Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
MobLand
Character: Valjon
TV • 2025
Sexy Beast
Character: Dominic McGraw
TV • 2024
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Character: Mike
MOVIE • 2023
Muscle
Character: Ken
MOVIE • 2020
Archive
Character: Tagg
MOVIE • 2020
The Letter for the King
Character: Jaro
TV • 2020
Vita & Virginia
Character: Leonard Woolf
MOVIE • 2019
Hanna
Character: Lukas
TV • 2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Character: Jimmy
MOVIE • 2018
Blue Iguana
Character: Deacon Bradshaw
MOVIE • 2018
Tommy's Honour
Character: Major Molesworth
MOVIE • 2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Character: Earl of Mercia
MOVIE • 2017
Ghost in the Shell
Character: Cutter
MOVIE • 2017
Lost in London
Character: Dante
MOVIE • 2017
High-Rise
Character: Cosgrove
MOVIE • 2015
Safe House
Character: Michael
TV • 2015
Hyena
Character: Michael
MOVIE • 2015
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
Character: Half-Face Man
MOVIE • 2014
Starred Up
Character: Spencer
MOVIE • 2014
300: Rise of an Empire
Character: Greek Ambassador
MOVIE • 2014