Alistair Petrie
Alistair Petrie | |
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Born |
Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | 30 September 1970
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1993–present |
Spouse(s) | Lucy Scott |
Children | 3 |
Alistair Petrie (born 30 September 1970)[1] is an English actor, known for his supporting roles in films, such as Philip Lisle in The Bank Job, various characters, including Felix Finch in Cloud Atlas, Stirling Moss in Rush and General Davits Draven in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
In television, Petrie is known for portraying Geoff in Channel 4's Utopia, Alexander "Sandy" Langbourne in The Night Manager alongside Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, Robert Greenlaw in BBC1's Undercover, "Deep State" opposite Mark Strong for Fox Television.
He is a director of This Red Rock, a film and television production company and is on the board of Shared Experience Theatre Company.
He is patron of the premature birth charity, Borne, and a supporter of Team Margot.
Early life
Born in Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire,[2] Petrie was brought up in the Middle East, mainland Europe and East Africa. His father was a RAF fighter pilot. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career
He spent his early career in theatre around the country before joining the RSC where productions included Troilus and Cressida and Ibsen's Brand opposite Ralph Fiennes. In 2005, he joined the National Theatre, where he stayed for 28 months performing in His Dark Materials, Shakespeare's Henry IV alongside Sir Michael Gambon and David Edgar's Playing With Fire'. In 2007 he appeared in Marc Munden's The Mark of Cain, The Whistleblowers and Cranford. As well as other TV work such as Emma and The Forsyte Saga: To Let, he has also appeared in the music video for "Bellissimo" by Ilya, directed by the Guard Brothers (January 2004).
Other theatre work includes The Earl of Wessex - the part played by Colin Firth in the film - in the hit 2015 West End Production of "Shakespeare in Love". He played the role of Man in Shared Experience's Mine at the Hampstead Theatre.
He also starred in the BBC production of The Forsyte Saga as George Forsyte, as well as in the 2009 film The Duchess, 2010 in the horror-film Devil's Playground and 2012 film Cloud Atlas.
He has played the role of Major James Sholto in the second episode of Season 3 of the BBC TV series Sherlock, aired on 5 January 2014.[3]
Personal life
Petrie is married to actress Lucy Scott,[4] by whom he has three sons.[5]
Other works
He and his wife were the first married couple to together successfully swim the English Channel in 2007 in 12 hours and 21 minutes as part of a fundraising challenge to support the neo natal unit at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. In the same year, they also cycled from Paris to London, competed in the London Triathlon and ran the London Marathon.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Mrs Dalloway | Herbert | |
2005 | Man to Man | Beckinsale | |
2007 | The Mark of Cain | Major Rod Gilchrist | |
2008 | The Bank Job | Philip Lisle | |
The Duchess | Heaton | ||
A Bunch of Amateurs | Rupert Twist | ||
2010 | Devil's Playground | Andy Billing | |
2012 | Metamorphosis | The Supervisor | |
Cloud Atlas | Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 1 Musician Felix Finch Lascivious Businessman | ||
Ashes | Dr. Burrows | ||
2013 | Rush | Stirling Moss | |
Vendetta | DCI Spencer Holland | ||
2014 | The Face of an Angel | Steve | |
A Little Chaos | De Ville | ||
2015 | Kicking Off | Anthony Greaves | |
Victor Frankenstein | Chief Inspector | ||
2016 | God's Kingdom | Alexander | Short film |
Rogue One | General Draven | ||
2017 | Hampstead | Steve Crowley |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Demob | Hodges | Episode #1.1 Episode #1.5 |
Scarlet and Black | Hussar | TV mini-series Episode #1.3 | |
1994 | All Quiet on the Preston Front | Big Matt | Episode: "Diesel's Garage" |
1996 | Emma | Robert Martin | TV movie |
1998 | Game On | Charles | Episode: "Wedding Day" |
Jonathan Creek | Duncan Proctor | Episodes: "The Problem at Gallows Gate: Part 1" "The Problem at Gallows Gate: Part 2" | |
1999 | My Wonderful Life | Ollie | Episode: "Chinese Walls" |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Young James Westropp | Episode: "Recalled to Life" | |
2000 | The Stretch | Jonathon Nichols | TV mini-series |
Second Sight | Neil | Episode: "Parasomnia" | |
2002, 2011 | Holby City | Mark Noble Colonel John Appleton | Episodes: "Second Chances" "No Credit, No Blame" |
2002-2003 | The Forsyte Saga | George Forsyte | TV mini-series |
2002 | Celeb | Photographer | Episode: "The Guest" |
2003 | State of Mind | Nick Grainger | TV mini-series |
2006 | Perfect Disaster | Doug | TV Series documentary Episode: "Mega Flood" |
2007 | The Whistleblowers | Christopher Rowe | Episode: "No Child Left Behind" |
Cranford | Major Gordon | Episode: "August 1842" "May 1843" | |
2008 | Mutual Friends | Carl Cato | |
2009 | Gracie! | Basil Dean | TV movie |
2010 | The Taking of Prince Harry | Jack Pastor | |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Clifford Bunting | Episode: "Not in My Back Yard" |
Strike Back | Kenneth Bratton | Episodes: "Project Dawn #3" "Project Dawn #4" | |
Death in Paradise | Gordon Foster | Episode #1.5 | |
2012 | Whitechapel | Dr. Simon Mortlake | Episode #3.5 Episode #3.6 |
2013 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane | Dr. Casement | TV movie |
The Escape Artist | Julian Fowkes | TV mini-series Episode: "Part 1" | |
Lucan | Jimmy Goldsmith | TV movie | |
2013-2014 | Utopia | Geoff | |
2014 | Sherlock | Major James Sholto | Episode: "The Sign of Three" |
Vera | Stuart Bayliss | Episode: "On Harbour Street" | |
The Game | Andrew | TV mini-series Episode Four | |
2016 | The Night Manager | Lord Sandy Langbourne | TV mini-series |
Undercover | Robert Greenlaw | ||
New Blood | Charles Matherson | Episode #1.4 Episode #1.5 | |
Harley and the Davidsons | Edsel Ford | Episode: "Legacy" | |
2018 | The Terror | Dr. Stephan S. Stanley | |
Deep State | George White |
References
- ↑ "Alistair Petrie Quotes - BrainyQuote". Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Alistair Petrie - Biphoo". Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "BBC One - Sherlock, Series 3, The Sign of Three". Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "The cast of BBC's Pride and Prejudice: Where are they now?". Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Alistair Petrie - Sherlocked USA". Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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