Firth, Peter 1953-

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Firth, Peter 1953-

PERSONAL

Born October 27, 1953, in Bradford (some sources cite Pudsey), Yorkshire, England; son of Eric Macintosh (a pub owner) and Mavis (a pub owner; maiden name, Hudson) Firth; married Lindsey Readman, 1990; children: Amy Mary, Alexander William, James Harry, another child. Education: Attended the Bradford Civic Theatre Drama Club. Avocational Interests: Cooking, sailing.

Addresses:

Agent—David Rose, Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career:

Actor. Worked as a child actor in Yorkshire, England; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), worked in children's programming and dramas.

Member:

British Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors:

Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award, most promising new actor, 1973, Theatre World Award, Outer Critics Circle awards, distinguished performance and notable performance by a young performer, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best actor in a play, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, all 1975, all for Equus; Evening Standard British Film Award, most promising newcomer, 1977, for Aces High; named one of the promising new actors of 1977, John Willis' Screen World; Golden Globe Award, best motion picture actor in a supporting role, and Academy Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, both 1978, and Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, best supporting actor, 1979, all for Equus.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Volpone, c. 1960.

Alan Strang, Equus, National Theatre Company, Laurence Olivier Theatre, London, 1973, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1974-76, and Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1976-77.

Lucio and first gentleman, Measure for Measure, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1974.

Melchior Gabor, Spring Awakening, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1974.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1974.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (title role), Amadeus, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1981-83.

Film Appearances:

Friar Elia, Fratello sole, sorella luna (also known as Brother Sun, Sister Moon), Paramount, 1972.

Daniele e Maria (also known as Daniele and Maria), Faber Cinematografica/Tiger Cinematografica, 1973.

Corin, King Arthur, the Young Warlord (edited from the television series Arthur of the Britons), Heritage Enterprises, 1975.

Lieutenant Stephen Croft, Aces High, Cine Artists, 1976.

Alan Strang, Equus, United Artists, 1977.

Title role, Joseph Andrews (also known as Die Abenteuer des Joseph Andrews, Inocente sedutor, and Las aventuras de Joseph Andrews), United Artists, 1977.

Angel Clare, Tess, Columbia, 1979.

Stephen Ryder, When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, Columbia, 1979.

Dinas, Feuer und Schwert—Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde (also known as Fire and Sword and Tristan und Iseult), Von Fuerstenberg/Dobbertin, 1981.

Peter Davidson, White Elephant, Worldoc, 1983.

Paul Bergson, Born of Fire (also known as The Master Musician), 1983, IFEX/Vidmark Entertainment, 1987.

(Uncredited) Voice of Sir Gawain, Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (also known as Sword of the Valiant and Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight), Cannon, 1984.

Colonel Colin Caine, Lifeforce (also known as Space Vampires and Vampires from Outer Space), TriStar, 1985.

Peter, A Letter to Brezhnev, Circle Releasing, 1985.

Dr. Kenneth Parrish, A State of Emergency (also known as Chain Reaction), Double O Associates/Norkat, 1986.

Clive Ingram, Prisoner of Rio (also known as Wiezien Rio), Multimedia/Palace, 1988.

Adriaan, Trouble in Paradise (also known as Deadly Triangle and Trouble in Paradise in the Late Eighties), 1989.

Terence, Tree of Hands (also known as Innocent Victim), Castle Hill Productions, 1989.

Jake Stern, Burndown, Cinetrust Entertainment, 1990.

Political officer Ivan Yurevitch Putin, The Hunt for Red October (also known as A la poursuite d'Octobre Rouge, Caca ao Outubro Vermelho, Cacada ao Outubro Vermelho, Caccia a Ottobre Rosso, Jagd auf "Roter Oktober," Jagten paa Rode Oktober, Jakten paa Roed Oktober, La caza del Octubre Rojo, Polowanie na Czerwony Pazdziernik, Punaisen Lokakuun metsaestys, and Vadaszat a Voeroes Oktoberre), Paramount, 1990.

Voice of Red, The Rescuers Down Under (animated), Buena Vista, 1990.

Dick, The Pleasure Principle, Palace Pictures/Psychology News, 1991.

Franz, El marido perfecto (also known as The Perfect Husband), United International Pictures, 1992.

Dr. Craig, Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993.

Leslie Steckler, White Angel (also known as Interview with a Serial Killer), Living Spirit Pictures, 1993.

Bunny, An Awfully Big Adventure, Fine Line Features, 1995.

First officer Jensen, Merisairas (also known as Seasick), Orsans Productions/Sandrews/Villealfa Filmproduction Oy, 1996.

Rusticello, Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon (also known as Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter), Canamedia, 1996.

Captain Fitzgerald, Amistad, DreamWorks, 1997.

Major Smith, Gaston's War (also known as Gaston's oorlog), RCV Film Distribution, 1997.

Garth, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe), Buena Vista, 1998.

Louise's attacker, Woundings (also known as Brand New World), 1998.

Captain Andrew Brynner, Chill Factor, Warner Bros., 1999.

Stefan, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (edited from "Istanbul, September 1918" and "Transylvania, January 1918," both episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), 1999.

Captain Mervyn Bennion, Pearl Harbor (also known as Pearl Harbour and Tennessee), Buena Vista, 2001.

