Peter Serafinowicz
Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (born July 10, 1972) is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. His film roles include the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Garthan Saal in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the voice of Big Daddy in Sing (2016) and Sing 2 (2021), and The Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). On television, Serafinowicz created and starred in the comedy shows Look Around You (2002–2005) and The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007–2008). He also voiced characters and worked as a creative consultant on South Park (2006–2015), portrayed Edgar Covington in Parks and Recreation (2013–2015), voiced the Fisher King in Doctor Who (2015), and starred as the title character in the live-action adaptation series The Tick (2016). His other television work includes voicing characters in animated series such as Archer, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, American Dad!, and the second season of What If...?, reprising his live-action role as Garthan Saal. Serafinowicz has voiced characters in video games such as Dark Souls II (2014), LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014), and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016). He has also directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip and went viral in 2016 for political satire videos in which he dubbed over videos of Donald Trump with a "sassy" voice, a Cockney accent, and a posh English accent.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · How to Train Your Dragon as Spitelout
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Judge Whisk (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Garthan Saal (voice)
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Iofur Raknison (voice)
- 2019 · Miracle Workers as King Cragnoor
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Sommelier
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Agency Director (voice)
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as (voice)
- 2013 · 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self - Dictionary Corner
- 2013 · 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Brian Butterfield
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Blind Ivan (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Scottjon Dansteve (voice)
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Lumpy Space Prince (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as George Spelvin (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Cut-Rate James Mason / Turkman Leader / Archer's Father (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Benoit (voice)
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Lord Edgar Covington
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Edgar Covington
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Michael Caine (voice)
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Lift (voice)
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Voice Over (voice)
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Newsreader (voice)
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Voice of Fisher King (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Goran the Mutilator (voice)
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Walter Fane
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1997 · South Park as Darth Chef (voice)
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Lucian Shirewell
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Corporate CEO (voice)
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Himself - Panellist
- 2025 · Jingle Bell Heist as Maxwell Sterling
- 2025 · Million Dollar Secret as Self - Host
- 2025 · Amandaland as Johannes
- 2024 · The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Christopher Lee (Voice)
- 2024 · Dead Hot as Danny
- 2023 · Dreaming Whilst Black as Howard
- 2022 · The Amazing Maurice as Death (voice)
- 2022 · The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! as
- 2022 · The Bubble as Gavin
- 2021 · Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 2020 · DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
- 2019 · Last Christmas as Theatre Producer
- 2018 · The Shivering Truth as (voice)
- 2017 · An Ordinary Man as Miro
- 2016 · Opening Night as Waldo (voice)
- 2015 · Long Live the Royals as Frederick, Announcer,Demonic Hare
- 2014 · The Britishes as Lord British
- 2014 · Mr. Sloane as Ross
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Gulag Guard (uncredited)
- 2013 · It's Kevin as Brad
- 2013 · It's Kevin as Bill Grundy
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Paul McCartney
- 2010 · The Best and the Brightest as Clark
- 2009 · As Seen on TV as
- 2009 · You Have Been Watching as Self
- 2009 · Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle as Voice Over (voice)
- 2007 · Run Fatboy Run as TV Commentator
- 2005 · Ripley Under Ground as Nigel
- 2004 · The Calcium Kid as Dave King
- 2001 · World of Pub as
- 1999 · The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as George Fitzpatrick
- 1999 · Smack the Pony as Various Characters
- 1998 · Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round as
- 1998 · How Do You Want Me? as
- Future · Bedlam as Cumberland
- 2025 · Too Disgusting To Be Confused as Eric Morley / Lord Denning / Judge Vinelott / Tony Blair / Film Reviewer (voice)
- 2025 · Brian Butterfield's Call of Now as Brian Butterfield
- 2025 · Wolf King as Mack Ferran (voice)
- 2024 · Creature Commandos as Victor (voice)
- 2024 · The Gentlemen as Tommy Dixon
- 2023 · Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Reginald Smith (voice)
- 2023 · Sumotherhood as Krzysztof
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as William F. Buckley, Jr.
- 2023 · Royal Crackers as Sandy (voice)
- 2022 · The School for Good and Evil as Yuba
- 2022 · Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm as Neil / Big Neil (voice)
- 2021 · Sing 2 as Big Daddy (voice)
- 2020 · Sassy Justice as Fred Sassy/Michael Caine/Donald Trump
- 2020 · DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger as The Phantom Stranger (voice)
- 2017 · At Home with Amy Sedaris as Turtleneck Man
- 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Panellist
- 2017 · Going in Style as Murphy
- 2016 · Sing as Big Daddy (voice)
- 2016 · The Tick as The Tick
- 2016 · The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Deadly Brothel as OG Sherlock Kush
- 2015 · Star Wars at the BBC as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Spy as Aldo
- 2015 · The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush: The Mystery of the Royal Flasher as OG Sherlock Kush
- 2015 · The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush as OG Sherlock Kush
- 2014 · Guardians of the Galaxy as Denarian Saal
- 2014 · Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Edward the Horse (voice)
- 2013 · How Videogames Changed the World as Self
- 2013 · The World's End as Knock-a-Door Run Home Owner (uncredited)
- 2013 · Fit as Brian Butterfield
- 2012 · Bad Sugar as Ralph Cauldwell
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Roger Kite
- 2011 · NTSF:SD:SUV:: as SAM (voice)
- 2011 · The Terrys as Puppet (voice)
- 2011 · Killing Bono as Hammond
- 2010 · The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Tito the Cycling Lawyer
- 2010 · Running Wilde as Fa'ad Shaoulian
- 2009 · The Greatest Ever 3D Moments as Narrator
- 2009 · Couples Retreat as Sctanley
- 2009 · Snake 'n' Bacon as (voice)
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Multi Characters (voice)
- 2007 · The Peter Serafinowicz Show as
- 2007 · Tapping the Wire as Self
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Screaming Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · Sixty Six as Uncle Jimmy
- 2004 · Spaced: Skip to the End as Self
- 2004 · Shaun of the Dead as Pete
- 2003 · Celebrity Mastermind as
- 2003 · The Alchemists of Sound as Self
- 2003 · Hardware as Kenny
- 2003 · Hello, Friend as (voice)
- 2002 · Look Around You as Peter Packard
- 2002 · Look Around You as Scientist
- 2002 · Colin Versus the World: Mr. Lounge Lizard as Butch (voice)
- 2002 · Ted and Alice as
- 2001 · Calcium as
- 2001 · The Junkies as Big Al/Narrator
- 2000 · Black Books as Howell Granger
- 1999 · Hippies as Robin
- 1999 · Hippies as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Spaced as Duane Benzie
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Darth Maul / Battle Droid Commander / Gungan Scout (voice)
- 1998 · You Are Here as Dr. Phil Phillips
- 1998 · Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime as Baron's Henchman #2
- 1998 · Europigeon as Terry Wogan (voice only)
- 1997 · I'm Alan Partridge as Tex
- 1996 · Fisted as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Brian Butterfield
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Tony Frost