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Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley (born 1971) is an American actor and producer, best known as Ralphie in A Christmas Story (1983) and as executive producer of Iron Man (2008), distinct from the SEC case defendant Robert H. Billingsley.
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (Петар Богдановић), 1939 to 2022, was an American film director, critic, and historian of the New Hollywood movement, best known for The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, and Paper Moon.
Peter Bonerz
Peter Bonerz (born 1938), American television director and comic actor, played orthodontist Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78), then directed hundreds of sitcom episodes including Murphy Brown, Friends, ALF, and Home Improvement.
Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles (1936-2022), English actor, Richard DeVere in To the Manor Born with Penelope Keith; also The Irish RM, Lytton's Diary, Rumpole; RADA and Old Vic trained.
Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle (1935–2006), American character actor from Philadelphia; played the Monster in Young Frankenstein (1974), Wizard in Taxi Driver, and Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005); Emmy winner for The X-Files; former Christian Brothers monk.
Peter Breck
Peter Breck (Joseph Peter Breck, 1929–2012), American actor known as Nick Barkley on The Big Valley, lead of Black Saddle, Doc Holliday on Maverick, and star of Shock Corridor.
Peter Brown (actor)
Peter Brown (Pierre Lynn DeLappe, 1935–2016), American actor, Deputy Johnny McKay on Lawman (1958–62) and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on Laredo (1965–67), later a soap opera regular; distinct from the Canadian actor and the Beatles manager of the same name.
Peter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth, English comic actor of the Carry On films, also a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm lieutenant, Stalag Luft III POW who helped organize the Great Escape and coded messages to MI9.
Peter Cambor
Peter Cambor (born 1978, Houston, Texas) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for Nate Getz on NCIS: Los Angeles, Barry on Grace and Frankie, Milo on Roadies, and the Emmy-nominated documentary As We Speak.
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi (born 1958) is a Scottish actor from Glasgow, Oscar winner for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, BAFTA-winning Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, and the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who (2014–2017), also a musician with the Dreamboys and solo albums.
Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin (born 1951), American media executive; President and COO of News Corp and Fox Group chairman 1996-2009; greenlit Titanic and Avatar; founded Chernin Entertainment, The Chernin Group, and The North Road Company.
Peter Claffey
Peter Claffey (born 1996, Portumna, Galway) is an Irish actor and former Connacht Rugby and Ireland U20s player who trained at Bow Street Academy and stars as Ser Duncan the Tall in HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026).
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (Robert Peter Cohon, born 1941) is an American actor, Emmy-winning narrator of Ken Burns documentaries, memoirist, and ordained Zen priest, known for E.T., Jagged Edge, and The Roosevelts.
Peter Craig
Peter Craig (born 1969, Los Angeles) is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer, son of Sally Field, known for The Town, The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick, and Dope Thief.
Peter Cullen
Peter Claver Cullen (1941–2026), Canadian voice actor, original voice of Optimus Prime from the 1984 Transformers series through the Michael Bay films, and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh; also KARR, Predator vocal effects; 2023 Emmy Lifetime Achievement.
Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing (23 May 1913, Kenley, Surrey; died 1994) was an English actor, OBE, who played Baron Frankenstein and Van Helsing for Hammer Studios 1957-1974 opposite Christopher Lee, and Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars.
Peter Dante
Peter Dante (Peter Francis Dante, born 1968) is an American actor and musician known for supporting roles in Adam Sandler comedies such as The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, and Grandma's Boy, and for his band Rad Omen.
Peter Davison
Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, 1951) is the English actor who played Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth Doctor in Doctor Who, 1982 to 1984; not the Orwell scholar or the composer of the same name.
Peter DeLuise
Peter DeLuise (Peter John DeLuise, born 1966), American actor-director, son of Dom DeLuise. Played Officer Doug Penhall on 21 Jump Street and Dagwood on seaQuest DSV; directed 69 Stargate franchise episodes and many Hallmark movies.
Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage (born 1969, Morristown, New Jersey) is an American actor with achondroplasia, 4 ft 5 in, famous as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe, breakthrough in The Station Agent (2003).
Peter Dinklage on screen and stage
Peter Dinklage, American actor born in Morristown, New Jersey, known as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, record four Emmy winner, star of The Station Agent, Cyrano on stage and film, and Twelfth Night.
Peter Donat
Peter Donat (Pierre Collingwood Donat), 1928-2018, Canadian-American stage and screen actor, nephew of Robert Donat, ACT core member and Stratford player, known as William Mulder on The X-Files and for The Godfather Part II.
Peter Douglas
Peter Vincent Douglas (born 1955) is an American film producer, son of Kirk Douglas and Anne Douglas; producer of The Final Countdown, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and the hit comedy Fletch, and a 1988 Primetime Emmy winner. Distinct from actors and other namesakes.
Peter Duncan (actor)
Peter Duncan (born 1954, London), English actor and presenter, Blue Peter presenter 1980-86, Duncan Dares star, UK Chief Scout from 2004, Olivier-nominated for The Card; distinct from the Australian writer of Rake.
Peter Egan
Peter Egan is an English actor who won the 1974 BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer for The Hireling and played the Duke of Sutherland in Chariots of Fire.
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli (born 1973) is an American actor, director, and producer from Queens, New York, known for Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight saga, Dr. Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie, and films like Can't Hardly Wait.
Peter Falk
Peter Falk (1927–2011), American actor, played Lieutenant Columbo in Prescription: Murder (1968), the NBC series (1971–77), and ABC movies (1989–2003), 69 episodes; five Emmys, two Oscar nominations.
Peter Farrelly
Peter Farrelly (born 1956), American director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist; with brother Bobby made Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, then won the Best Picture Oscar for Green Book (2018); recent films include Ricky Stanicky, Balls Up, and I Play Rocky.
Peter Finch
Peter Finch (Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch, 1916-1977), English-born Australian actor and radio performer; first Australian to win an acting Oscar, posthumously for Network (1976); four-time BAFTA-winning British film star.
Peter Firth
Peter Firth (born 1953, Bradford) is an English actor, Oscar-nominated for Equus (1977) and Golden Globe winner, best known as Harry Pearce in BBC's Spooks (2002-2011); not related to Colin Firth.