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Currently, Alistair Petrie is 54 years, 2 months and 22 days old. Alistair Petrie will celebrate 55rd birthday on a Tuesday 30th of September 2025. Below we countdown to Alistair Petrie upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Alistair Petrie |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 54 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | September 30, 1970 ( Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom) |
| Birthday | September 30 |
| Town/City | Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Alistair Petrie’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Alistair Petrie was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
He spent his early career in theatre around the country before joining the RSC where productions included Troilus and Cressida and Ibsen's Brand opposite Ralph Fiennes. In 2005, he joined the National Theatre, where he stayed for 28 months performing in His Dark Materials, Shakespeare's Henry IV alongside Sir Michael Gambon and David Edgar's Playing With Fire'. In 2007 he appeared in Marc Munden's The Mark of Cain, The Whistleblowers and Cranford. As well as other TV work such as Emma and The Forsyte Saga: To Let, he has also appeared in the music video for "Bellissimo" by Ilya, directed by the Guard Brothers (January 2004).
He and his wife were the first married couple to together successfully swim the English Channel in 2007 in 12 hours and 21 minutes as part of a fundraising challenge to support the neo natal unit at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. In the same year, they also cycled from Paris to London, competed in the London Triathlon and ran the London Marathon.
He also starred in the BBC production of The Forsyte Saga as George Forsyte, as well as in the 2009 film The Duchess, 2010 in the horror-film Devil's Playground and 2012 film Cloud Atlas.
He has played the role of Major James Sholto in the second episode of Season 3 of the BBC TV series Sherlock, aired on 5 January 2014.
Other theatre work includes The Earl of Wessex - the part played by Colin Firth in the film - in the hit 2015 West End Production of "Shakespeare in Love". He played the role of Man in Shared Experience's Mine at the Hampstead Theatre.
