Peter Ferdinando

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.

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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Wheatley
CAST:  Joe Cole  •  Hayley Squires  •  Neil Maskell  •  Asim Chaudhry

Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Wheatley
CAST:  Joe Cole  •  Hayley Squires  •  Neil Maskell  •  Asim Chaudhry

Muscle (2020)

An unhappy office worker's life is gradually taken over by Terry, his new, very hands-on personal trainer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Sinead Matthews  •  Cavan Clerkin  •  Craig Fairbrass  •  Lorraine Burroughs

An unhappy office worker's life is gradually taken over by Terry, his new, very hands-on personal trainer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Sinead Matthews  •  Cavan Clerkin  •  Craig Fairbrass  •  Lorraine Burroughs

A Safe House (1990)

In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the police in London. Most were subsequently released. But for the Maguire family, 3 December 1974 was the start of a nightmare ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong
CAST:  Maggie Shevlin  •  Mia Callow  •  Niall Cusack  •  Barry Ewart

In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the police in London. Most were subsequently released. But for the Maguire family, 3 December 1974 was the start of a nightmare ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moira Armstrong
CAST:  Maggie Shevlin  •  Mia Callow  •  Niall Cusack  •  Barry Ewart

Mug (2004)

A day in the life of a mugger on the mean streets of London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Peter Ferdinando  •  Lorenzo Camporese  •  Lucy Flack

A day in the life of a mugger on the mean streets of London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Peter Ferdinando  •  Lorenzo Camporese  •  Lucy Flack

Tony (2005)

Dour and awkward recluse Tony lives by himself in a shabby London flat. Friendless and socially maladroit, Tony brings strangers back to his flat and kills them. This 2005 short film became the basis of the 2009 feature of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Peter Ferdinando  •  George Russo  •  Francis Pope  •  Mark Mooney

Dour and awkward recluse Tony lives by himself in a shabby London flat. Friendless and socially maladroit, Tony brings strangers back to his flat and kills them. This 2005 short film became the basis of the 2009 feature of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnson
CAST:  Peter Ferdinando  •  George Russo  •  Francis Pope  •  Mark Mooney

Archive (2020)

2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Rothery
CAST:  Rhona Mitra  •  Theo James  •  Toby Jones  •  Stacy Martin

2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Rothery
CAST:  Rhona Mitra  •  Theo James  •  Toby Jones  •  Stacy Martin

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ritchie
CAST:  Jason Statham  •  Aubrey Plaza  •  Josh Hartnett  •  Hugh Grant

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ritchie
CAST:  Jason Statham  •  Aubrey Plaza  •  Josh Hartnett  •  Hugh Grant
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