Years active 1982–present Spouse Lorraine Howitt (m. 2001) | Name Peter Howitt Children Amy Howitt, Luke Howitt | |
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TV shows Similar People Douglas McFerran, John Lynch, Zara Turner, Ben Miller, John Hannah | ||
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Peter Howitt (; born 5 May 1957) is an English actor and film director.
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- coasting peter howitt
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Films
- Television
- Awards
- References
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Early life
Peter Howitt was born on May 5th 1957, son of father Frank Howitt who was a renowned Fleet Street journalist, who in 1963 broke the infamous Profumo Scandal by getting the exclusive story from call girl Christine Keeler on their illicit affair.
Howitt grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent.. He was educated at Wybourne Primary School in New Eltham and Colfe's Grammar School in Lee, South London. While in Eltham he was a member of the Priory Players amateur dramatics group. Howitt spent a brief time at Paisley Grammar School in Paisley, Scotland in 1970. He studied at the Drama Studio London in 1976.
Career
Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984-85 series of Yorkshire Television's long-running programme for schools How We Used To Live, where he starred alongside Brookside actress Sue Jenkins. However, he is much better known for playing Joey Boswell in the BBC TV series Bread. In 1998 he wrote and directed his first film, Sliding Doors (1998). Since then he has directed several films, including Antitrust (2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), Dangerous Parking (2008) which he adapted from the novel by Stuart Browne, produced and directed as well as playing the lead role, He also directed the 2014 film Reasonable Doubt - the film was shot in Winnipeg, Canada in December 2012.
Personal life
Howitt has two children, Luke (born 1990) and Amy (born 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.