Peter Firth

[A Cousin]

Nah - I don't think he has a shit agent. Quite the contrary. He has had an extremely respectable career that any actor would be happy to have. He has also been able to transition from child actor to leading man to character actor. Not an easy feat. I would go as far as to say that he has always been a character actor and just needed to mature into it. That is why the big and high profile roles have not come his way since the opportunities post-Equus. He is hard to "type." Character roles are more fun, challenging and satisfying, but they rarely mean top billing.

Sure, it's frustrating that there isn't more of his film and TV work in general distribution and Spooks won't last forever, but I think it will take his career to another level after it is all said and done. He is clearly choosing to not do much in between Spooks series. And he doesn't seem to want to do stage work. I would imagine that he is making a pretty penny off of Spooks by now so he doesn't have to. Or he can be picky with the roles. Or just rest on his laurels for the duration and spend time with his kids while he can.