
Peter Serafinowicz
Born July 10, 1972 · Liverpool, England, UK
Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (/ˌsɛrəˈfɪnoʊwɪtʃ/SERR-ə-FIN-oh-witch; Polish: [sɛrafʲiˈnɔvʲit͡ʂ]; born 10 July 1972) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is known for his roles as Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Garthan Saal in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the voice of Big Daddy in Sing (2016) and Sing 2 (2021), The Tick in The Tick(2016), The Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and Spitelout in the live-action remake How to Train Your Dragon (2025). On television, Serafinowicz created and starred in the comedy shows Look Around You (2002–2005) and The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007–2008). He also voiced characters and worked as a creative consultant on South Park (2006–2015), portrayed Edgar Covington in Parks and Recreation (2013–2015), voiced the Fisher King in Doctor Who (2015), and starred as the title character in the live-action adaptation series The Tick (2016–2019). His other television work includes voicing characters in animated series such as Archer, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, American Dad!, and the second season of What If...?, reprising his live-action role as Garthan Saal. Serafinowicz has voiced characters in video games such as Dark Souls II (2014), LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014), and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016). He has also directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip and went viral in 2016 for political satire videos in which he dubbed over videos of Donald Trump with a "sassy" voice, a Cockney accent, and a posh English accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Serafinowicz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Appearances
Movies

How to Train Your Dragon

John Wick: Chapter 2

Guardians of the Galaxy

Sing

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Sing 2

Shaun of the Dead

Spy

The World's End

The School for Good and Evil

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Grindhouse

Couples Retreat

Last Christmas

Going in Style

The Amazing Maurice

Jingle Bell Heist

DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

Muppets Most Wanted

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

The Bubble

Elden Ring

Run Fatboy Run

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

Ripley Under Ground

An Ordinary Man

DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Bernard's Letter

The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life

Tales of the Riverbank

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

Spaced: Skip to the End

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Star Wars at the BBC

The Calcium Kid

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

How Videogames Changed the World

Opening Night

Bedlam

Sumotherhood

Killing Bono

The Best and the Brightest

You Are Here

Sixty Six

Tapping the Wire

Hello, Friend

The Alchemists of Sound

The Junkies

Brian Butterfield's Call of Now

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments

Sassy Justice

Snake 'n' Bacon

Too Disgusting To Be Confused

Bad Sugar

Colin Versus the World: Mr. Lounge Lizard

Europigeon
TV Shows

South Park

Midsomer Murders

Rick and Morty

Bob's Burgers

Adventure Time

Have I Got News for You

Gravity Falls

QI

Parks and Recreation

Archer

The Gentlemen

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

What If...?

8 Out of 10 Cats

Would I Lie to You?

House of Games

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Agatha Christie's Marple

Childrens Hospital

His Dark Materials

Creature Commandos

We Baby Bears

Celebrity Mastermind

Miracle Workers

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Shooting Stars

The Tick

Playhouse Presents

Royal Crackers

NTSF:SD:SUV::

Black Books

Spaced

Murder Most Horrid

At Home with Amy Sedaris

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Saturday Night Live UK

White House Plumbers

I'm Alan Partridge

Wolf King

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Hardware

Look Around You

The Shivering Truth

Smack the Pony

Amandaland

Million Dollar Secret

Running Wilde

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Dreaming Whilst Black

How Do You Want Me?

You Have Been Watching

Long Live the Royals

Hit Point

The Peter Serafinowicz Show

It's Kevin

Hippies








