# Peter Gunn (actor)

Peter Gunn (born 13 February 1963) is an English actor. He has appeared in several TV series and TV films.
On British television, Gunn is known as the character Len Cosgrove in the BBC series Born and Bred as well as dozens of guest-starring and recurring roles in other television series and films such as Frost, Heartburn Hotel, and Sunshine. To American audiences, he is probably best known for portraying Oswald Granger in the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie.
Gunn has also appeared in Coronation Street as Brian Packham, former partner of Julie Carp and former Headmaster of Bessie Street School since 2010. He also starred as Pat Kennedy on the ITV drama series London's Burning in 2000.
In 2006, Gunn appeared in three television adverts for John Smith’s.
He has two sons, George and Tom.
In 2022, he appeared in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

## Filmography

Films :
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Treacle | 1988 | Frankie Duffell | Short film |
| Resurrected | 1989 | Bonner | |
| Funny Bones | 1995 | Nicky | |
| Blue Juice | 1995 | Terry Colcott | |
| Soup | 1996 | Scientist | Short film |
| When Saturday Comes | 1996 | Tommy | |
| Twelfth Night | 1996 | Fabian | |
| Brassed Off | 1996 | Simmo | |
| Roseanna's Grave | 1997 | Cop 1 | |
| Ever After: A Cinderella Story | 1998 | Captain Laurent | |
| 24 Hour Party People | 2002 | Farmer | |
| Int. Bedsit- Day | 2007 | Dan | Short film |
| A Bunch of Amateurs | 2008 | Frank Dobbins | Film selected for the Royal Film Performance of 2008 |
| Hannah Montana: The Movie | 2009 | Oswald Granger | People's Choice Award for Favorite Family Movie |
| United | 2011 | PC Gunstone | Uncredited |
Television :
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin | 1989 | Policeman | Series 1: Episode 1 |
| Flying Lady | 1989 | Ned Kellet | Episode: "Second Honeymoon" |
| The Paradise Club | 1989 | Eddy Gunn | Episode: "Unfrocked in Babylon |
| The Return of Shelley | 1989 | Police Constable | Episode: "Wages of Virtue" |
| El C.I.D. | 1990 | Melvin | Episode: "Copping Out" |
| Never the Twain | 1990 | Policeman | Episode: "There But for the Grace of God" |
| Casualty | 1990 | Malcolm | Episode: "All's Fair" |
| Harry Enfield's Television Programme | 1990 | Mike | Series 1: Episode 5 |
| Love Hurts | 1992 | Devlin | Episode: "Cured" |
| The Bill | 1993 | Pool Manager | Episodes: "Missionary Work" |
| Minder | 1994 | Clive | Episode: "The Immaculate Contraption" |
| Pie in the Sky | 1994 | Dave Pyke | Episode: "An Innocent Man" |
| Sharpe's Company | 1994 | Private Clayton | Television film |
| The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | 1994 | Sergeant Oliphant | Episode: "Scales of Justice" |
| The Bill | 1994 | David Roe | Episodes: "Inquest" |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | 1994 | Voice of Touchstone and Messenger | Episode: "As You Like It" |
| The Bill | 1995 | Paul Shaw | Episodes: "Rock-A-Bye-Baby" |
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | 1997 | Bryan | Episode: "A Rose by Any Other Name" |
| Grange Hill | 1997 | Mr. Frampton | Series 20: Episode 2 |
| The Mill on the Floss | 1997 | Reverend Stelling | Television film |
| A Touch of Frost | 1997 | Sydney Snell | Episode: "House Calls" |
| Holding On | 1997 | Len | 2 episodes |
| The Bill | 1997 | Barry Welsh | Episodes: "Straying" |
| Kiss me Kate | 1998 | Client | Episode: "Mike" |
| Heartburn Hotel | 1998–2000 | Simon Thorpe | All 13 episodes |
| The Dark Room | 1999 | Bernard Weston | Television film |
| People Like Us | 1999 | Dean Trussler | Episode: "The Managing Director" |
| London's Burning | 2000 | Pat Kennedy | 3 episodes |
| Casualty | 2000 | Jim Roberts | Episode: "Blood Brothers" |
| North Square | 2000 | Steve Blatter | Series 1: Episode 7 |
| Sword of Honour | 2001 | Sergeant Tozer | Television film |
| Office Gossip | 2001 | Bernard | Episode: "Lucky in Love" |
| Heartbeat | 2001 | Eddie Ford | Episode: "She's Leaving Home" |
| The Way We Live Now | 2001 | Inspector Brown | Series 1: Episode 3 |
| Micawber | 2002 | Knapper | Episode: "Micawber and the Aristocracy" |
| Born and Bred | 2002–2005 | Len Cosgrove | All 36 episodes |
| Shipman | 2002 | DS John Ashley | Television film |
| Holby City | 2002 | Daman Harris | Episode: "Design for Living" |
| Birthday Girl | 2002 | Charlie Boyd | Television film |
| Meades Eats | 2003 | Trevor Neville | Episode: "Whose Food?" |
| Sugar Rush | 2006 | Mark's Father | Series 2: Episode 9 |
| Doctors | 2007 | Ed Woollard | Episode: "The Good Samaritan" |
| The Street | 2007 | Solicitor | Episode: "Taxi" |
| Wild at Heart | 2008 | Kevin Alsop | Series 3: Episode 1 |
| Sunshine | 2008 | Terry | Series 1: Episode 1 |
| The Royal | 2009 | Harry | Episode: "A Hero for Our Time" |
| Tracy Beaker Returns | 2010 | Service Station Manager | Episode: "A Day at the Beach" |
| Coronation Street | 2010–2013, 2015–present | Brian Packham | Series regular |
| Doctors | 2010 | Dave Earnshaw | Episode: "Paradise Lost" |
| Eric & Ernie | 2011 | Billy Crackers | Television film |
| Skins | 2011 | Owen Creevey | Episode: "Alo" |
| 32 Brinkburn Street | 2011 | Mr. Peters | Series 1: Episode 2 |
| Doctors | 2014 | Gary Matthews | Episode: "The Apprentice" |
| All at Sea | 2014 | Fergal | Episode: "Gumball" |
| Casualty | 2015 | Bryan Munnings | Episode: "Excess Baggage" |
| The Coroner | 2015 | Robert Talbot | Episode: "The Deep Freeze" |
| Comedy Playhouse | 2015 | Jack | Episode: "Broken Biscuits" |
| Cold Feet | 2016 | Paul Matthews | 3 episodes |