Peter Eyre, born in New York of an American father, has spent most of his working life in England. He made his stage debut at the age of 20 with the Old Vic Company, and has since made numerous appearances in the West End and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Broadway he was Polonius opposite Ralph Fiennes in Hamlet (Belasco), as the ghost and player king opposite Jude Law in Hamlet (Broadhurst), and as Cardinal Wolseley in Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies (Wintergarden). Off Broadway he was in Terre Haute (59Street Theatre) and in his dramatization of the Sand/Flaubert correspondence Chere Maitre (Flea Theater) opposite Irene Worth. This show later played in London (Almeida) and at the Melbourne Arts Festival.
Many film appearances include four for Merchant/Ivory..Maurice, Remains of the Day, Surviving Picasso, and The Golden Bowl.
