Peter Ferdinando

Biography

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

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.

Known For

MobLand 2025 ★ 8.4
Sexy Beast 2024 ★ 6.1
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 2023 ★ 6.5
Archive 2020 ★ 6.4
The Letter for the King 2020 ★ 6.8
Hanna 2019 ★ 7.4
Vita & Virginia 2019 ★ 6.8
Blue Iguana 2018 ★ 5.8
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 2018 ★ 6.4
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 2017 ★ 6.6
Ghost in the Shell 2017 ★ 6.1
Lost in London 2017 ★ 6.0
High-Rise 2015 ★ 5.6
Safe House 2015 ★ 6.4
300: Rise of an Empire 2014 ★ 6.1
Starred Up 2014 ★ 7.1
The Mimic 2013 ★ 5.7
Ripper Street 2012 ★ 7.4
Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 ★ 6.0
Injustice 2011 ★ 7.1
Doctor Who 2005 ★ 7.6
Hustle 2004 ★ 7.7
If You See God, Tell Him 1993 ★ 7.5
ScreenPlay 1986 ★ 6.0