(on the show "Spooks") Peter Firth: The beauty of Spooks is that you never know what – or who – is round the corner. As soon as the scripts arrive I check to see if I've made it to the end! I've seen characters come and go.
Peter's first major (title) role as an adult was in the title role in a 1976 BBC Television Play of the Month adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Peter has an extensive career onstage in the UK and on Broadway.
As a youth, Peter took weekend classes at the Bradford Playhouse near his Pudsey home.
In 1977, Peter won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Actor.
Peter left school at the age of 16 to pursue his career in acting.
Peter was a child actor on British television, who began his career in 1968.
Peter is married, and a father of four children.
Peter played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus in 1981, with Sir Ian McKellen as Salieri.
Peter was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977].
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