Cast & creator
Alistair Petrie
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise, Vera
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.
Also known as: 앨리스터 페트리
43
film credits
26
television credits
69
1993–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
Midsomer Murders
Clifford Bunting
1997
Death in Paradise
Gordon Foster
2011
Vera
Stuart Bayliss
2011
Sex Education
Michael Groff
2019
Sherlock
James Sholto
2010
Andor
General Davits Draven
2022
Genius
Heinrich Weber
2017
Dalziel and Pascoe
Young James Westropp
1996
The Night Manager
Sandy Langbourne
2016
Jonathan Creek
Duncan Proctor
1997
The Terror
Doctor Stanley
2018
Rush
Stirling Moss
2013
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
General Draven
2016
The Bank Job
Phillip Lisle
2008
Utopia
Geoff Lawson
2013
Cloud Atlas
Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman
2012
The Forsyte Saga
George Forsyte
2002
Cranford
Major Gordon
2007
Death by Lightning
John Sherman
2025
The Game
Andrew
2014
The Duchess
Heaton
2008
A Little Chaos
De Ville
2015
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Big Matt
1994
Funny Woman
Ted Sargent
2023
Hellboy
Lord Adam Glaren
2019
Game On
Charles
1995
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Rev Richard Jones
2022
The Escape Artist
Julian Fowkes QC
2013
Year of the Rabbit
Mr Larkham
2019
Victor Frankenstein
Chief Inspector
2015
Undercover
Robert Greenlaw
2016
The Cursed
Seamus Laurent
2021
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Dr. Rob Chance
2023
Emma
Robert Martin
1996
Scarlet and Black
Hussar
1993
Lucan
Jimmy Goldsmith
2013
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
General Draven (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
Sir Malcolm Campbell
2020
The Face of an Angel
Steve
2014
Hampstead
Steve Crowley
2017
Vendetta
Spencer Holland
2013
Man to Man
Beckinsale
2005
A Bunch of Amateurs
Rupert Twist
2008
Magpie
Richard
2024
The Murder in Angel Lane
Dr. Casement
2013
The Mark of Cain
Major Rod Gilchrist
2007
Devil's Playground
Andy Billing
2010
Mrs. Dalloway
Herbert
1997
Silent Hours
Lieutenant Charles 'Chuck' Carter
2021
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Claudius
2026
Sulphur & White
Jeff
2020
A Battle in Waterloo
Kildare
2019
Ashes
Dr. Burrows
2012Oddly Flowers
Toff
The Taking of Prince Harry
Jack Pastor
2010
Gracie!
Basil Dean
2009
Duck Duck Goose
Roger
2026
After the Very End
Alexander Wright
2024
Metamorphosis
The Supervisor
2012
Lucan
Jimmy Goldsmith
2013
The Stretch
Jonathon Nichols
2000
Round About Five
Other Man
2005
State of Mind
Nick Grainger
2003
God's Kingdom
Alexander
2018
Kicking Off
Anthony
2015152 Days
Merman
How Does it Feel to be This Close to Home?
Hermon
2026Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee
Clarence (voice)