
Peter Ferdinando
Acting
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

Doctor Who
2005 · tv

MobLand
2025 · tv

Hustle
2004 · tv

Ripper Street
2012 · tv

Hanna
2019 · tv

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023 · movie

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017 · movie

Ghost in the Shell
2017 · movie

300: Rise of an Empire
2014 · movie

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · movie

Archive
2020 · movie

Sexy Beast
2024 · tv

Safe House
2015 · tv

Vita & Virginia
2019 · movie

Injustice
2011 · tv

The Letter for the King
2020 · tv

Starred Up
2014 · movie

Face
1997 · movie

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018 · movie

A Field in England
2013 · movie

The Mimic
2013 · tv

High-Rise
2015 · movie

Lost in London
2017 · movie

Tony
2010 · movie

If You See God, Tell Him
1993 · tv

Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014 · movie

Odyssey
2025 · movie

Blue Iguana
2018 · movie

Hyena
2015 · movie

Tommy's Honour
2017 · movie