Queen of Swords
Press kit bio
2000
Peter Wingfield was on the verge of completing his medical training
when he realized he didn't want to be a doctor and dropped out to
pursue and acting career. As a child in Cardiff, Wales, he studied
drama at the National Youth Theatre, and resumed his dramatic training
years later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Landing his first acting role because he knew how to drive, Peter
debuted in Beeban Kidron's Antonia and Jane.
He has gone on to become a British Television staple, having starred
in countless productions over the past ten years, including the
series Medics, Soldier Soldier, Antonia Bird's The
Men's Room, Lifeboat, Nice Day at the Office,
and Noah's Ark. He has the mini-series Into the Fire,
Martin Chuzzlewit, and Crocodile Shoes under his belt
as well as the telefilms, Six Characters in Search of an Author,
Trust Me, Alun Levis:Death and Beauty — in the
title role, Degas and Pissaro Fall Out, Murder in Mind,
and Over Here.
American Audiences know and love Peter as Methos, the oldest living
Immortal on the cult hit Highlander: The Series. Peter will
reprise the role of Methos in the upcoming feature Highlander:
Engame.
Peter excels at athletics and a once national trampoline champion
and representative of Wales in the national club finals in Pole-vaulting,
now finds running, particularly long distance marathons, his sport
of choice. He also plays two instruments, the saxophone and the
flute.
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