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Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman (born 1949, New York City) is an American stage and screen actor, Tony-nominated as Tateh in Ragtime, an Obie winner for Circle Mirror Transformation, and Frank Vernon in all four seasons of HBO's Succession.
Peter Gadiot
Peter Gadiot (Alan Peter Gadiot Nava, born 1985) is a British actor known for James Valdez in Queen of the South, Cyrus in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Adam in Yellowjackets, and Shanks in Netflix's One Piece.
Peter Gallagher
Peter Killian Gallagher (born 1955) is an American actor known as Sandy Cohen on The O.C. (2003–2007), Buddy Kane in American Beauty, and roles in sex, lies, and videotape, Law & Order: SVU, and Grace and Frankie.
Peter Gilmore
Peter Gilmore (John Peter Gilmore, 1931–2013), British actor born in Leipzig, played Captain James Onedin in 91 episodes of the BBC's The Onedin Line (1971–1980), appeared in 11 Carry On films and Doctor Who's Frontios, and married Anne Stallybrass.
Peter Graves
Peter Graves (Peter Duesler Aurness, 1926-2010), American actor, brother of James Arness; played Jim Phelps on Mission: Impossible (1967-73 and 1988-90 revival), Captain Oveur in Airplane!, and hosted A&E's Biography, winning a 1997 Emmy.
Peter Hermann (actor)
Peter Hermann (born 1967) is an American actor and children's author, husband of Mariska Hargitay; known as Charles Brooks on Younger, Trevor Langan on Law & Order: SVU, and Jack Boyle on Blue Bloods.
Peter Horton
Peter Horton (born 1953, Bellevue, Washington) is an American actor-director, Gary Shepherd on thirtysomething (1987–91), director of The Cure (1995), and co-executive producer of Grey's Anatomy; ex-husband of Michelle Pfeiffer.
Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt (born 1957, Manchester), English actor and film director; played Joey Boswell in Bread and wrote and directed Sliding Doors (1998), Johnny English (2003), and Antitrust (2001). Not the 2025 Nobel economist Peter Howitt, the 1928-2021 set decorator, or director Peter Hewitt.
Peter Krause
Peter Krause (born 1965) is an American actor known for Casey McCall in Sports Night, Nate Fisher in Six Feet Under, Adam Braverman in Parenthood, and Bobby Nash in 9-1-1, now starring in NBC's Line of Fire.
Peter Kwong (actor)
Peter Kwong (1952–2025) was an American actor and martial arts expert, Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and Tommy Tong in The Golden Child, with nearly 90 screen credits and advocacy for Asian representation in Hollywood.
Peter Lawford
Peter Lawford (Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen, 1923–1984), English-American MGM star of the 1940s, Rat Pack member, and JFK brother-in-law via marriage to Patricia Kennedy; starred in Son of Lassie, Good News, and Ocean's 11.
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Hungarian-born actor famous as the child murderer in Fritz Lang's M (1931), later a Hollywood character actor in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca and director of Der Verlorene.
Peter Lupus
Peter Lupus (Peter Nash Lupus Jr., born June 17, 1932, Indianapolis) is an American bodybuilder and actor, Willy Armitage on Mission: Impossible (1966–73), formerly Rock Stevens in Italian sword-and-sandal films, later a record-setting elderly weightlifter.
Peter MacNicol
Peter MacNicol (born 1954, Dallas) is an American actor who won the 2001 Emmy as John Cage on Ally McBeal, played Stingo in Sophie's Choice and Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II, and voiced Doctor Octopus and the Mad Hatter.
Peter Macon
Peter Jerrod Macon is an American actor, Emmy-winning narrator (Animated Tales of the World, 2002), known as Lt. Cmdr. Bortus on The Orville (2017-2022) and as Raka in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), trained at Yale School of Drama.
Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman (born Marvin Jack Richman, 1927–2021), also billed as Mark Richman, was an American character actor in over 30 films and 130 TV series, known for Cain's Hundred, Three's Company, Dynasty, and Beverly Hills 90210.
Peter Mayhew
Peter William Mayhew (1944–2019) was a 7 ft 3 in British-American actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films from 1977 to 2015, without speaking a word.
Peter Mensah
Peter Mensah (born 1959, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-English actor, former British Gas engineer, known for the Persian messenger in 300, Doctore/Oenomaus in Spartacus, Avatar, and Gladiator II.
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan, born 1959 in Scotland, is a Scottish actor and filmmaker known for the Cannes Best Actor win for My Name Is Joe (1998) and directing Orphans, The Magdalene Sisters, and Neds.
Peter O'Brien (actor)
Peter O'Brien (born 1960, Murray Bridge, South Australia) is an Australian actor, original 1985 Neighbours cast member as Shane Ramsay (1985-1987, returns 2022 and 2024), later known for The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., White Collar Blue, Doctor Who's The Waters of Mars, GLOW, and stage work.
Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole (Peter James O'Toole, 1932-2013) was an Irish-British actor famous for Lawrence of Arabia; eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a win, 2003 honorary award, Emmy, and Olivier Award.
Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge (born 1966) is a Canadian actor best known for lead roles in Canadian series such as ReGenesis and films including Cool Runnings and Saw VI.
Peter Paul (actor)
Peter Paul (born 1957, Hartford, Connecticut), American actor, producer, and bodybuilder; identical twin of David Paul; together the Barbarian Brothers, known for The Barbarians (1987), Think Big, Double Trouble, and Twin Sitters.
Peter Porte
Peter Porte (Peter John Porte) is an American actor and producer from Greenwood Lake, New York, known for Ricky Williams on The Young and the Restless, Brad on Baby Daddy, Dimitri von Leuschner on Days of Our Lives, and Hallmark TV movies.
Peter Purves
Peter Purves (born 1939) is an English actor and TV presenter, Doctor Who companion Steven Taylor (1965–66, 46 episodes) and Blue Peter presenter 1967–1978, later Kickstart and Crufts presenter.
Peter Reckell
Peter Reckell (born 1955, Elkhart, Indiana) is an American actor and musician best known as Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives since 1983, with breaks for Knots Landing and other work; six Soap Opera Digest Awards, 2009 Daytime Emmy nomination.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert, American actor born 1947 in the Bronx, known for Animal House, Local Hero, and Crossing Delancey; Emmy-nominated for Barbarians at the Gate and Oscar-nominated for directing the short By Courier.
Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard (John Peter Sarsgaard, born 1971, Illinois) is an American actor of Boys Don't Cry, Shattered Glass, Kinsey, The Lost Daughter, and Memory. Distinguished by a 2023 Venice Volpi Cup, two Emmy nominations (Dopesick, Presumed Innocent), and marriage to Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Peter Scanavino
Peter Scanavino (born 1980, Denver) is an American actor best known as Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr. on Law & Order: SVU since 2014, ADA since 2019; Broadway debut in Shining City (2006), French Culinary Institute graduate.
Peter Scolari
Peter Thomas Scolari (1955–2021) was an American character actor known for Tom Hanks' roommate on Bosom Buddies and Michael Harris on Newhart, winning an Emmy for Girls.