem à Inglaterra, que ela fez em companhia de Douglas Gresham (Joseph Mazzello), seu filho. Lewis a recebeu como cortesia, como parte da rotina de sua vida de professor, mas ele não sabia o que fazer quando algo lhe ficou claro: que estava apaixonado.
The Perfect Husband
Franz
Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her.
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
Os Prisioneiros da Honra
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.
Bernardo e Bianca na Terra dos Cangurus
Red (voice)
No interior da Austrália, um garotinho chamado Cody inicia uma amizade com uma águia dourada. Quando um cruel caçador decide capturá-la, ele pede ajuda aos ratinhos mais corajosos do planeta, Bernardo e Bianca. Pegando carona nas asas de Wilbur, seu fiel amigo albatroz, os ratinhos detetives estão prontos para realizar sua missão mais perigosa.Mergulhe nessa aventura repleta de personagens inesquecíveis, grandes amizades e muita animação.
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.
Caçada ao Outubro Vermelho
Ivan Putin
O ano é 1984. O alto comando soviético acredita na possibilidade de deserção quando o capitão Markus Ramius, o comandante do Outubro Vermelho, o mais moderno submarino russo, desobedece ordens superiores e navega em direção à América. Outros submarinos soviéticos recebem ordem de afundar o Outubro Vermelho e os americanos decidem fazer o mesmo, temendo que seu território esteja ameaçado. Até que Jack Ryan, um agente da CIA que admira Markus Ramius, tenta impedir este ataque ao submarino.
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.
A Abadia de Northanger
Henry Tilney
Quando a jovem Catherine Morland tem a oportunidade de ir morar com a família Allen em Bath, ela espera ter também a chance de viver aventuras românticas como aquelas que sempre leu nos livros. Como os Allen não têm filhos, logo ela é apresentada a outros de sua idade: Isabella Thorpe e o irmão John, grande amigo do irmão de Catherine, James; e também Henry Tilney, um rapaz bonito e boa família, e a irmã dele, Eleanor. Convidada para um passeio na abadia de Northanger, no estado de Tilney, a jovem sonhadora imagina que chegou seu momento de viver um grande romance. Mas Catherine logo percebe que status, classe e dinheiro têm tanta ou mais importância do que as coisas do coração.
Carta Para Brezhnev
Peter
As fábricas, pubs, clubes, hotéis e ruas dos anos 1980 em Liverpool formam o pano de fundo dessa história de amor, amizade, sexo e uma carta ao líder soviético, Leonid Brezhnev. Duas moças do Liverpool, Teresa e Elaine, encontram dois marinheiros russos, Sergei e Peter, para uma noite de diversão e brincadeiras. Teresa está à procura de sexo e um sorriso, Elaine quer amor, romance e o sonho de uma vida longe da sujeira das docas de Liverpool. Uma clássica comédia romântica britânica cheia de novas músicas de ondas, moda dos anos 80, um pouco de política e muito coração. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Força Sinistra
Col. Colin Caine
Tudo começa quando a tripulação de um ônibus espacial descobre, na cauda do cometa, uma espaçonave contendo alienígenas fossilizados, a maior parte semelhantes a grandes morcegos. Três dos alienígenas, em forma humana, são trazidos à Terra, revivem e, ao se alimentarem da força vital de suas vítimas, transformam as pessoas em um tipo de vampiro. As vítimas continuam o ciclo, e em breve todo o planeta está em perigo. O único sobrevivente do ônibus espacial segue em busca da líder dos vampiros do espaço.
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.
Fire and Sword
Dinas
The young knight Tristan is injured in a fight in Ireland and cared for by the beautiful Isolde. He falls in love with her, unaware that she is the daughter of the Irish king.
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 - Uma Lição de Vida
Angel Clare
Na Inglaterra do século 19, a bela Tess, filha de um fazendeiro, é enviada para viver com parentes nobres. Ela é seduzida e abandonada por seu primo distante, Alec. De volta à fazenda de seu pai, ela dá à luz um bebê natimorto e enfrenta a hipocrisia da sociedade. Baseado no romance de Thomas Hardy.
O Dia Sem Esperança
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
Martin Dysart (Richard Burton), um psiquiatra de meia-idade, investiga os motivos que levaram Alan Strang (Peter Firth), um jovem de 17 anos de idade empregado de um estábulo, a furar os olhos de seis cavalos sem razão aparente. Martin mergulha fundo na mente de Alan e depara-se com enigmas de fúria sexual e ira, mas acaba se vendo obrigado a confrontar os sombrios demônios escondidos em sua própria alma. Adaptação cinematográfica da peça teatral vencedora do Prêmio Tony, de autoria do mundialmente consagrado dramaturgo Peter Shaffer.
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
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.
O Retrato De 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 do Espaço
Lt. Stephen Croft
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Corin
This is the inspiring, epic journey of a noble warrior's quest to prove his worth, his might, and his destined fate to become the next ruler of Britain.
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…
Irmão Sol, Irmã Lua
A trajetória da vida de São Francisco de Assis (Graham Faulkner), que quando jovem era filho de comerciantes ricos e desfrutava de vinho, mulheres e canções sem ter nenhuma preocupação. Quando a guerra e a doença assolam a região onde vive, ele sofre uma grande transformação. Ao aparecer diante do bispo local e tirar suas roupas renuncia sua vida prévia para se dedicar a Deus. Mas sua pregação só iria chegar ao ápice ao ir para Roma, para ter uma audiência com o papa Inocêncio III (Alec Guinness).