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My Take
What I admire most about Peter Serafinowicz is how thoroughly he hides in plain sight. Most people know his voice as Darth Maul without ever knowing his face, and that kind of invisible craft is the hardest skill in the business. He moves between comedy, screenwriting, voice work and even composing without ever demanding the spotlight, and his scene-stealing turns in Shaun of the Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy prove range matters more than star wattage. To me he is the reliable specialist every great production needs, a Liverpool talent who built a career on versatility rather than vanity, and I respect that quiet ambition enormously.
Overview
Peter Szymon Serafinowicz ( SERR-ə-FIN-oh-witch; Polish: [sɛrafʲiˈnɔvʲit͡ʂ]; born 10 July 1972) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is known for his roles as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), 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 Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・セラフィノヴィッツ
- Reading
- ぴーたー・せらふぃのゔぃっつ
- Born
- July 10, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comedian / voice actor / screenwriter / composer / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- St Francis Xavier's College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.peterserafinowicz.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/peterserafinowicz/
- Xhttps://x.com/serafinowicz
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Serafinowicz
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.