Personal Info
Birth date
1950-05-03 (75 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Whitstable, Kent, England, UK
Also known as
Peter Guiness
Peter Guinness
Biography
Peter Guinness (born 14 August 1950) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in over fifty television productions and over ten films. Guinness has also appeared onstage in an adaptation of The Pianist.
Filmography
Heartbeat
7
Overview:
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.Highlander: The Series
7.407
Overview:
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
7.7
Overview:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.Tales from the Crypt
7.949
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?Chernobyl
8.7
Overview:
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.Merlin
7.817
Overview:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.The Girlfriend Experience
7
Overview:
Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.Lexx
7.1
Overview:
A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.Natural World
7.1
Overview:
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.Sherlock Holmes
8.1
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.Da Vinci's Demons
7.535
Overview:
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time as he begins to not only see the future, but invent it.Van der Valk
5.8
Overview:
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.The Legend of King Arthur
7
Overview:
This 8-part drama brings high romance, low treachery and magical adventure via a host of legendary characters: wise old Merlin, brave Sir Lancelot, King Arthur, ruler of all Britain and master of the Knights of the Round Table, the beguiling Queen Guinevere and her nemesis Morgan la Fay. Dark Ages wizard Merlin (Robert Eddison), weary of the barbarism around him, creates a new order of enlightenment and justice with a youthful Arthur (Andrew Burt) at its head. Merlin gifts Arthur with the magic legendary sword Excalibur to help him defeat the nobles who oppose his rule. But Arthur must also beware his half-sister Morgan (Maureen O'Brien), a sorceress who has sworn to kill him to avenge her father's death. As Morgan intensifies her plans to get revenge, she uses magic to draw Lancelot (David Robb) and Guinevere (Felicity Dean) into a passionate affair. But it is the still more traitorous Mordred (Steve Hodson) who will fatally halt Arthur's rule.Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
7.9
Overview:
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.Days That Shook the World
6.3
Overview:
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
6.429
Overview:
An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.Catch-22
7.403
Overview:
Pianosa Island, Italy, World War II. Bombardier John Yossarian tries to fulfill his duty, maintain sanity and return home as soon as possible, but incompetence and bureaucracy constantly stand in his way.Cadfael
7.3
Overview:
Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Brother Cadfael is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the border country where England meets Wales.Watership Down
6.824
Overview:
Fleeing their doomed warren, a group of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.Stay Lucky
6
Overview:
Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up north in Yorkshire. Helping widowed, self-sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon find them being drawn closer together.Red Eye
7.2
Overview:
London police officer DC Hana Li is escorting Dr Matthew Nolan back to Beijing where he has been accused of a crime. However, on board flight 357, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy and a growing number of murders.Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
6.8
Overview:
Wealthy developer Jack Robinson is stunned when a gigantic human skeleton is discovered on his building site. According to a mysterious woman, it is part of a curse that has dogged his family for years. To lift the jinx placed upon him, Jack will need to visit the land in the sky - by climbing up a very tall beanstalk.Zack Snyder's Justice League
8.117
Overview:
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.By the Sword Divided
5
Overview:
This classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living peacefully in Arnescote Castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. Sir Martin Lacey, the head of the family, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher - son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell.Seconds From Disaster
7.2
Overview:
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.Spender
7
Overview:
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.Doctor Who: Dreamland
5.2
Overview:
While visiting a diner in Nevada in 1958, the Doctor finds an alien artifact and ends up on a mission to save the Rivesh Mantilax from the danger of the Viperox and the U.S. Military.Ivanhoe
6.9
Overview:
The epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert. Caught between the rivalries and religious struggles are Ivanhoe's betrothed Rowena and the brave, beautiful Jewess healer Rebecca, who wins Ivanhoe's heart with her courage. This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages is set against the historical backdrop of a Britain straining under the corrupt rule of Prince John while Richard the Lionhearted fights in the Crusades.Acting
2024Red Eye (2 Episodes) as George Chapman
2023The Boys in the Boat as George Pocock
2021Zack Snyder's Justice League as DeSaad (voice)
2019Official Secrets as TinTin
2019Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (3 Episodes) as General Malcolm
2019Catch-22 (1 Episode) as Gen. Dreedle
2019Chernobyl (1 Episode) as Major Burov
2019The Last Boy as Priest
2018Watership Down (2 Episodes) as Silverweed (voice)
2018Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (8 Episodes) as Petr Kovac
2017Secrets of the Forbidden City as Narrator
2017King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Baron 1
2016The Girlfriend Experience (4 Episodes) as Leif
2013Da Vinci's Demons (1 Episode) as Unknown
2013Jo (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011Viking Apocalypse as Narrator
2011Hidden (4 Episodes) as Jason Styles
2011Zen (1 Episode) as Tito Spadola
2010Centurion as General Cassius
2009Doctor Who: Dreamland (5 Episodes) as Mister Dread (voice)
2009Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World as Narrator
2008Merlin (1 Episode) as Ari
2007Hogfather as Medium Dave
2006Hogfather (2 Episodes) as Medium Dave
2005Seconds From Disaster (2 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2004Out of time as Doctor
2004The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance as Galileo
2004Sea of Souls (3 Episodes) as Dr. Phillip Duncan
2004Secret Passage as Alfonso Salvador
2003Days That Shook the World (12 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2 Episodes) as Hall Cryer
2001Murphy's Law (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Greenfingers as Dudley
2000Arabian Nights (2 Episodes) as Chief Executioner
1999Sleepy Hollow as Lord Crane
1999Esther as Admatha
1997Hostile Waters as Vladimirov
1997Lexx (2 Episodes) as Joseph Van Helsing
1997The Saint as Frankie's Curator
1997Ivanhoe (6 Episodes) as Montfitchit
1996Rhodes (1 Episode) as Colonel Kekewich
1995Bugs (1 Episode) as Mackenzie
1994Cadfael (1 Episode) as Father Ailnoth
1994Smokescreen (6 Episodes) as Albert Gold
1993Spender : The French Collection as Detective Chief Superintendent Gillespie
1992Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1 Episode) as Antonio (voice)
1992Highlander: The Series (1 Episode) as Col. Everett Bellian
1992Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as Fra Perez
1992Alien³ as Gregor
1992Heartbeat (1 Episode) as Stevie Walsh
1992The Cloning of Joanna May as Philip
1991Paul Merton: The Series (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Spender (21 Episodes) as DCS Gillespie
1990The Widowmaker as DS Wills
1990Old Flames as Parkes
1989The Woman in Black as Stall Holder
1989Stay Lucky (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Blackeyes (4 Episodes) as Photographer
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Mr. Starr
1988American Roulette as Policeman
1987Rockliffe's Babies (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Paul Becket
1984Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Wilcox
1983The Keep as Wehrmacht Soldier
1983Natural World (1 Episode) as Narrator
1983By the Sword Divided (20 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Smiley's People (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Keep Smiling as Police constable
1979The Legend of King Arthur (1 Episode) as Girflet
1972Van der Valk (1 Episode) as Nick Koop