Sean Pertwee (born 4 June 1964 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actor with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions.
He played Sgt. Wells in the cinema film Dog Soldiers, Pilot Smith in Event Horizon, Inspector Lestrade in CBS's Elementary and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox's Gotham.
Pertwee is the brother of actress Dariel Pertwee, son of actor Jon Pertwee, grandson of actor and screenwriter Roland Pertwee, and is more distantly related to actor Bill Pertwee. In fact, it has been noticed that Sean resembles his father so closely that fans have hoped he might make an appearance on Doctor Who as his father's greatest role as The Third Doctor, which for the most part Sean has largely preferred to downplay outside of one cameo for a charity event.
Sean Pertwee on TV Tropes:
Film
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987) as Orton's Friend
- Swing Kids (1993) as Gestapo Arresting Berger
- Shopping (1994) as Tommy
- Event Horizon (1997) as Pilot Smith
- Tale of the Mummy (1998) as Bradley Cortese
- The 51st State (2001) as Detective Virgil Kane
- Equilibrium (2002) as Father
- Dog Soldiers (2002) as Sergeant Harry G. Wells
- The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) as Dani Simionescu
- Renaissance (2006) as Montoya (voice)
- Botched (2007) as Mr. Groznyi
- When Evil Calls (2007) as the Janitor
- Doomsday (2008) as Dr. Talbot
- Mutant Chronicles (2008) as Nathan Rooker
- 4.3.2.1 (2010) as Mr. Richards
- Ultramarines (2010) as Brother Proteous (voice)
- Wild Bill (2011) as Jack
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) as SFO Steve Stubbs
- Howl (2015) as Train Driver Tony
- The Reckoning (2020) as Witch Finder John Moorcroft
- The Invitation (2022) as Mr Fields, The Butler
Television
- Cadfael (1994) as Sheriff Hugh Beringar
- Cold Feet (2001-03) as Mark Cubitt
- A Bear's Tail (2005) as Richard Head
- The Wrong Door (2008)
- Camelot (2011) as Ector
- Elementary (2013-14) as Inspector Lestrade
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013) as Himself
- Gotham (2014-19) as Alfred Pennyworth
Video Games
- Shadow Man: 2econd Coming (2001) as Asmodeus/Additional Voices
- Medieval: Total War (2002) as Narrator
- Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance (2003) as Invictus Thrax
- Primal (2003) as Jared
- Fire Warrior (2003) as Governor Severus
- Killzone (2004) as Colonel Gregor Hakha
- Fable II (2008) as Additional Voices
- Killzone 2 (2009) as Colonel Mael Radec
- Fable III (2010) as Captain Saker
- Playstation All Stars Battle Royale (2012) as Colonel Mael Radec
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013) as Peter Chamberlaine
Tropes associated with Sean Pertwee:
- Chronically Killed Actor: Nearly as much of a Walking Spoiler as that other English Sean, Sean Bean. Inducted into Cinemorgue's ranks of Performers With Over 20 Deaths (https://cinemorgue.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Pertwee)
. So far, his on-screen deaths have all been violent, often horrifically gory with lots of screaming - nothing peacefully while his character is asleep or from old age. - Evil Sounds Raspy: when he plays a bad guy, though this is his regular voice.
- What Could Have Been: He auditioned for the role of the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who before Matt Smith was cast.
