Peter Guinness
Peter Guinness (born August 14, 1950 ) is a British actor .
Life
Guinness made his acting debut in 1979 on the television series Hazell . He then played a few minor roles in television productions, including in the eponymous series based on the novel Agent on his own behalf by John le Carré with Alec Guinness in the lead role, with whom he is not related. The following year, he starred in Michael Mann's science fiction - horror film The Keep a German soldier. Between 1983 and 1985 he had the recurring role of Dick Skinner in the fantasy series By the Sword Divided .
In the early 1990s, he also played in American productions such as the Hollywood films Alien 3 , The Saint and Sleepy Hollow as well as the series The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones and Highlander . He also worked in British-US co-productions such as Christopher Columbus - Der Entdecker and Hostile Waters - Ein U-Boot-Thriller . Between 1997 and 1998 he was seen in a recurring guest role in the British hospital series Casualty . From 2000 to 2002 he had a recurring role on the soap opera Coronation Street . Guinness is also active as a stage actor , including in the adaptation of Władysław Szpilman's autobiography The Pianist and in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Thomas Middleton's tragedy Women Beware Women .
Guinness is married to actress Roberta Taylor .
Filmography (selection)
- 1982: Agent on his own behalf ( Smiley's People , miniseries, one episode)
- 1983: The Uncanny Power (The Keep)
- 1988: American Roulette (American Roulette)
- 1992: Alien 3
- 1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
- 1993: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , television series, one episode)
- 1993: Highlander (TV series, episode)
- 1996: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , television series, one episode)
- 1997: Hostile Waters - A Submarine Thriller (Hostile Waters)
- 1997: The Saint - The Saint (The Saint)
- 1999: The Bible - Esther ( Esther , TV movie)
- 1999: The Professionals - The Next Generation ( CI5: The New Professionals , TV series, an episode)
- 1999: Sleepy Hollow
- 2000: Arabian Nights - Adventures from 1001 Nights ( Arabian Nights , mini-series, 2 episodes)
- 2000: Greenfingers - tough guys and tender drives (Greenfingers)
- 2001: Lexx - The Dark Zone ( LEXX , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: The conclave (The Conclave)
- 2006: Hogfather - Scary Christmas ( Terry Pratchett's Hogfather , TV movie)
- 2008: Forensic specialist Dr. Leo Dalton ( Silent Witness , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2010: Ashes to Ashes - Back to the 80s ( Ashes to Ashes , TV series, an episode)
- 2010: Centurion
- 2012: Merlin - The New Adventures (Merlin , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2013: The Bible ( The Bible , miniseries, 1 episode)
- 2017: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Web links
- Peter Guinness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Guinness in the London Theater Database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Guinness, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |