Peter Howitt

For other people named Peter Howitt, see Peter Howitt (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with the similarly-named English director Peter Hewitt.

Peter Howitt
Born	(1957-05-05) 5 May 1957 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director and producer, screenwriter
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Lorraine Howitt (2001–present)
Children	2

Peter Howitt (/ˈhaʊɪt/; born 5 May 1957) is a British actor and film director.

Biography

Early life

Howitt was born on 5 May 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned Fleet Street journalist who, in 1963, broke the infamous Profumo Scandal by getting the exclusive story from call girl Christine Keeler of her illicit affair with a high ranking government minister.

Howitt grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Wyborne Primary School in New Eltham and Colfe's Grammar School in Lee, South London. While in Eltham he was a member of the Priory Players amateur dramatics group. Howitt spent a brief time at Paisley Grammar School in Paisley, Scotland in 1970. He studied at the Drama Studio London in 1976.

Career

Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984–85 series of Yorkshire Television's long-running programme for schools How We Used To Live, where he starred alongside Brookside actress Sue Jenkins. He is best known for playing Joey Boswell in the first four series of BBC TV series Bread. In 1998, he wrote and directed his first film, Sliding Doors (1998). Since then, he has directed several films, including Antitrust (2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), and Dangerous Parking (2008). He adapted the latter film from the novel by Stuart Browne, as well as produced and directed it, and played the lead role.

Personal life

Howitt has two children, Luke (b. 1990) and Amy (b. 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Filmography

Film

Film credits of Howitt

Title	Year	Credited as				Role	Notes	Refs.
		Actor	Director	Producer	Writer
In the Name of the Father	1993	Yes	No	No	No	Remand Prison Officer
Some Mother's Son	1996	Yes	No	No	No	SAS Leader
Stone Cold	1997	Yes	No	No	No	Conrad Stonebanks
Sliding Doors	1998	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Cheeky Bloke
Antitrust	2001	Yes	Yes	No	No	Homeless Man
Johnny English	2003	Yes	Yes	No	No	Man at the Coronation of Pascal Sauvage/Johnny English	Uncredited
Laws of Attraction	2004	Yes	Yes	No	No	Client Client	Uncredited
Dangerous Parking	2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Noah Arkwright
Reasonable Doubt	2014	No	Yes	No	No	None
Scorched Earth	2018	No	Yes	No	No	None

Television

Television credits of Howitt

Title	Year	Credited as			Role	Notes	Refs.
		Actor	Director	Writer
Solo	1982	Yes	No	No	Raif	Episode: "Episode One"
Studio	1983	Yes	No	No	Nick	Episode: "Art Begins at Forty"
Jury	1983	Yes	No	No	Simmo	Episode: "Mick"
Out on the Floor	1983	Yes	No	No	Nico	Television film
Sharon and Elsie	1984	Yes	No	No	Michael Blake	Episode: "Episode Six"
Punters	1984	Yes	No	No	Ansty	Television film
How We Used To Live	1984–1985	Yes	No	No	Tom Selby
Emmerdale	1985	Yes	No	No	Colin
Constant Hot Water	1986	Yes	No	No	Roland
Bread	1986–1988	Yes	No	No	Joey Boswell	39 episodes
Family Fortunes	1989	Yes	No	No	Prince Charming	Episode: "Celebrity Christmas Special"
Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage	1993	Yes	No	No	Topless Topless	Television film
Coasting	1990	Yes	No	No	Eddie Baker
Civvies	1992	Yes	No	No	Steve Harris
Party Time	1992	Yes	No	No	Terry	Short film
Highlander	1993	Yes	No	No	Christoph Kuyler	Episode: "For Evil's Sake"
Screen One	1993	Yes	No	No	Jim	Episode: "Royal Celebration"
The Magician	1993	Yes	No	No	Herbie	Television film
Class Act	1994	Yes	No	No	Antoine	Episode: "Episode Six"
The Lifeboat	1994	Yes	No	No	Stanley Woods	Episode: "Homecomings"
Tears Before Bedtime	1995	Yes	No	No	Ben Farlow
The Perfect Match	1995	Yes	No	No	Dave	Television film
Killing Me Softly	1995	Yes	No	No	Malcolm Thornton	Television film
Eleven Men Against Eleven	1995	Yes	No	No	Steve Denton	Television film
Frontiers	1996	Yes	No	No	Supt. Nick Jarratt
Kiss and Tell	1996	Yes	No	No	Graham Ives	Television film
Insiders	1997	Yes	No	No	Will Deans	Episode: "Guilty"
Going to California	2001	No	Yes	No	None
The Armstrong and Miller Show	2007	Yes	No	No	Dominic Dominic	Episode: "Episode Seven"
Defying Gravity	2009	Yes	Yes	No	Trevor Williams
Radio Rebel	2012	No	Yes	Yes	None	Television film
Rogue	2013	No	Yes	No	None	Episode: "The Second Amendment"
The Fixer	2015	No	Yes	No	None

Awards

• European Film Award (1998) – European Screenwriter (Sliding Doors)
• Empire Awards (1999) – Best British Director (Sliding Doors)
• Shanghai International Film Festival (2001) – Jin Jue Award for Best Director (AntiTrust)
• Shanghai International Film Festival (2001) – Jin Jue Award for Best Film (AntiTrust)
• Tokyo International Film Festival (2007) – Best Director (Dangerous Parking)

External links

• Peter Howitt at IMDb