Peter Wingfield stars as Methos, the 5,000-year-old Immortal who must often help MacLeod to accept the realities of their destiny.

Born in Cardiff Wales, Wingfield originally trained as a doctor before turning to acting. He made his television debut in Beeban Kidron's "Antonia and Jane" before going on to play lead roles in "Mediacs," "Soldier Soldier" and "The Men's Room." Those roles were followed by appearances in various BBC-TV productions including "Trust Me" opposite Alfred Molina, "Blisters," "Into the Fire," "Martin Chuzzlewit," "Nice Day at the Office" and "Murder in Mind."

His theatrical credits include a role in Noel Coward's "Point Valaine," "The Rules of the Game," "The Game of Love and Chance" and "Alun Lewis: Death and Beauty." Wingfield also made his feature film debut in 1993 "The Flemish Board."

More recently, Wingfield starred as Tom Kirby in ITV's "Noah's Ark" as well as appeared in a Hat Trick Television series pilot entitled "A Very Open Prison" for the BBC, and in the syndicated series, "Viper."