Lord Northcliffe, The Greatest Game Ever Played (also known as Das groesste Spiel seines Lebens, El juego que hizo historia, El piu bel gioco della mia vita, and Juego de honor), Buena Vista, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Archie Weekes, The Flaxton Boys, London Weekend Television and Southern Television, 1969, Independent Television (England), 1970-71, and London Weekend Television, 1973.

Scooper, Here Come the Double-Deckers! (also known as The Double Deckers), BBC, 1970-71, ABC, 1970-72.

Dr. James Radcliffe, a recurring role, Heartbeat (also known as Classic Heartbeat), Yorkshire Television, 1994.

Peter Dennigan, Resort to Murder (also known as Brighton Boy), BBC, 1995.

Francis, And the Beat Goes On, Channel 4 (England), beginning 1996.

Mick, Holding On, BBC and BBC America, 1997.

Alex "Godzilla" Turnbull, The Broker's Man, BBC, 1997-98.

Dr. Victor Leski, That's Life, CBS, 2000-2001.

Narrator, Film Genre (also known as Hollywood History), [Great Britain], beginning 2002.

Harry Pearce, Spooks (also known as MI-5), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, beginning 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Robert "Bobby" Stewart, "Diamonds on Wheels," The Wonderful World of Disney (also known as Disneyland, Disneylandia, The Disney Sunday Movie, Disney's Wonderful World, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color), NBC, 1974.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Armand Duvall, The Lady of the Camellias, BBC, 1976.

Roy, The Aerodrome, BBC, 1983.

Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey, BBC, 1986, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 1987.

Geiger, The Incident (also known as Incident at Bremen and Incident at Lincoln Bluff), CBS, 1990.

Joe Hillier, Children Crossing, BBC, 1990.

William Rufus, Blood Royal: William the Conqueror, 1990.

Steve Clemant, The Laughter of God, BBC, 1990, broadcast as Married to Murder, Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

Kenneth Potter, Murder in Eden, BBC, 1991.

Major Henry, Prisoner of Honor, HBO, 1991.

Mr. Jones, The Witch's Daughter, Showtime, 1996.

Nazi commandant, The Garden of Redemption, Showtime, 1997.

Simon Magus, The Magicians (also known as Death by Magic), UPN, 2000.

Benedict, Me & Mrs. Jones (also known as Mrs. Jones), Independent Television (England), 2002, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 2004.

Sir Fred Hoyle, Hawking, BBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cis Farrington, "The Magistrate," Play of the Month, BBC, 1972.

Arsenic, "Her Majesty's Pleasure," Play for Today, BBC, 1973.

Ben Bagot, "The Ballad of Ben Bagot," Scene (also known as New Plays for Young People and Scene: The Ballad of Ben Bagot), BBC, 1973.

Dorian Gray, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Play of the Month, BBC, 1976.

Dominick Hide, "The Flipside of Dominick Hide," Play for Today, BBC, 1980.

Dominick Hide, "Another Flip for Dominick," Play for Today, BBC, 1982.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Urchin, "At the Seaside," How We Used to Live, Yorkshire Television, 1969.

David Abbott, "Runaway," The Adventures of Black Beauty, London Weekend Television, 1972.

Tommy Adams, "The Sullens Sisters," Country Matters, Granada Television, 1972.

Corin, "The Pupil," Arthur of the Britons, Harlech Television, 1973.

Roger Blackburn, "The Simple Life," Country Matters, Granada Television, 1973.

Stephen Douglas, "Implicado," The Protectors, Independent Television (England), 1973.

Himself, "Film '75 Episode 3," Film '75 (also known as Film of the Year and The Film Programme), BBC, 1975.

Hardy, "The Man at the Top," Tales of the Unexpected (also known as Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected "), Anglia Television and syndicated, 1980.

Michael, "The Way, the Truth, the Video," Tickets for the Titanic, Channel 4 (England), 1990.

Stefan, "Istanbul, September 1918," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993.

Arthur Drake (also known as Drakov), "Warmonger," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1994.

Peter Wainwright, "Stalker," Anna Lee (also known as Anna Lee: Stalker), Independent Television (England) and Arts and Entertainment, 1994.

Major Ben Collins, "Leaving," Soldier Soldier, Central Independent Television (England), 1995.

Charlie Beck, "Ancient History," Kavanagh QC (also known as Kavanagh Q.C.), Central Independent Television (England), 1997.

Detective inspector Archibald McCann, "The Ripper," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1998.

Federal marshal Walter Bryce, "The New Law," The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 1999.

Mitchell Grady, "Best Boys," Cracker (also known as Cracker: Mind over Murder and Fitz), Independent Television (England), 1999.

Vincent Nagle, "Infiltration," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall and Total Recall: The Series), ON TV and Showtime, 1999.

Vincent Nagle, "Nothing Like the Real Thing," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall and Total Recall: The Series), ON TV and Showtime, 1999.

Vincent Nagle, "Restitution," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall and Total Recall: The Series), ON TV and Showtime, 1999.

Keith Beaumont, "No Man's Land," The Vice, Independent Television 4 (England) and BBC America, 2002.

Dr. Preston Blair, "Identity," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2005.

Vespasian, "Rebellion," Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, BBC, 2006, series broadcast as The Battle for Rome, The Discovery Channel, 2006.

Himself, This Morning (also known as This Morning with Richard and Judy), Independent Television (England), 2007.

Appeared in other programs, including Castle Haven (also known as Castlehaven), Yorkshire Television; and Home and Away, Seven Network (Australia) and other networks.