SUMMARY
Peter has been a professional actor for 20 years (mostly in theatre, then moving into film).
Currently, Peter is developing a small slate of feature film projects, as an actor/filmmaker.
BIOGRAPHY
Peter was born, raised and educated in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Peter is of Celtic origin...Cornish on his mother's side, Irish London on his father's side. Upon leaving school, Peter moved to Bristol and threw himself into the powerful art scene that Bristol was producing at the time. In his late teens/early twenties, Peter spent three years at the 'Bristol Old Vic Theatre', acting professionally for the 'Bristol Old Vic Company'. Older great actors of note, who trained at the Bristol Old Vic are 'Daniel Day Lewis' and 'Pete Postlethwaite'…both actors have been a huge inspiration to Peter’s work as an actor and filmmaker.
After Bristol, Peter then moved to London, continuing his development as an actor at the 'Royal Central School of Speech and Drama' achieving a BA (Hons) in Acting. Central School has trained many great classical actors over many years, including 'Laurence Olivier' and 'Judi Dench'. Since leaving Central, as an actor, the majority of Peter's work has been in British theatre.
Over recent years, Peter has moved more into film work. 'The Fighter’s Ballad' (2012), Peter’s debut feature film as an actor, screenwriter and producer combined, has gone onto receive multiple international indie film awards (including: Best Actor Peter Cadwell... Best Screenplay Peter Cadwell... and Best Feature Film) as well as great reviews internationally. Peter is currently working on his next feature film 'The Stolen Sun'.
LATEST NEWS:
January 2022
To give a further idea of Peter's journey as a filmmaker... please see a link below to a recent interview Peter has done for a Russian arts magazine, regarding his work and career so far: "Shakespeare to Dostoevsky" musicfirework.com/2022/01/01/peter-cadwell-from-shakespeare-to-dostoevsky
Note from Peter Cadwell (24th Feb 2022): The depths of my heart goes out to the Ukrainian people and the Russian people. Over the last 6 months, I've spoken with artists in Russia (who've also been working with artists from Ukraine). And those I've spoken with, have been truly good people. We're all human, with hopes and dreams. There is good and bad everywhere. My heart breaks for all the suffering.
Also, please see below, the most recent film review of Peter's previous feature film 'The Fighter’s Ballad', as actor, screenwriter and film producer:
THE FIGHTER'S BALLAD (2012/2021)
"Peter Cadwell first wrote the play 'The Fighter', in which he played the Fighter character in it, and only later adapted the stage production for a feature film 'The Fighter’s Ballad'. The result is a splendid psychological drama in the spirit of Dostoevsky (the giant of classical Russian literature). Only in contrast to the multi-layered and multi-character novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky... in the film, based on the play script by Cadwell, there are actually only two main characters: the Fighter (again, played by Cadwell) and the Priest (played by Clive Russell). The film takes place in a church, where a violent, desperate young man (Fighter) rushes in. You might think that he came to rob the church. No, he came to die. But before that, the Fighter will seek answers to universal questions: life and death, justice and social inequality, salvation and redemption, faith in God and doubt. His interlocutor will be the Priest, who has also experienced great suffering. The storyline keeps the attention all the time. The dark colour scheme in the film helps to focus on the inner feelings of the characters. Cadwell's performance resembles that of another British actor, Daniel Day-Lewis. One gets the feeling that Peter himself lived the life of his character. Cadwell acted as a writer, actor and producer on the film. The film has received and continues to receive awards at various film festivals. Unfortunately, there is no Russian translation of the film yet. But the film is impressive."Julia Kalashnikova - Arts Journalist
FEATURE FILM CREDITS - Actor, Filmmaker combined:
THE STOLEN SUN
Feature Film (in late development, pre-production)
Starring PETER CADWELL, CLIVE RUSSELL (Thor 2, Game of Thrones, Ripper Street)
Screenplay by PETER CADWELL
Produced by PETER CADWELL
Ancient Britain. A once Celtic warrior, now a peaceful man, embarks on an elemental journey, into the heart of darkness, to save his stolen son.
THE FIGHTER'S BALLAD
Multi Award Winning Indie Feature Film
Starring PETER CADWELL, CLIVE RUSSELL
Directed by TONY S UKPO
Screenplay by PETER CADWELL
Produced by PETER CADWELL
A spiritual, psychological, emotionally powerful, poetic drama. A violent young man, an impoverished church, a world weary priest, can redemption be found?
