Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (/ˌsɛrəˈfɪnəwɪtʃ/ SERR-ə-FIN-ə-witch;[citation needed] born 10 July 1972) is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter.

His other television work includes voicing characters in animated series such as Archer, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, and American Dad!

Peter Szymon Serafinowicz was born into a Catholic family in Liverpool's Gateacre suburb on 10 July 1972,[1][2][3] the son of post office worker Catherine (née Geary) and scaffolder Szymon Serafinowicz Jr.[4] His father was born and raised in Surrey to a Polish mother and Polish Belarusian father and later moved to Liverpool as an adult.

[5] At the age of three, Serafinowicz moved with his family to the Belle Vale district of Liverpool, where he attended Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School.

On 1 May 1997, he appeared in The Election Night Armistice as Moz Bingham, the fictional press secretary to the-then shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who verbally abuses the BBC's Nick Robinson in a spoof phone call over the politician's news coverage.

In 1999, he had several guest appearances in the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, playing protagonist Tim Bisley's (Simon Pegg) nemesis, Duane Benzie.

In Sixty Six, the 2006 British film about a Jewish boy whose bar mitzvah is scheduled for the same day as the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Serafinowicz plays Uncle Jimmy.

[9] Serafinowicz made guest appearances on television, including the comedy shows Smack the Pony and Hippies (both 1999), Black Books (2000), I'm Alan Partridge (2002) and Little Britain (2003), comedy-drama Murder Most Horrid (1999), ITV drama series Agatha Christie's Marple (2006) and Parks and Recreation (2013).

In 2008, Serafinowicz was working with Robert Popper on a new television series and website, based on a spoof religion "Tarvuism" for US network Adult Swim.

[10] In 2009, he appeared in Universal Films' Couples Retreat as Sctanley, the manager of the Eden Resort, directed by Peter Billingsley.

On 28 July 2010, Popper and Serafinowicz added a new narration track to an episode of "Out Of Town" by Jack Hargreaves in order to create the spoof film "Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt" [11] In 2010, he co-starred with Will Arnett in the FOX sitcom Running Wilde, devised by Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz.

In June 2013, Serafinowicz provided the English language audiobook recording for the Roald Dahl novel Danny, the Champion of the World.

[15] In 2014, it was announced that Serafinowicz would play the role of Crowley in the BBC Radio 4 adaption of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's novel Good Omens.

In February 2025, Serafinowicz played Johannes Van Der Velde in the BBC comedy drama series Amandaland.