Alistair Petrie

Alistair Petrie is a British actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has worked in film, television and theater. Born in Catterick, North Yorkshire, he grew up in the Middle East, mainland Europe and East Africa. On screen he played Philip Lisle in The Bank Job (2008), Felix Finch in Cloud Atlas (2012), Stirling Moss in Rush (2013) and General Davits Draven in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). His television credits include the Channel 4 series Utopia and the BBC shows The Night Manager, Sherlock, in which he appeared as Major James Sholto, and Undercover. In 2018 he played Dr. Stephen Stanley in The Terror, and in 2019 he began playing Mr. Groff in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. On stage he took the lead in Mine at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2008.