Alistair Petrie

Known for: Acting

Born: 1970-09-30 (age 55)

From: Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Alistair Petrie (born September 30, 1970) is an English actor. He has starred in The Bank Job (2010), Cloud Atlas (2012), Rush (2013) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Petrie has also starred in the Channel 4 television series Utopia, the BBC One television series' The Night Manager, Sherlock, and Undercover and as Mr. Groff in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Sex Education.

Filmography (66)

MOVIE★ 6.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026
as Claudius
TV★ 7.3
Death by Lightning
2025
as John Sherman
MOVIE★ 6.4
Magpie
2024
as Richard
MOVIE★ 9.0
After the Very End
2024
as Alexander Wright
TV★ 7.1
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Dr. Rob Chance
TV★ 6.9
Funny Woman
2023
as Ted Sargent
TV★ 8.3
Andor
2022
as General Davits Draven
MOVIE★ 7.4
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as General Draven (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.6
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Rev Richard Jones
MOVIE★ 5.3
Silent Hours
2021
as Lieutenant Charles 'Chuck' Carter
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Cursed
2021
as Seamus Laurent
MOVIE★ 6.2
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
2020
as Sir Malcolm Campbell
MOVIE★ 4.2
Sulphur & White
2020
as Jeff
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Battle in Waterloo
2019
as Kildare
TV★ 7.0
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Mr Larkham
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hellboy
2019
as Lord Adam Glaren
TV★ 8.2
Sex Education
2019
as Michael Groff
MOVIE★ 7.0
God's Kingdom
2018
as Alexander
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hampstead
2017
as Steve Crowley
TV★ 7.5
Genius
2017
as Heinrich Weber
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as General Draven
TV★ 6.5
Undercover
2016
as Robert Greenlaw
TV★ 7.7
The Night Manager
2016
as Sandy Langbourne
MOVIE★ 6.0
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Chief Inspector
MOVIE★ 3.5
Kicking Off
2015
as Anthony
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Little Chaos
2015
as De Ville
TV★ 7.3
The Game
2014
as Andrew
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Face of an Angel
2014
as Steve
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lucan
2013
as Jimmy Goldsmith
TV★ 7.1
Lucan
2013
as Jimmy Goldsmith
MOVIE★ 5.9
Vendetta
2013
as Spencer Holland
TV★ 7.1
The Escape Artist
2013
as Julian Fowkes QC
MOVIE★ 7.7
Rush
2013
as Stirling Moss
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013
as Dr. Casement
TV★ 7.9
Utopia
2013
as Geoff Lawson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman
MOVIE★ 5.1
Ashes
2012
as Dr. Burrows
MOVIE
Metamorphosis
2012
TV★ 7.5
Death in Paradise
2011
as Gordon Foster
TV★ 7.4
Vera
2011
as Stuart Bayliss
MOVIE
The Taking of Prince Harry
2010
as Jack Pastor
MOVIE★ 5.3
Devil's Playground
2010
as Andy Billing
TV★ 8.5
Sherlock
2010
as James Sholto
MOVIE★ 5.5
Gracie!
2009
as Basil Dean
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Rupert Twist
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Duchess
2008
as Heaton
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Bank Job
2008
as Phillip Lisle
TV★ 8.1
Cranford
2007
as Major Gordon
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Mark of Cain
2007
as Major Rod Gilchrist
MOVIE★ 7.7
Round About Five
2005
as Other Man
MOVIE★ 6.3
Man to Man
2005
as Beckinsale
MOVIE★ 5.8
State of Mind
2003
as Nick Grainger
TV★ 7.9
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as George Forsyte
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Stretch
2000
as Jonathon Nichols
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Herbert
TV★ 7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Duncan Proctor
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Clifford Bunting
MOVIE★ 6.6
Emma
1996
as Robert Martin
TV★ 6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Young James Westropp
TV★ 7.6
Game On
1995
as Charles
TV★ 5.8
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Big Matt
TV★ 6.2
Scarlet and Black
1993
as Hussar
MOVIE
Oddly Flowers
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MOVIE
Duck Duck Goose
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as Roger
MOVIE
152 Days
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MOVIE
Merman
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