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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-05-05 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Peter Howitt

Biography:

Peter Howitt is an English actor and film director. He grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent, Peter used to be a part of the Priory Players in the Priory behind Christ Church, Eltham. He has two children, Luke (born 1990) and Amy (born 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

He first found success playing Joey Boswell in the British TV series Bread. In 1998 he wrote and directed his first film, Sliding Doors (1998). Since then he has directed several films, including AntiTrust (2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004) and Dangerous Parking (2008) which he adapted from the novel by Stuart Browne, produced and directed as well as playing the lead role.

Known For

Acting

2009

Defying Gravity as Trevor Williams

2007

Dangerous Parking as Noah Arkwright

1998

Sliding Doors as Cheeky Bloke

1997

Stone Cold as Shelter

1996

Kiss and Tell as Graham Ives
Killing Me Softly as Malcolm Thornton
Some Mother's Son as SAS Leader
Frontiers as Supt. Nick Jarratt

1995

Tears Before Bedtime as Ben Farlow

1994

1993

1992

1991

Civvies as Steve Harris

1989

1988

1987

Going Live! as Self

1986

Bread as Joey Boswell

1984

Punters as Ansty

1982

Wogan as Self

1968

Art

1972

Follow Me! as Set Decoration

Crew

2003

Johnny English as Additional Writing

Directing

2018

Scorched Earth as Director

2015

The Fixer as Director

2014

Reasonable Doubt as Director

2012

Radio Rebel as Director

2009

Defying Gravity as Director

2007

Dangerous Parking as Director

2004

Laws of Attraction as Director

2003

Johnny English as Director

2001

Antitrust as Director

1998

Sliding Doors as Director

Writing

2012

Radio Rebel as Writer

2007

Dangerous Parking as Screenplay

1998

Sliding Doors as Writer