Nació en Cardiff. Peter estudió para doctor en el Brasenose College, Oxford y el hospital médico de St. Bartholomew's. Su educación sobre drama lo hizo en el Teatro Nacional Juvenil del País de Gales y en la Escuela Guildhall de Música y Drama de Londres.
Durante sus estudios de drama en el colegio en 1990, Peter hizo su debut en televisión en la pantalla de Beeban Kidron, en dos producciones de ANTONIA y JANE, antes de conseguir un papel en tres series de televisión: Alex en Granada TV's MEDICS; el papel de Lt. Nick Pasco en SOLDIER SOLDIER para Central TV y el personaje de Tom Walton en THE MEN'S ROOM, una serie de cinco partes dirigida por Antonia Bird para TV de B.B.C.
En 1991, Peter grabó una segunda entrega de MEDICS para los directores Simon Cellan-Jones y Clive Fleury. Interpretó el papel de Martin Welford en el homenaje de Tim Luscombe para Noel Coward POINT VALAINE en el Chicester Festival Theater.
En 1992, Peter actuó en Fourth Actor, una nueva adaptación de la obra de Pirandello, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, producida por Simon Curtis y dirigida por Bill Bryden para una serie de BBC2 y trabajó en Miglioritti, una adaptación de la obra de Pirandello, THE RULES OF THE GAM, realizada por David Hare en 1992, dirigida por Jonathan Ken en el Almelda Theatre.
He went on to appear as "Paul", the
younger brother, opposite Alfred Molina in TRUST ME, a
film for BBC Television directed by Tony Dow. For the same director, he
recently filmed the role of "Josh" in BLISTERS, a comedy pilot for BBC TV.
Peter played "Durrant" in the Gloria/Cambridge Theater Company production
of Marivaux's THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, co-directed by Mike Alfreds
and Neil Bartlett, which toured nationally in 1992 before coming into
the Cottesloe Theatre for a season until April 1993. Peter played
"Alun Lewis" in ALUN LEWIS: DEATH AND BEAUTY, directed and produced
by Jeff Morgan for BBC Wales. He played "Rufus" in the first episode
of LIFEBOAT, a Lynda La Plante series directed by Karl Francis for BBC TV.
Other work in 1993 included his first role in a feature film, that of "Max"
in Jim McBride's THE FLEMISH BOARD.
Television credits in 1994 include: "Karl" in 3 episodes of INTO THE FIRE,
a new BBC drama series, directed by Jane Howell; "Philip" in DEGAS AND
PISSARRO FALL OUT, a half-hour drama for the "Without Walls" strand on
Channel 4; "John Westlock" in Pedr James' BBC TV hugely successful five-part
serialization of Dickens' MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; "Barry" in the BBC's NICE
DAY AT THE OFFICE directed by John Kilby; "Danny" in four episodes of
CROCODILE SHOES, directed by David Richards and "D.S. Pete Dyson" in the
BBC Screen One MURDER IN MIND, directed by Bob Bierman.
ANECDOTARIO
* He is former National Trampoline Champion
* Peter ran the 1995 London Marathon in 3 hours 8 minutes.
* He plays saxophone and flute to studio standard.
* He holds an Advanced Level Stage Fighting certificate.