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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 Marc Jacobson
Peter Marc Jacobson (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American TV writer, producer, director, and actor, co-creator with ex-wife Fran Drescher of The Nanny (CBS, 1993–1999) and Happily Divorced (TV Land, 2011–2013), based on his coming out after their marriage.
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 Marshall (entertainer)
Peter Marshall (Ralph Pierre LaCock, 1926-2024), American actor, singer, and game show host; brother of Joanne Dru; hosted over 5,000 episodes of The Hollywood Squares (1966-1981), winning four Emmy Awards.
Peter Maximoff
Peter Maximoff is the Fox X-Men film version of Marvel's Quicksilver, played by Evan Peters in Days of Future Past, Apocalypse, Deadpool 2, and Dark Phoenix; renamed from Pietro, famed for the Pentagon kitchen scene, and later echoed by Ralph Bohner in WandaVision.
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 McRobbie
Peter McRobbie, Scottish-born American character actor (born 1943, Hawick, Scotland), Yale Drama School 1966; known for Pop Pop in The Visit, Father Lantom in Daredevil, Judge Walter Bradley in Law & Order, and eight Woody Allen films.
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 Mukerjea
Peter Mukerjea (born 1956, UK; birth name Pratim), former CEO of Star India who made Star Plus the top Hindi channel via Kaun Banega Crorepati, later co-founded INX Media, and was arrested in the 2015 Sheena Bora murder case.
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 North (actor)
Peter North, born Alden Joseph Brown in 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian retired pornographic actor, director, and producer with over 2,000 credits, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductions, and the 2026 documentary Peter about his life.
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 Ostrum
Peter Ostrum (born 1957) is an American retired veterinarian and former child actor, the Charlie Bucket of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), his only film; he declined a three-picture contract and practiced large-animal veterinary medicine in Lowville, New York.
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 Pan (1953 film)
Peter Pan (1953) is Walt Disney Productions' animated adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play, released February 5, 1953, directed by Luske, Geronimi, and Jackson, with Bobby Driscoll as Peter, Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy, and Hans Conried as Hook and Mr. Darling.
Peter Pan (2003 film)
Peter Pan is a 2003 live-action fantasy adventure film directed by P. J. Hogan, adapting J. M. Barrie's play, starring Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Jason Isaacs.
Peter Pan & Wendy
Peter Pan & Wendy is David Lowery's 2023 live-action reimagining of Barrie's novel and Disney's 1953 film, streaming on Disney+ from April 28, 2023, starring Ever Anderson, Alexander Molony, Jude Law, and Yara Shahidi, with girls in the Lost Boys and a reframed Tiger Lily.
Peter Pan Live!
Peter Pan Live! was NBC's three-hour live musical broadcast of December 4, 2014, starring Allison Williams as Peter and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, adapted from the 1954 Broadway musical; it drew 9.1 million viewers, about half of The Sound of Music Live!.
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare is a 2025 British horror film directed by Scott Chambers, in which Wendy Darling tries to rescue her brother from a murderous Peter Pan.
Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
MCU Peter Parker is Tom Holland's Spider-Man, debuting in Captain America: Civil War (2016), starring in the Home trilogy and Brand New Day (2026), defined by the No Way Home spell erasing his identity.
Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)
Peter Parker of The Amazing Spider-Man films is the Marvel character as played by Andrew Garfield in Marc Webb's 2012 and 2014 reboots and No Way Home, with mechanical web-shooters, Gwen Stacy as love interest, and a cancelled third film.
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 Quill (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Peter Jason Quill, aka Star-Lord, is the MCU's Guardians of the Galaxy leader played by Chris Pratt from 2014 to 2023: an Earth child abducted in 1988, raised by Yondu, half-Celestial son of Ego, distinct from the comics' NASA-astronaut son of J'son of Spartax.
Peter Rabbit (film)
Peter Rabbit (2018) is a live-action/CG comedy directed by Will Gluck, based on Beatrix Potter's character, with James Corden voicing Peter; released February 9, 2018, grossing $115.2M in the US, and notable for its blackberry allergy-scene controversy.
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, also called Peter Rabbit 2, is a 2021 live-action/CG-animated comedy directed by Will Gluck and a sequel to Peter Rabbit.
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.