Peter Firth

Peter Macintosh Firth, born on 27 October 1953, is an acclaimed English actor best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks. He holds the distinction of being the only actor to appear in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. Firth has demonstrated his acting prowess across numerous television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977), for which he earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. His career kicked off in 1969 when he starred in the first series of The Flaxton Boys and then the following year in Here Come the Double Deckers. One notable role was when he starred in the stage version of Peter Shaffer's play Equus in July 1973 at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre. He replicated his role in the Broadway production, receiving a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Alan Strang. Firth's film roles are varied, having appeared in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976), Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Amistad (1997) among others. He continues to appear in television productions with notable credits in high-profile dramas and has also lent his voice as a narrator of audiobooks. On 17 July 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bradford as a Doctor of Letters for his services to acting. In his personal life, Firth dated Alexandra Pigg, his co-star from Letter to Brezhnev, and they married in 2017.