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Peter Ferdinando

Actor

Peter Ferdinando

29 films

Peter Ferdinando is a British character actor, known for his varied performances.

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He has collaborated extensively with director and cousin Gerard Johnson, playing the title role in the critically acclaimed Tony and the lead role in their more recent film together, the award-winning Hyena.

He played the King Pin Spencer in David Mackenzie's prison drama Starred Up.

He also regularly collaborates with British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, having played Jacob in A Field in England, The Half-Face Man in "Deep Breath", the first episode of series 8 of Doctor Who, and Paul in Wheatley's High-Rise.

More recent work includes Tommy's Honour with Peter Mullan, directed by Jason Connery, Ghost in the Shell, with Scarlett Johansson and Juliet Binoche, directed by Rupert Sanders, and Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, with Jude Law. In 2017, he starred in Woody Harrelson's experimental, live film directorial debut Lost In London alongside Owen Wilson, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson.

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword posterFirst watchKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword20176.6as Earl of MerciaWhen the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ghost in the Shell poster6.1Ghost in the Shell2017300: Rise of an Empire poster6.1300: Rise of an Empire2014Snow White and the Huntsman poster6.0Snow White and the Huntsman2012Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre poster6.5Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre2023Starred Up poster7.1Starred Up2014Archive poster6.4Archive2020High-Rise poster5.6High-Rise2015Doctor Who: Deep Breath poster7.8Doctor Who: Deep Breath2014

Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 2026InkDCS Bill Smith
  2. 2025OdysseyCowboy
  3. 2023Operation Fortune: Ruse de GuerreMike
  4. 2020MuscleKen
  5. 2020ArchiveTagg
  6. 2019Vita & VirginiaLeonard Woolf
  7. 2018Happy New Year, Colin BursteadJimmy
  8. 2018Blue IguanaDeacon Bradshaw
  9. 2017Tommy's HonourMajor Molesworth
  10. 2017King Arthur: Legend of the SwordEarl of Mercia
  11. 2017Ghost in the ShellCutter
  12. 2017Lost in LondonDante
  13. 2015High-RiseCosgrove
  14. 2015HyenaMichael
  15. 2014Doctor Who: Deep BreathHalf-Face Man
  16. 2014Starred UpSpencer
  17. 2014300: Rise of an EmpireGreek Ambassador
  18. 2013A Field in EnglandJacob
  19. 2012Snow White and the HuntsmanBlack Knight
  20. 2011TurnoutPottsy
  21. 2010TonyTony
  22. 2006The Only Boy for MeBob
  23. 2005TonyTony
  24. 2004MugMug
  25. 2001BodyworkAlex Gordon
  26. 1998Titanic TownSoldier
  27. 1997FacePoliceman
  28. 1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderHomeless Youth
  29. 1990A Safe HouseVincent Maguire