:Peter Wingfield
{{short description|Welsh television actor}}
{{about|the actor|the record producer|Pete Wingfield}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Peter Wingfield
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|09|05}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
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| yearsactive = 1990–present
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| website = {{url|http://www.peterwingfield.com}}
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Peter Wingfield (born 5 September 1962) is a Welsh-born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in Holby City, Dr. Robert Helm in Queen of Swords and Inspector Simon Ross in Cold Squad but he is internationally best known for his role as the 5,000-year-old Immortal Methos in the hit syndicated series Highlander: The Series. He also portrayed Dr. James Watson in Sanctuary.{{cite web|last1=Wingfield|first1=Peter|title=Resume|url=http://www.peterwingfield.com/credits.shtml|website=Peter Wingfield}}
Wingfield studied medicine, before becoming a successful actor and, later, returned to medicine, as an anesthesiologist.
Acting career
Wingfield has appeared in numerous North American television productions for both Canadian and U.S. companies, including the portrayal of Dr Robert Helm in Queen of Swords filmed in Spain at Texas Hollywood, Almeria, and the surrounding Tabernas Desert. Executive producer, David Abramowitz, met Peter Wingfield at a Highlander convention in November 1999 and offered him the parts of Doctor Helm or Captain Grisham. Wingfield chose the doctor as a part with more mileage and more challenging.TV zone special; # 40 sword and sorcery special pages 84–85 interview with Peter Wingfield
=Highlander=
Wingfield played the 5,000-year-old Immortal Methos in the syndicated series Highlander: The Series. While filming the fifth Highlander movie Highlander: The Source, Wingfield related his love for Methos:
{{blockquote|And I have to say, the first day of filming was unexpectedly emotional for me. As I put on the long black coat and drove to the set in the pre-dawn gloom, I could feel the presence of an old friend I have not seen for some years now. Really, in a very physical way, I could "feel" him. And I was overwhelmed, possessed even, by the sense of him, tears welling up in my eyes as I formed the words in my head, over and over again, "Methos is alive."{{cite web |url=http://pwingfield.mediablvd.biz/main.shtml |title=Crazy for Wingfield...the Unofficial Peter Wingfield Fansite/Fanlisting |access-date=16 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717032058/http://www.pwingfield.mediablvd.biz/main.shtml |archive-date=17 July 2006 }}}}
Medical career
Starting in 2011, Wingfield significantly reduced his acting career responsibilities. Returning full circle to his earlier interest in a career in medicine, he entered the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont as part of the Class of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/?Page=news&storyID=12217&category=comall|title=The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine : University of Vermont|first=University of|last=Vermont|website=www.uvm.edu}}{{cite web|url=http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/New-Role-for-TV-Actor-Real-Life-Physician-304165471.html|title=New Role for TV Actor: Real-Life Physician|date=18 May 2015 }} He received his white coat as part of the UVM College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://medphoto.photoshelter.com/image/I00001hgy6QHWMqo|title=Error – UVM Larner College of Medicine|website=medphoto.photoshelter.com}} In 2015, it was announced that he would be joining the residency program at the University of California, San Diego.{{cite web|url=http://www.wptz.com/news/uvm-medical-student-signing-through-school-has-high-hopes-on-match-day/31930482|title=UVM medical student signing through school has high hopes on Match Day|first=Jarred|last=Hill|date=20 March 2015}} As of September 2020, he is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist{{cite web | url =https://www.doximity.com/pub/peter-wingfield-md |title=Peter Wingfield}} at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles CA.{{cite web | url=https://find-a-doctor.cedars-sinai.edu/provider/1063807154-peter-m--wingfield |title=Peter Wingfield}}
Charitable work
Peter is founder and director of Project Edan, a non-profit organization which raises funds for children's charities such as UNICEF and the Boston Children's Hospital.{{cite web|title=Who are we?|url=http://www.projectedan.org/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127115037/http://www.projectedan.org/about.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 January 2011|website=Project Edan|access-date=26 January 2017}} One of Project Edan's focuses is UNICEF's Believe in Zero campaign, which hopes to reduce child mortality.{{cite web|title=Believe in Zero|url=http://www.projectedan.org/believein0.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129062547/http://www.projectedan.org/believein0.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 January 2011|website=Project Edan|access-date=26 January 2017}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| Alun Lewis: Death and Beauty | Alun Lewis | |
| Degas and Pissarro Fall Out
| Phillip |
| Uncovered
| Max | |
| 2000
| Methos | |
| 2003
| X2 | Stryker Soldier Lyman | |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Catwoman | Dr. Ivan Slavicky | |
| Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
| Crowe | |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Banker | |
| Miss Texas
| Jack Clooney | |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Methos | |
| The Last Sin Eater
| The Sin Eater | |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Hamlet | |
| JumpRopeSprint
| Dan Smullie | |
| 2012
| Captain Eric Wells (voice) | |
| 2020
| Jumping the Gun | | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1990–1991
| The Men's Room | Tom Walton | Miniseries; Episode: "Episode #1.5" |
| 1990
| Taxi Driver | Episode: "Antonia and Jane" |
| 1990–1992
| Medics | Alex Taylor | 10 episodes |
| 1991
| Lieutenant Nick Pasco | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| Detective Sergeant Pete Dyson / Paul Greaves | 2 episodes |
| Performance
| Actor | Episode: "Six Characters in Search of an Author" |
| rowspan="6" | 1994
| Murder in Mind | Detective Sergeant Pete Dyson | rowspan="2" | TV movie |
| A Very Open Prison
| Dominic Casement |
| The Lifeboat
| Rufus Myers Lloyd | Episode: "Troubled Waters" |
| Nice Day at the Office
| Barry | Episode: "Acting Up" |
| Crocodile Shoes
| Danny | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| Martin Chuzzlewit
| John Westlock | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 1995
| Dominic Casement | Episode: "A Very Open Prison" |
| 1995–1998
| Adam Pierson / Methos | 31 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| Into the Fire | Karl | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Over Here
| Tully | Television film |
| Murder Most Horrid
| Giles | Episode: "A Life or Death Operation" |
| 1997
| Tom Kirby | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| Scott Bruenell | Episode: "Foreign Exchange" |
| Viper
| Giles Seton | Episode: "About Face" |
| 1998–1999
| Inspector Simon Ross | 17 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Terrance Shepard | 3 episodes |
| Cold Feet
| Conrad Gordon | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| Dwight Bordon | Episode: "The Beholder" |
| The Man Who Used to Be Me
| Mark Mason | Television film |
| First Wave
| Dr. Rook | Episode: "Shadowland" |
| 2000–2001
| Dr. Robert Helm | Credited 22 episodes, appeared in 9 episodes plus a flashback episode |
| 2000–2002
| Tanith / Hebron | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2001
| David Morris | Episode: "The Doghouse/Still Life" |
| Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
| Alex | rowspan="4" | Television film |
| The Wedding Dress
| Steve Blaine |
| The Miracle of the Cards
| Ernie Shergold |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Reverend Walter McBain |
| Just Cause
| Brad Ryan | Episode: "Above the Law" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Captain Michael Klein | Episode: "Cabin Pressure" |
| John Doe
| Ken Rothman | Episode: "Doe or Die" |
| 2002–2004
| Bliss | George / Gerald | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="5" | 2004
| Lach | Episode: "The Others" |
| Touching Evil
| Agent Krakauer | 4 episodes |
| Kingdom Hospital
| Benton Knight | Episode: "Heartless" |
| The Shields Stories
| Hamish Scott | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| Cooking Lessons
| Harry Shipman | Television film |
| 2005
| Marcus Becker | Episode: "Lucy" |
| rowspan="5" | 2006
| The Hunters | James Pantell | Television film |
| The Collector
| Maurice Jeanrichard | Episode: "The Watchmaker" |
| Dalziel and Pascoe
| Dave Simmonds | Episode: "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" |
| Charmed
| Salek | Episode: "The Jung and the Restless" |
| Medium
| Sean Redburn | Episode: "Twice Upon a Time" |
| 2006–2007
| Whit Strobel | 2 episodes |
| 2008
| Dr. Harbeck | 2 episodes: "Taking the Lead" and "Read Between the Minds" |
| 2009 (filmed in 2008)
| 24 | David Emerson | 5 episodes |
| 2006–2009
| Dan Clifford | 45 episodes |
| rowspan="6" | 2010
| 10,000 Days | Remy Farnwell | 12 episodes |
| Human Target
| Hugh Prentiss | Episode: "Corner Man" |
| Riverworld
| Television film |
| NCIS: Los Angeles
| Eugene Keelson | Episode: "Burned" |
| Stonehenge Apocalypse
| Dr. John Trousdale | Television film |
| Caprica
| Global Defense Department Director Gara Singh | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| Paul Nichols | Episode: "Match Made in Hell" |
| Endgame
| Oleg Olesky | Episode: ""Huxley, We Have a Problem" |
| Alphas
| James Collier | Episode: "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure" |
| 2008–2011
| Dr. James Watson | 5 episodes |
| 2014
| 10,000 Days | Remy Farnwell | Television film |
| 2016
| Beast Hunter | Episode: "Monsieur et Madame Bete" |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2008
| Methos |
| 2023
| Byron |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Peter Wingfield}}
- [http://www.peterwingfield.com Official site]
- {{IMDb name|id=0935057|name=Peter Wingfield}}
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Category:20th-century Welsh male actors
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Category:American anesthesiologists
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Category:Welsh male television actors
Category:Welsh male voice actors
Category:Expatriate male actors in Canada
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Category:Welsh people of English descent
Category:Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital