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Gender

Male

Place of Birth

London, United Kingdom

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

Acting

2025

MobLand as Valjon

2024

Sexy Beast as Dominic McGraw

2023

2020

2019

Vita & Virginia as Leonard Woolf
Hanna as Lukas

2018

Blue Iguana as Deacon Bradshaw

2017

Tommy's Honour as Major Molesworth

2015

Hyena as Michael
High-Rise as Cosgrove
Safe House as Michael

2014

Starred Up as Spencer
300: Rise of an Empire as Greek Ambassador
Doctor Who: Deep Breath as Half-Face Man

2013

2012

Ripper Street as Peter Morris (Zotkin)

2011

Turnout as Pottsy
Injustice as John Slater

2010

Tony as Tony

2006

2005

Tony as Tony
Doctor Who as Half-Face Man

2004

Mug as Mug
Hustle as Flash Git

2001

Bodywork as Alex Gordon

1998

Titanic Town as Soldier

1997

Face as Policeman

1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Homeless Youth

1990

A Safe House as Vincent Maguire