Early life

Pertwee was born in London, the son of Ingeborg Rhoesa and Jon Pertwee, who was best known on television as the third incarnation of The Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. He attended Teddington School in London.

Career

In the early 1980s, Pertwee was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding. After leaving Sunbury College, Pertwee trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and, after graduating in 1986, toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company for three years. In 1999 he portrayed Brutus in the Hallmark channel film Cleopatra. He co-owned the Natural Nylon film production company along with Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan McGregor. The company folded in 2003. Pertwee is perhaps best known for his varying portrayals of grimacing death in many of his film roles, a skill that that led to him being awarded 'best death face' at Bristol Old Vic.

Pertwee starred in the 2008 film Doomsday as Doctor Talbot. His voice is frequently heard in a variety of television commercials, documentaries and video games, including the medieval empire-building computer game Medieval: Total War and futuristic war games Killzone (as Colonel Gregor Hakha), Killzone 2 (as Colonel Mael Radec) and Fire Warrior (as Governor Severus). He is also the voice behind the Northeast's tourism advertisement which started broadcasting at the start of 2009. He was the narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals, replacing India Fisher for the fourth series which began on 7 November 2011.

Sean appeared in the film Devil's Playground, a zombie horror film directed by Mark McQueen. He starred alongside Danny Dyer, Jaime Murray, Janet Montgomery and Craig Fairbrass. The film was released in October 2010. Pertwee appeared in the Nazi zombie film The 4th Reich which he filmed in 2010, directed by Shaun Smith.

Pertwee's recent dramatic work for BBC Radio 4 includes playing the actor Oliver Reed in the play Burning Both Ends by Matthew Broughton.

In 2014, Pertwee was cast in Fox's TV series Gotham, a series presenting an origin for the characters of the Batman franchise. Pertwee portrays Alfred Pennyworth, a tough-as-nails ex-marine from east London who loyally serves the Wayne family. In the wake of the tragic deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne, he is fiercely protective of the young Bruce Wayne — the boy who will eventually become Batman.

Personal life

Pertwee is the son of Jon Pertwee and is the brother of actress Dariel Pertwee, grandson of actor and screenwriter Roland Pertwee, and is more distantly related to actor Bill Pertwee. He married make-up artist Jacqui Hamilton-Smith, daughter of Anthony Hamilton-Smith, on 12 June 1999 at the House of Lords. Jacqui gave birth to twins, Alfred and Gilbert, around Christmas 2001. They were born prematurely; Gilbert died in April 2002.

Politics

Pertwee has been a supporter of the Labour Party and did a party political broadcast in the run up to the 2010 UK general election. In the broadcast he makes reference to his father's resolve.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1991	Coping with Cupid	Peter	Short sci-fi romance film
	London Kills Me		Uncredited Critically panned and a failure at the box office
1992	Leon the Pig Farmer	Keith Chadwick	British comedy
1993	Dirty Weekend	The Quiet One	British film directed by Michael Winner, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Zahavi Banned from video release for two years by the BBFC for its violent and sexual content
	Swing Kids		Uncredited American musical drama film directed by Thomas Carter Pre-World War II Germany film
1994	Shopping	Tommy
1995	Blue Juice	J.C.	British film directed by Carl Prechezer
	I.D.	Martin	British film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis
1997	Event Horizon	Pilot Smith
1998	Soldier	Mace	American science fiction action film directed by Paul Anderson
	Tale of the Mummy	Bradley Cortese	British-American horror film, directed by Russell Mulcahy
	Stiff Upper Lips	George	A broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Stiff Upper Lips received mixed reviews. Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard called it "A Spot of Spiffing Spoofery" while the Time Out reviewer said "it is beautifully acted and consistently spot on". Stephen Holden of the New York Times, however, lamented "If only it were funnier".
	Cleopatra	Brutus	Fictional film portrayal of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra Based on the book Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
2000	Five Seconds to Spare	Piers
	Love, Honour and Obey	Sean
	Seven Days to Live	Martin Shaw
2001	The 51st State	Detective Virgil Kane	Also known as Formula 51. Canadian-British action comedy
2002	Equilibrium	Father	American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer
	Dog Soldiers	Sergeant Harry G. Wells	British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall
2005	Goal!	Barry Rankin	Also known as Goal! The Dream Begins in the United States was a film directed by Danny Cannon The first installment of a trilogy also named Goal! This film was made with full co-operation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the film.
	The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby	Duncan Smithie	Family-based Scottish film released in the US in 2005 as Greyfriars Bobby directed by John Henderson.
	The Prophecy: Uprising	Dani Simionescu	Fantasy horror-thriller film and the fourth motion picture (of five) in The Prophecy series. This chapter does not feature series regular Christopher Walken, instead starring Doug Bradley, British actor Pertwee, and frequent horror-film actor Kari Wührer in the lead roles.
	The Last Drop	Sgt Bill McMillan	British-Romanian war adventure film by Colin Teague that went directly to DVD release.
2006	Renaissance	Montoya	(English Language) French black-and-white animated science fiction film by French director Christian Volckman.
	Wilderness	Jed	British-Irish horror film directed by Michael J. Bassett and written by Dario Poloni.
2007	Dangerous Parking	Ray Molina	Drama film based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Browne.
	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Barry Rankin	The second part of the football film trilogy Goal!.
	Botched	Mr. Groznyi	Horror comedy
2008	Doomsday	Dr. Talbot
	Mutant Chronicles	Nathan Rooker	Independent science fiction horror film, loosely based on the role-playing game of the same name.
2010	4.3.2.1	Mr. Richards	British crime thriller film directed by Noel Clarke and Mark Davis
	Just for the Record	Sensei
	Ultramarines: The Movie	Brother Proteus	Science fiction CGI film set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe and based around the Ultramarines.
	Devil's Playground	Rob	British horror film directed by Mark McQueen
	Heaven and Earth		Uncredited Also known as Videsh Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta.
	The 4th Reich		In pre-production Directed by Shaun Smith.
2011	Four	Detective	British independent film directed by John Langridge.
	Wild Bill	Jack	British film directed by Dexter Fletcher.
2012	The Seasoning House	Goran	British horror film directed by Paul Hyett.
	Vuosaari	Unknown	Internet based movie
	St Georges Day	Unknown	Internet based movie
2013	U.F.O.	Tramp	Re-titled Alien Uprising in 2013. British science fiction film about an alien invasion, written and directed by independent British filmmaker Dominic Burns.
	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	SFO Steve Stubbs	Released as Alan Partridge in the United States. British action comedy film Directed by Declan Lowney Sequel to various BBC radio and television shows since 1991.
2015	Howl	Train Driver Tony	Small role in horror film

