Peter Howitt

Born: 1957-05-05

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.


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as Cheeky Bloke
Released: 1998-04-23

London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens...

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In the Name of the Father

as Remand Prison Officer
Released: 1993-12-12

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub...

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Some Mother's Son

as SAS Leader
Released: 1996-09-13

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner...

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Royal Celebration

as Jim
Released: 1993-09-26

A bittersweet drama about a street party held in a suburban London square to mark the 1981 Royal...

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Party Time

as Terry
Released: 1992-11-17

At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.

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Dangerous Parking

as Noah Arkwright
Released: 2007-06-01

Noah Arkwright, a successful, hard living and indulgent independent British film director,...

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Kiss and Tell

as Graham Ives
Released: 1996-11-09

An undercover police officer must prove that a lonely man's missing wife was murdered.

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Stone Cold

as Shelter
Released: 1997-01-01

A young boy, tired of his mother's abusive boyfriend, sets out on an adventure to London,...

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The Magician

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

For more than a year in the early 1980s, police at Scotland Yard watched the build-up of a...

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Killing Me Softly

as Malcolm Thornton
Released: 1996-07-07

Sara Thornton was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 1989 murder of her...

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Highlander: The Series

as Kuyler
First aired: 1992-10-03

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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Going Live!

as Self
First aired: 1987-09-26

Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It...

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Bread

as Joey Boswell
First aired: 1986-05-01

Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on...

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Defying Gravity

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-08-02

In the very near future, a team of eight astronauts embarking on a six-year journey to explore...

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Civvies

as Steve Harris
First aired: 1991-02-20

Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian...

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