'The Fighter's Ballad' has been a slow burn of a film, within the international film marketplace... but the film is still getting very positive responses out there globally.
The Fighter's Ballad - some of the films reviews:
"The Fighter's Ballad draws its strength from its simplicity and the superb performances of Peter Cadwell and Clive Russell". Danny Leigh - Top Film Critic
"Peter Cadwell is a truly transformational actor, a stunning performance." Jack Price - Director
"Peter Cadwell is a tour de force, tackling a difficult subject matter with both brute force and compassion/sensitivity, reminiscent of early Brando. The Fighter's Ballad', blow for blow, is the best Low Budget Film of the year." R Taylor - Director
'The Fighter's Ballad' has recently received a review from the most prolific IMDb film critic. To quote: "It really is a quality production all around and one of the strangest and most daring films I have seen. And, considering I have over 16,000 reviews to my credit so far on IMDb, that’s saying quite a bit". Martin Hafer, Film Critic - Influx Magazine
As part of Danny Boyle's East London Film Festival 'Shuffle'... Danny Boyle picked 'The Fighter's Ballad' to screen alongside 'One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest'. This was part of the 'Day of the Mind', a day of the festival exploring the human mind. As both Cuckoo's Nest and The Fighter's Ballad, express Mental Health in society, Peter felt honoured to be up there with Cuckoo's Nest.
Website: www.fightersballad.com / Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefightersballad
November/December 2019
'The Fighter's Ballad', was screened over the month of November/December 2019, in several cities/cinema's in Poland, as part of the 'ARKA Christian Film Festival'. Polish cities such as Krakow, Warsaw, Lublin, Nowy Sącz, Rzeszów, Siedlce, Szczawno Zdrój.
As part of the ARKA Film Festival, the headlining films shown were:
The Rider directed by Chloé Zhao, winner of the Cannes Festival (Director Fortnight Award)
The Fighter's Ballad directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo (Discovery of MF New Horizons)
Some quotes from the ARKA Film Festival about 'The Fighter's Ballad':
Festival audiences said, that it is worth going to this year's festival to see 'The Fighter's Ballad' alone.
"The Fighter's Ballad is a modest, not obvious film, yet profoundly powerful, giving people the opportunity to re-deepen their faith, hope and love."
"The Fighter's Ballad is a very interesting and powerful film. It's hard to believe that such deep productions can appear in contemporary cinema."
"The film gives you a great deal to think about. It was about the suffering of a violent man and the fact that he could not cope with reality and what happened to him."
"The driving force behind the action are the dramatized dialogues of the two protagonists, powerfully portrayed by Peter Cadwell and Clive Russell. Although the film was made in the twilight, the camera perfectly captured all the acting nuances."
'The Fighter's Ballad' feature film is the official winner of 25 awards...some of the films awards are:
'The Fighter's Ballad' feature film, starring, written and produced by Peter Cadwell, officially wins 'Best Feature Film' at 'The European Independent Film Award' 2016 Annual Ceremony:
Best Feature Film
'The Fighter's Ballad' feature film, starring, written and produced by Peter Cadwell, officially wins 3 awards at the 'NYC Indie Film Awards' in New York. The winning awards are:
Best Lead Actor - Peter Cadwell
Best Feature Film
Best Director - Tony S Ukpo
'The Fighter's Ballad' feature film, starring, written and produced by Peter Cadwell, officially wins 4 further awards at GIFA, for their 2016 overall annual winners. The 'Global Independent Film Awards' is a competition that recognises exceptional work by filmmakers and actors. 'The Fighter's Ballad' GIFA annual winning awards are:
Best Actor in a Lead Role - Peter Cadwell for The Fighter
Best Narrative Feature - The Fighter's Ballad
Humanitarian Award - Peter Cadwell (Actor, Writer, Producer) for The Fighter's Ballad
Best Faith Based Film - The Fighter's Ballad