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1997	Tom Jones	Captain Fitzpatrick	A BBC adaptation for the stage by playwright Joan Macalpine.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1975	Billy Smart's Children's Circus
1989	Poirot: The King of Clubs
1990	Chancer	Jamie Douglas	Recurring
	Harry Enfield's Television Programme
	Cluedo	Richard Forrest	Episode: "Christmas Past, Christmas Present" (S 1:Ep 7)
1991	The Chief	Det. Sgt. Kevin Powers	Episode: "Episode 2" (S 2:Ep 2)
	Clarissa	John Belford
1992	Virtual Murder	Matt Andries	Episode: "Dreams Imagic" (S 1:Ep 6)
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Captain Heinz	Episode: "Trenches Of Hell, Part 2)" (S 2:Ep 3)
	Boon	David Kennedy	Episode: "Whispering Grass" (S 8:Ep 12)
	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Det Sgt Barry Vine	Episodes: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, Part One" (S 6:Ep 8) "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, Part Two" (S 6:Ep 9) "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, Part Three" (S 6:Ep 10) "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, Part Four" (S 6:Ep 11)
	A Touch of Frost		Episode: "Quarry"
1993	Peak Practice		Episode: "Hope to Die"
1994	Cadfael	Sheriff Hugh Beringar	Series 1
1996	Deadly Voyage	Ion Plesin	TV film directed by John Mackenzie and written by Stuart Urban
1997	Bodyguards	Ian Worell	Main cast
1998	Macbeth	Macbeth	UK TV
2000	Operation Good Guys		Episode: "The Leader" (S 3:Ep 4)
	In the Beginning	Isaac	2-part biblical TV Mini-series directed by Kevin Connor
2001	Cold Feet (2001)	Mark Cubitt	Guest star; Series 4
2003	Cold Feet (2003)	Mark Cubitt	Guest Star; Series 5
	Waking The Dead	Carl Mackenzie	Episodes: "Multistorey, Part One" (S 3:Ep 1) "Multistorey, Part Two" (S 3:Ep 2)
	Julius Caesar (2003)	Titus Labienus	2-part TV Mini-series directed by Uli Edel
2004	Bo' Selecta!	Himself	Episode: "Episode Five" (S 3:Ep 5)
2004-2005	A Bear's Tail	Richard Head	Series 4 - Episodes: "A Bear's Christmas Tail" (S 1:Ep 1) "The Good, The Bear & The Ugly" (S 1:Ep 2) "Adventures in Bearbysitting" (S 1:Ep 3) "The Son of Bear-elzebub (S 1:Ep 4) "Meet the Bearents" (S 1:Ep 5) "Blame it on the Bearboy" (S 1:Ep 6) "Two Weddings, a Bear and No Funeral" (S 1:E 7)
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Dr. Owen Griffith	Episode: "The Moving Finger"
	Ancient Rome-The Rise And Fall Of An Empire: Caesar	Julius Caesar
2007	The Tudors	English ambassador in Italy	Episode: "In Cold Blood" (S 1:EP 1)
	When Evil Calls	The Janitor	TV Mini-series
2008	Honest	DS. Ed Bain	Main cast A remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune.
	The Wrong Door		Guest star Episode: "The Smutty Aliens" (S 1:Ep 3)
	Skins		Episode: "Tony" (S 2:Ep 6)
2009	Law & Order: UK	Josh Pritchard	Episode: "Vice" (S 1:Ep 3)
2010	Luther	Terry Lynch	Episode: "Episode 2" (S 1:Ep 2)
2011	National Geographic: Islands Series	Narrator	Cyprus
	Camelot	Sir Ector	recurring; Series 1
2013	Jo	Charlie	6 episodes
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Sir George Stubbs	Episode: "Dead Man's Folly"
		Himself	Episode: "Being Poirot"
	Death in Paradise	Malcolm Powell	Episode: "A Deadly Party" (S 2:EP 8)
2013-2014	Elementary	Inspector Lestrade	Episodes: "Step Nine" (S 2:Ep 1) "The One Percent Solution" (S 2:Ep 16) "Ears to You" (S 2:Ep 17)
2013	The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2014-present	Gotham	Alfred Pennyworth	Main cast
2014	The Musketeers	Sarazin	Episode: "Musketeers Don't Die Easily" (S 1:EP 10)

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
2011	Burning Both Ends	Oliver Reed

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1996	The Gene Machine	Piers Featherstonehaugh
2002	Medieval: Total War	Narrator
2003	Primal	Jared
	Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior	Governor Severus
	Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance	Invictus Thrax
2004	Killzone	Colonel Gregor Hakha
2008	Fable II	Additional Voices
2009	Killzone 2	Colonel Mael Radec
2010	Fable III	Captain Saker
2012	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Colonel Mael Radec
2014	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Peter Chamberlaine

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