Bob Peck

Bob Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English stage, television, and film actor who came to acting relatively late in life. He was probably best known to British audiences for his role as Ronald Craven in the acclaimed 1985 BBC drama serial Edge of Darkness. The role won him "Best Actor" at that year's BAFTA Awards and helped to launch his television and film career. He later became familiar to audiences worldwide for his film roles, in... more

Bob Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English stage, television, and film actor who came to acting relatively late in life. He was probably best known to British audiences for his role as Ronald Craven in the acclaimed 1985 BBC drama serial Edge of Darkness. The role won him "Best Actor" at that year's BAFTA Awards and helped to launch his television and film career. He later became familiar to audiences worldwide for his film roles, including Jurassic Park (as park game warden Robert Muldoon), and Smilla's Sense of Snow. He also played an escaped android in the post apocalyptic film Slipstream, which also starred Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton. He also played the marine officer who discovers the children in the 1990 film Lord of the Flies and starred in a BBC Radio adaptation of J. B. Priestley's classic play An Inspector Calls. Peck's other television work included Natural Lies (1991), An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) and The Scold's Bridle (1998). He also played The Soldier in... less