Peter Sullivan

Biography

Peter Sullivan is an English film and television actor who was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and began in theater with the National Youth Theatre and the Old Vic Youth Theatre, studying from 1983 to 1986 at the Central School of Speech and Drama and later at HB Studio in New York. He joined the National Theatre in 1990, touring King Lear and Richard III, and was nominated for an Evening Standard best newcomer award for playing Ray in Drummers in the West End. He played SS Colonel Karl Schoengarth in the BBC and HBO film Conspiracy (2001), and has appeared as Cardinal Sforza in The Borgias and Commander Laurence Stern in The Hour, with leads in the Sky series Critical and the BBC drama Cuffs and roles in Poldark and Around the World in Eighty Days.

62years old

Turns 63 on July 26in 257 days

Born July 26, 1964Hoddesdon
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 23 years2001 to 2024

Genres

Drama83%, 5 films
History50%, 3 films
Mystery33%, 2 films
War33%, 2 films
Biography17%, 1 film

First and latest

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Early training
Peter Sullivan's training began at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he studied from 1983 to 1986, before he went to New York to work under Uta Hagen at HB Studio.
A change of course
Sullivan became a member of La Fura dels Baus, a Catalan performance group, in 1988. With them he toured worldwide in a trilogy of spectacles: Accions, Suz/O/Suz and Tier Mon.
A first
Sullivan was the first to play Ferdinand in Tom Stoppard's Rock n Roll, a production directed by Trevor Nunn that later moved to the West End and Broadway.

Peter Sullivan movies on Netflix

Before Dawn2024IMDb rating 5.5as Archie
The Limehouse Golem2016IMDb rating 6.3as Inspector Roberts
The Scandalous Lady W2015IMDb rating 6.5as Mr. James Farrar
The Face of an Angel2014IMDb rating 4.6as Elizabeth's Father
Monsieur N.2003IMDb rating 6.6as Thomas Reade
Conspiracy2001IMDb rating 7.6as SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' Schöngarth

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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The Limehouse Golem2016 Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Inspector Roberts
IMDb rating 6.325K votes
Conspiracy2001 Drama, History, Waras SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' Schöngarth
IMDb rating 7.631K votes
The Scandalous Lady W2015as Mr. James Farrar
IMDb rating 6.53.1K votes
The Face of an Angel2014as Elizabeth's Father
IMDb rating 4.65.5K votes
Monsieur N.2003as Thomas Reade
IMDb rating 6.61.2K votes
Before Dawn2024as Archie
IMDb rating 5.51.5K votes

Worked with

Peter Sullivan made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Stanley Tucci

Bill Nighy

Richard E. Grant

Eddie Marsan

Colin Firth

Kenneth BranaghFrank PiersonDirector, 1 film Juan Carlos MedinaDirector, 1 film Michael WinterbottomDirector, 1 film

Films together

Stanley Tucci1 film together, 2001
Stanley Tucci's page
- Conspiracy2001IMDb rating 7.6Sullivan as SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' SchöngarthTucci as Adolf Eichmann
Bill Nighy1 film together, 2016
Bill Nighy's page
- The Limehouse Golem2016IMDb rating 6.3Sullivan as Inspector RobertsNighy as John Kildare
Richard E. Grant1 film together, 2003
Richard E. Grant's page
- Monsieur N.2003IMDb rating 6.6Sullivan as Thomas ReadeGrant as Hudson Lowe
Eddie Marsan1 film together, 2016
Eddie Marsan's page
- The Limehouse Golem2016IMDb rating 6.3Sullivan as Inspector RobertsMarsan as Uncle Tommy Farr
Colin Firth1 film together, 2001
Colin Firth's page
- Conspiracy2001IMDb rating 7.6Sullivan as SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' SchöngarthFirth as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
Kenneth Branagh1 film together, 2001
Kenneth Branagh's page
- Conspiracy2001IMDb rating 7.6Sullivan as SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' SchöngarthBranagh as Reinhard Heydrich
Frank PiersonDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Frank Pierson
- Conspiracy2001IMDb rating 7.6Sullivan as SS.Col. Eberhard 'Karl' Schöngarth
Juan Carlos MedinaDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Juan Carlos Medina
- The Limehouse Golem2016IMDb rating 6.3Sullivan as Inspector Roberts
Michael WinterbottomDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Michael Winterbottom
- The Face of an Angel2014IMDb rating 4.6Sullivan as Elizabeth's Father

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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