Person
Alistair Petrie
Acting · Born 1970-09-30 · Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Clifford Bunting
Death in Paradise
Gordon Foster
Sex Education
Michael Groff
Vera
Stuart Bayliss
Sherlock
James Sholto
Andor
General Davits Draven
The Night Manager
Sandy Langbourne
Genius
Heinrich Weber
Dalziel and Pascoe
Young James Westropp
Jonathan Creek
Duncan Proctor
Filmography
- 2026National Theatre Live: HamletClaudius
- 2025Death by LightningJohn Sherman
- 2024MagpieRichard
- 2024After the Very EndAlexander Wright
- 2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesDr. Rob Chance
- 2023Funny WomanTed Sargent
- 2022AndorGeneral Davits Draven
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookGeneral Draven (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Rev Richard Jones
- 2021Silent HoursLieutenant Charles 'Chuck' Carter
- 2021The CursedSeamus Laurent
- 2020Agatha and the Midnight MurdersSir Malcolm Campbell
- 2020Sulphur & WhiteJeff
- 2019A Battle in WaterlooKildare
- 2019Year of the RabbitMr Larkham
- 2019HellboyLord Adam Glaren
- 2019Sex EducationMichael Groff
- 2018God's KingdomAlexander
- 2017HampsteadSteve Crowley
- 2017GeniusHeinrich Weber
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryGeneral Draven
- 2016UndercoverRobert Greenlaw
- 2016The Night ManagerSandy Langbourne
- 2015Victor FrankensteinChief Inspector
- 2015Kicking OffAnthony
- 2015A Little ChaosDe Ville
- 2014The GameAndrew
- 2014The Face of an AngelSteve
- 2013LucanJimmy Goldsmith
- 2013LucanJimmy Goldsmith
- 2013VendettaSpencer Holland
- 2013The Escape ArtistJulian Fowkes QC
- 2013RushStirling Moss
- 2013The Murder in Angel LaneDr. Casement
- 2013UtopiaGeoff Lawson
- 2012Cloud AtlasHaskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman
- 2012AshesDr. Burrows
- 2012Metamorphosis
- 2011Death in ParadiseGordon Foster
- 2011VeraStuart Bayliss
- 2010The Taking of Prince HarryJack Pastor
- 2010Devil's PlaygroundAndy Billing
- 2010SherlockJames Sholto
- 2009Gracie!Basil Dean
- 2008A Bunch of AmateursRupert Twist
- 2008The DuchessHeaton
- 2008The Bank JobPhillip Lisle
- 2007CranfordMajor Gordon
- 2007The Mark of CainMajor Rod Gilchrist
- 2005Round About FiveOther Man
- 2005Man to ManBeckinsale
- 2003State of MindNick Grainger
- 2002The Forsyte SagaGeorge Forsyte
- 2000The StretchJonathon Nichols
- 1997Mrs. DallowayHerbert
- 1997Jonathan CreekDuncan Proctor
- 1997Midsomer MurdersClifford Bunting
- 1996EmmaRobert Martin
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeYoung James Westropp
- 1995Game OnCharles
- 1994(All Quiet on the) Preston FrontBig Matt
- 1993Scarlet and BlackHussar
- —Merman
- —152 Days
- —Oddly Flowers
- —Duck Duck GooseRoger
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