Peter Gunn (actor)

Peter Gunn
Born	(1963-02-13) 13 February 1963 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Julie Gunn
Children	Tom Gunn & George Gunn

Peter Gunn (born 13 February 1963) is an English actor. He has appeared in several TV series and TV films.

On British television, Gunn is known as the character Len Cosgrove in the BBC series Born and Bred as well as dozens of guest-starring and recurring roles in other television series and films such as Frost, Heartburn Hotel, and Sunshine. To American audiences, he is probably best known for portraying Oswald Granger in the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Gunn has also appeared in Coronation Street as Brian Packham, former partner of Julie Carp and former Headmaster of Bessie Street School since 2010. He also starred as Pat Kennedy on the ITV drama series London's Burning in 2000.

In 2006, Gunn appeared in three television adverts for John Smith’s.

He has two sons, George and Tom.

In 2022, he appeared in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Filmography

Films

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Treacle	1988	Frankie Duffell	Short film
Resurrected	1989	Bonner
Funny Bones	1995	Nicky
Blue Juice		Terry Colcott
Soup	1996	Scientist	Short film
When Saturday Comes		Tommy
Twelfth Night		Fabian
Brassed Off		Simmo
Roseanna's Grave	1997	Cop 1
Ever After: A Cinderella Story	1998	Captain Laurent
24 Hour Party People	2002	Farmer
Int. Bedsit- Day	2007	Dan	Short film
A Bunch of Amateurs	2008	Frank Dobbins	Film selected for the Royal Film Performance of 2008
Hannah Montana: The Movie	2009	Oswald Granger	People's Choice Award for Favorite Family Movie
United	2011	PC Gunstone	Uncredited

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin	1989	Policeman	Series 1: Episode 1
Flying Lady		Ned Kellet	Episode: "Second Honeymoon"
The Paradise Club		Eddy Gunn	Episode: "Unfrocked in Babylon
The Return of Shelley		Police Constable	Episode: "Wages of Virtue"
El C.I.D.	1990	Melvin	Episode: "Copping Out"
Never the Twain		Policeman	Episode: "There But for the Grace of God"
Casualty		Malcolm	Episode: "All's Fair"
Harry Enfield's Television Programme		Mike	Series 1: Episode 5
Love Hurts	1992	Devlin	Episode: "Cured"
The Bill	1993	Pool Manager	Episodes: "Missionary Work"
Minder	1994	Clive	Episode: "The Immaculate Contraption"
Pie in the Sky		Dave Pyke	Episode: "An Innocent Man"
Sharpe's Company		Private Clayton	Television film
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries		Sergeant Oliphant	Episode: "Scales of Justice"
The Bill		David Roe	Episodes: "Inquest"
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales		Voice of Touchstone and Messenger	Episode: "As You Like It"
The Bill	1995	Paul Shaw	Episodes: "Rock-A-Bye-Baby"
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	1997	Bryan	Episode: "A Rose by Any Other Name"
Grange Hill		Mr. Frampton	Series 20: Episode 2
The Mill on the Floss		Reverend Stelling	Television film
A Touch of Frost		Sydney Snell	Episode: "House Calls"
Holding On		Len	2 episodes
The Bill		Barry Welsh	Episodes: "Straying"
Kiss me Kate	1998	Client	Episode: "Mike"
Heartburn Hotel	1998–2000	Simon Thorpe	All 13 episodes
The Dark Room	1999	Bernard Weston	Television film
People Like Us		Dean Trussler	Episode: "The Managing Director"
London's Burning	2000	Pat Kennedy	3 episodes
Casualty		Jim Roberts	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
North Square		Steve Blatter	Series 1: Episode 7
Sword of Honour	2001	Sergeant Tozer	Television film
Office Gossip		Bernard	Episode: "Lucky in Love"
Heartbeat		Eddie Ford	Episode: "She's Leaving Home"
The Way We Live Now		Inspector Brown	Series 1: Episode 3
Micawber	2002	Knapper	Episode: "Micawber and the Aristocracy"
Born and Bred	2002–2005	Len Cosgrove	All 36 episodes
Shipman	2002	DS John Ashley	Television film
Holby City		Daman Harris	Episode: "Design for Living"
Birthday Girl		Charlie Boyd	Television film
Meades Eats	2003	Trevor Neville	Episode: "Whose Food?"
Sugar Rush	2006	Mark's Father	Series 2: Episode 9
Doctors	2007	Ed Woollard	Episode: "The Good Samaritan"
The Street		Solicitor	Episode: "Taxi"
Wild at Heart	2008	Kevin Alsop	Series 3: Episode 1
Sunshine		Terry	Series 1: Episode 1
The Royal	2009	Harry	Episode: "A Hero for Our Time"
Tracy Beaker Returns	2010	Service Station Manager	Episode: "A Day at the Beach"
Coronation Street	2010–2013, 2015–present	Brian Packham	Series regular
Doctors	2010	Dave Earnshaw	Episode: "Paradise Lost"
Eric & Ernie	2011	Billy Crackers	Television film
Skins		Owen Creevey	Episode: "Alo"
32 Brinkburn Street		Mr. Peters	Series 1: Episode 2
Doctors	2014	Gary Matthews	Episode: "The Apprentice"
All at Sea		Fergal	Episode: "Gumball"
Casualty	2015	Bryan Munnings	Episode: "Excess Baggage"
The Coroner		Robert Talbot	Episode: "The Deep Freeze"
Comedy Playhouse		Jack	Episode: "Broken Biscuits"
Cold Feet	2016	Paul Matthews	3 episodes

External links

• Peter Gunn at IMDb