'The Fighter's Ballad is an official winner of 10 film awards from 'GIFA' 2015, in the US. The 'Global Independent Film Awards' is a competition that recognises exceptional work by filmmakers and actors. The winning awards are:
Best Feature Film
Best Director - Tony S Ukpo
Best Lead Actor - Peter Cadwell
Best Lead Actor - Clive Russell
Best Ensemble Cast - Jane Frisby
Best Screenplay - Peter Cadwell
Best Drama
Best Faith Based Film
Best Sound
Best Hair and Make Up
'The Fighter's Ballad', is an official winner of 3 film awards from the spiritual film festival 'John Paul II International Film Festival' in the US. Other nominations included: 'California Solo' starring Robert Carlyle; 'For Greater Glory' starring Andy Garcia and Peter O'Toole; 'The Way' starring Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez. The winning awards are:
Best Feature Film
Best Lead Actor - Peter Cadwell
Best Screenplay - Peter Cadwell
SHORT FILM CREDITS - Actor, Filmmaker combined:
CLOSE UP - Short Film
Short Screenplay by PETER CADWELL
Directed by TONY S UKPO
Starring PETER CADWELL, CRISTINA COLE
OTHER FILM CREDITS - Actor:
FRAMED
Directed by RUSSELL KYLE
Starring PETER CADWELL as THE SECRET AGENT
ROUND 13
Directed by JUAN P. OSMAN. Produced by OLIVIER KAEMPFER of PARKVILLE PICTURES
Starring PETER CADWELL as THE BOXER
LES MEMOIRS D’UN TEMPS PASSE
Directed by TONY S UKPO
Starring PETER CADWELL as LUI
TV CREDITS - Actor:
ASHES TO ASHES
Directed by CATHERINE MORSHEAD. Produced by BBC, KUDOS PRODUCTIONS
PETER CADWELL played the supporting role of BRENDAN opposite PHILIP GLENISTER
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - Cable TV Drama
Directed by ALEX KIRBY. Produced by CHANNEL 4, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, GREEN UMBRELLA
PETER CADWELL played the lead role of AXEL
CASUALTY
Directed by ANTHONY GARNER. Produced by BBC
PETER CADWELL played the supporting role of TOBY opposite GEORGE COSTIGAN
THEATRE CREDITS - Actor, Playwright, Director:
THE FIGHTER - Award Winning Play, Drama
Written by PETER CADWELL
Directed by PETER CADWELL
Starring PETER CADWELL, JACK SHEPHERD (The Golden Compass, Wycliffe)
'One of the Five Best London Plays' from The Independent
London West End Theatre Run, Covent Garden
NAKED FOOL - Two Man Comedy Sketch Show
Written by PETER CADWELL, OLIVIER MALTMAN
Directed by PETER CADWELL, OLIVIER MALTMAN ('Mike Leigh’s' Another year, Happy Go Lucky, Mr.Turner)
Royal Shakespeare Company Gala Performance
'Naked Fool' played to rave reviews on the London Theatre Comedy Circuit
THEATRE CREDITS - Actor:
Peter Cadwell has performed in many theatre productions, rehearsed readings and workshop performances over the years. Below is a brief pick of some of Peter's theatre work:
Don Juan in THE LAST DAYS OF DON JUAN, Bristol Old Vic/Royal Shakespeare Company, Sally Cookson
Macduff in MACBETH, Cornish Theatre Collective, UK National Tour, Dominic Knutton
Jim in HIGH FLIERS, Royal Court Theatre, Vicky Jones
Billy in DOWN THE MOUTH, Bristol Old Vic, Kneehigh Theatre Company / Andrew Hay, Mike Shepherd
Will Carson in THE SEA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - Graduation Show, Paul Tomlinson
Rochester in THE LIBERTINE, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - Grad Show, Martin Houghton
Knurr/German Officer in MEPHISTO, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - Grad Show, Martin Houghton
RADIO CREDITS - Actor:
ANGARRACK
Directed by GORDON HOUSE. Produced by BBC RADIO 4
PETER CADWELL played the character of JEPSON
THE ARCHERS
Directed by ROSEMARY WATTS, SALLY LIOYD. Produced by BBC RADIO 4
PETER CADWELL played the character of JAGO
ACTOR TRAINING:
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London - BA in Acting
Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol - Three Year Rep
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Playing Age: 30 to 40 / Eyes: Blue / Height: 5 feet 10 in / Weight: 12 to 13 Stone / Hair Color: Light Brown
OTHER:
PETER CADWELL has lectured at various Colleges, Universities in ACTING, WRITING, THEATRE & FILM
PETER CADWELL has also worked in the field of MENTAL HEALTH, COUNSELLING and PSYCHOLOGY