Peter MorganFilmography

Occupation:: Executive Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: An incisive playwright/screenwriter whose uncanny ability to capture the dramatic avatars of history's most notable leaders has earned him both critical acclaim and numerous awards, Peter Morgan credits his keen observational skills directly to his outsider status as a German-speaking adolescent...Read More

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Hereafter

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Matt Damon

Synopsis: Clint Eastwood steps behind the camera for this DreamWorks supernatural thriller penned by Frost/Nixon's Peter Morgan. Kathleen Kennedy produces, with Matt Damon starring. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/10
The Damned United

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Henry Goodman, Maurice Roeves, Stephen Graham, Brian McCardie, Peter McDonald, Giles Anderson, Mark Bazeley

Synopsis: The creators of such docudramas as The Queen and Frost/Nixon re-team for this period sports chronicle set in 1974. In England, the Leeds United players retain a status as the preeminent champions of their football league. Unfortunately, the manager to whom the team owes much of its success Read More

10/9/09
Frost/Nixon

Crew: Executive Producer, Play Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Matthew MacFadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell

Synopsis: Hollywood heavyweight Ron Howard adapts playwright Peter Morgan's West End hit for the silver screen with this feature focusing on the 1977 television interviews between journalist David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). At the time Nixon sat down with Read More

12/5/08
The Other Boleyn Girl

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance

Synopsis: Adapted from author Philippa Gregory's historical novel of the same name, director Justin Chadwick's atmospheric period drama follows the fierce competition between sisters Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) to win the affections of Tudor king Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Anne Read More

2/29/08
Longford

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Lindsay Duncan, Andy Serkis, Robert Pugh

Synopsis: Academy-award-winning actor Jim Broadbent portrays controversial British campaigner Lord Longford in this biopic that details the former government minister and then-House of Lords leader's notorious encounter with infamous Moors Murderer Myra Hindley (Samantha Morton). A lifelong Christian who Read More

2007
The Last King of Scotland

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney

Synopsis: Director Kevin MacDonald teams with screenwriter Jeremy Brock to adapt Giles Foden's novel detailing the brutal reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as seen through the eyes of his personal physician. James McAvoy stars as the doctor who slowly realizes that he is trapped in an inescapable Read More

9/27/06
The Queen

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings

Synopsis: The British prime minister and the Royal Family find themselves quietly at odds in the wake of a national tragedy in this drama from director Stephen Frears. On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in an auto accident in Paris; despite the controversial breakup of her marriage to Prince Charles Read More

9/15/06
Colditz

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tom Hardy, Laurence Fox, Damian Lewis, James Fox, Sophia Myles, Jason Priestley, Timothy West

Synopsis: A courageous group of soldiers plot their escape from the well-fortified Colditz compound in this World War II adventure drama starring Jason Priestly, Damian Lewis, and Sophia Myles. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2005
The Deal

Crew: Associate Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: David Morrissey, Michael Sheen, Frank Kelly, Paul Rhys, Dexter Fletcher

Synopsis: British director Stephen Frears' political docudrama The Deal was originally broadcast on Channel 4. The film is based on the real-life events that elevated Tony Blair to the seat of Prime Minister. The film shows how the hard-working, but not head-turning, Gordon Brown (David Morrissey) and the Read More

2003
Henry VIII

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Ray Winstone

Synopsis: The life of one of Great Britain's most influential and feared monarchs is dramatized in this lavish production, originally produced for British television. King Henry VIII (Ray Winstone) is a shrewd but ruthless ruler who is determined to sire a male heir who will succeed him on the throne. Read More

2003
The Jury

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Derek Jacobi, Antony Sher, Gerard Butler, Helen McCrory

Synopsis: First telecast in the U.K. on February 17, 2002, the five-part British miniseries The Jury probes the workings of justice from the viewpoint of the 12 men and women chosen to determine the fate of a Sikh teenager, accused of murdering a white classmate with a ceremonial sword. This racially Read More

2002
Metropolis [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Debuting May 1, 2000, the British "dramedy" series Metropolis concerned itself with six friends who'd met while attending college. Keeping in touch after graduation, the six protagonists continued to be linked with one another physically, spiritually, and sometimes sexually. Presented by Granada Read More

2000
The Very Thought of You

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone

Synopsis: Nick Hamm (Talk of Angels) directed this U.K. romantic comedy following a group of British blokes and their encounters with an American woman in London. As Laurence (Joseph Fiennes, brother of Ralph Fiennes) narrates the tale to his neighbor, Dr. Pedersen (Ray Winstone), the scene flashes back to Read More

8/27/99
The Silent Touch

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Max von Sydow, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Miles, Sofie Gråbøl, Aleksander Bardini

Synopsis: After stumbling creatively in the 1980s due to an exile from Poland because of his ties to solidarity, director Krzysztof Zanussi returned to form with this English-language drama. Lothaire Bluteau plays Stefan, a Polish music student who wakes from a dream with the notes of a song still ringing Read More

1992
Dear Rosie

Crew: Screenwriter

1990
Madame Sousatzka

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Shabana Azmi

Synopsis: Shirley MacLaine is Madame Sousatzka, an aging piano instructor of Russian extraction. Entrenched in a dilapidated London rooming house, the Madame gives lessons only to the most gifted. She does not stop at mere instruction; Sousatzka insists that her pupils conduct their lives in the same Read More

10/14/88