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Biography

Peters is an all around performer and artist; he is an actor, singer, writer, dancer and director. Peters began his stage career in Paris…more

Born

4/7/1952, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Birth Name

Peter Clarke

Gender

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- Treme
  Albert Lambreaux
  - S 2: Ep 10 That's What Lovers Do
    6/26/11
  - S 2: Ep 9 What Is New Orleans?
    6/19/11
  - S 2: Ep 8 Can I Change My Mind?
    6/12/11
  - S 2: Ep 7 Carnival Time
    6/5/11
  - S 2: Ep 6 Feels Like Rain
    5/29/11
  - + 15 More Credits
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Nelson Mandela
  - S 39: Ep 17 Endgame
    10/25/09
- The Wire
  Det. Lester Freamon
  - S 5: Ep 10 Clarifications
    2/24/08
  - S 5: Ep 9 Took
    2/17/08
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Dickensian Aspect
    2/10/08
  - S 5: Ep 7 React Quotes
    2/3/08
  - S 5: Ep 6 Transitions
    1/27/08
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Wire
  Lester Freamon (Episodes 14-, recurring previously)
  - S 4: Ep 13 Final Grades
    12/10/06
  - S 4: Ep 8 Corner Boys
    11/5/06
  - S 4: Ep 7 Unto Others
    10/29/06
  - S 4: Ep 5 Alliances
    10/8/06
  - S 4: Ep 4 Refugees
    10/1/06
  - + 10 More Credits
- The Wire
  Lester Freamon
  - S 4: Ep 12 That's Got His Own
    12/3/06
  - S 4: Ep 3 Home Rooms
    9/24/06
  - S 4: Ep 2 Soft Eyes
    9/17/06
  - S 4: Ep 1 Boys of Summer
    9/10/06
- Chandler & Co.
  Jasper
  - S 2: Ep 6 End of Term
    9/1/95
  - S 2: Ep 5 Lost and Found
    8/25/95
  - S 2: Ep 4 No Tomorrow
    8/18/95
  - S 2: Ep 3 Money for Nothing
    8/11/95
  - S 2: Ep 2 The American Dream
    8/4/95
  - + 7 More Credits
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- Damages
  Dave Pell
  - S 2: Ep 13 Trust Me
    4/1/09
  - S 2: Ep 12 Look What He Dug Up This Time
    3/25/09
  - S 2: Ep 10 Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons
    3/11/09
  - S 2: Ep 9 You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant
    3/4/09
  - S 2: Ep 8 They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney
    2/25/09
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Wire
  Lester Freamon
  - S 4: Ep 4 Refugees
    10/1/06
- The Wire
  Det. Lester Freamon
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sentencing
    9/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 12 Cleaning Up
    9/1/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Hunt
    8/18/02
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Cost
    8/11/02
  - S 1: Ep 9 Game Day
    8/4/02
  - + 7 More Credits
Guest Star (18)

Role
- Memphis Beat
  Fred
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Feud
    8/16/11
- Archer
  Popeye
  - S 2: Ep 10 El Secuestro
    3/31/11
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Going Concern
    2/3/11
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 80 Friday 24th April 2009
    4/24/09
- Life On Mars
  Captain Fletcher Bellow
  - S 1: Ep 5 Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead
    11/6/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Out Here in the Fields
    10/9/08
- Meadowlands
  Professor Campbell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 107
    7/29/07
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 106
    7/22/07
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  Rex DaSilva
  - S 1: Ep 6 Pattern of Conduct
    4/1/05
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 18: Ep 2 James Brown: Soul Survivor
    10/29/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 George Gershwin Remembered
    8/24/87
- Waking the Dead
  Howard Boorstin
  - S 3: Ep 2 Multistorey (2)
    9/15/03
  - S 3: Ep 1 Multistorey (1)
    9/14/03
- Night and Day (UK)
  Gabriel Huysman
  - S 3: Ep 28 Final Hours, Final Revelations
    6/6/03
  - S 3: Ep 7 Thing's Are Wrong
    12/19/02
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episodes 150-151-152
    11/15/02
  - S 2: Ep 1 Time Stopped
    4/11/02
- OZ
  Afsana
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Bill of Wrongs
    7/26/00
- The Corner
  Fat Curt
  - S 1: Ep 6 Everyman's Blues
    5/21/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fran's Blues
    4/30/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 DeAndre's Blues
    4/23/00
  - S 1: Ep 1 Gary's Blues
    4/16/00
- Jonathan Creek
  Hewie Harper
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Problem at Gallow's Gate, Part Two
    2/21/98
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Problem at Gallow's Gate, Part One
    2/14/98
- Murder Most Horrid
  American
  - S 2: Ep 5 Mangez Merveillac
    3/31/94
- Between the Lines
  Mr. Banthorpe
  - S 2: Ep 9 Jumping the Lights
    11/30/93
- Boon
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 14 The Night Before Christmas
    12/24/91
- Frederick Forsyth Presents
  Grover T Fleming
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Casualty of War
    12/2/89
- Travelling Man
  Alan Downing
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Token Attempt
    9/3/85
- The Professionals
  President Ojuka
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Ojuka Situation
    1/23/83
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- In Plain Sight
  Norman
  - S 2: Ep 7 Duplicate Bridge
    6/7/09

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- Peters' father was a master carpenter and his paternal grandmother made pottery with a potter's wheel and kiln in her basement.
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- Peters owns a home in Baltimore, MD, where The Wire was filmed. At one time, fellow cast members, John Doman, Reg E. Cathey, and Jim True-Frost were his roommates.
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- Peters played Daryl Van Horne in 2001 UK stage production of The Witches of Eastwick.
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- Peters: While I was researching Unforgettable, I heard about a lady in South Africa who had the complete Nat King Cole collection. She loved to listen to him, and did so often until she found out he was black - and then promptly got rid of every record of his she owned. (he wrote/starred in a musical about Cole's life)
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- Peters: I love women. I [fantasize] about a bevy of women every night, but I'm only acting. (his reaction upon receiving so many flowers from women during his performance in The Witches of Eastwick)
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- Peters: In this world of turmoil and unrest, I find peaceful meditation a tool to neutralise the negative. "Meditation" as taught by the Brahmun Kumaris from Mount Abu in Rajasthan, India. This is my path. One of peace, respect and love.
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