Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Sullivan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 32
TMDB ID: 173668
IMDb ID: nm0838287
Known for: Acting
Born: July 26, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1993 - 2025
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.9
Wikidata: Q7172289
Biography
Peter Sullivan was born into a political family and he was expected to follow a career in politics and the law. He joined the National Youth Theatre at 17 and then trained at Central before studying in New York under Uta Hagen and at The Actors' Studio and then became a member of the Catalan theatre group La Fura Dels Baus. Over three decades he has played multiple leading roles in film and television in the US, UK and Europe and has been a National Theatre player for over 30 years. He speaks four languages and has performed in all of them.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Sullivan.
22+1
as Doctor Farr
2025 Movie
The Monkey's Paw
as Sergeant Major Morris
2022 Movie
5.4
Earthy Encounters
as John
2018 Movie
5.8
7 Days in Entebbe
as Amos Eiran
2018 Movie
Tobey
as Father
2017 Movie
7.0
National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea
as William Collyer
2016 Movie
6.2
The Limehouse Golem
as Inspector Roberts
2016 Movie
We Are Happy
as Steve
2015 Movie
6.6
The Scandalous Lady W
as Mr. James Farrar
2015 Movie
5.1
The Face of an Angel
as James Pryce
2014 Movie
6.0
Morning Echo
as Donald Moffatt
2010 Movie
4.1
Hancock & Joan
as Edward Joffe
2008 Movie
6.1
A Very Social Secretary
as Gould
2005 Movie
Friends Reunited
as Nick Roberts
2005 Movie
6.3
Monsieur N.
as Thomas Reade
2003 Movie
5.0
Gypsy Woman
as Policeman
2002 Movie
Cyclops
2001 Movie
7.3
Conspiracy
as Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
2001 Movie
5.0
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
as Wagner
2000 Movie
5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
as Col. Serre
1999 Movie
Cut
1999 Movie
6.4
The Jackal
as Vasilov
1997 Movie
6.3
The Butterfly Effect
as Duncan McHale
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Sullivan.
6.6
The Iris Affair
as Julian Baxter • 8 eps
2025 Series
6.6
The Jetty
as Blake • 3 eps
2024 Series
6.6
The Sixth Commandment
as David Jeremy • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.3
Around the World in 80 Days
as Nyle Bellamy • 8 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Baptiste
as Michael • 3 eps
2019 Series
7.2
Strike
as Andrew Fancourt • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.7
Cuffs
as Chief Super Robert Vickers • 8 eps
2015 Series
7.8
Poldark
as Ralph Hanson • 8 eps
2015 Series
6.8
Critical
as Clive Archerfield • 13 eps
2015 Series
7.1
Indian Summers
1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
The Crimson Field
as Major Jocelyn Ballard • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
The Musketeers
as Vargas • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Ripper Street
as Franklin Stone • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
The Hour
as Commander Laurence Stern • 6 eps
2011 Series
7.6
The Borgias
as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza • 20 eps
2011 Series
5.8
Trinity
as D.I. Ryan Worthing • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.1
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
1 eps
2009 Series
5.3
The Passion
as Temple Lawyer • 6 eps
2008 Series
6.6
Fixer
1 eps
2008 Series
4.3
Vital Signs
1 eps
2006 Series
8.2
The IT Crowd
as John • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.8
Extras
as Film Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
The Thick of It
as Geoffrey • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.2
Nathan Barley
as Geoff Moss • 1 eps
2005 Series