Peter Berg
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
Date of Birth:
Mar 11, 1964
Country:
New York City, New York, USA
Gender:
Male
Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Biography
Peter Berg is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. His first role was in the Adam Rifkin road movie Never on Tuesday (1989). He went on to star in the World War 2 film A Midnight Clear (1992). Roles in Fire in the Sky (1993) and Cop Land (1997) followed, and the Tom Cruise films Collateral (2004) and Lions for Lambs (2007).
Peter has since moved behind the camera, directing films such as as Very Bad Things (1998) and Hancock (2008). He has also turned pen-to-paper and scripted many projects including Friday Night Lights (2004) and The Losers (2010). He is best known on-screen for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk in Chicago Hope (1994).
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Spouse (1)
- Elizabeth Rogers (28 August 1993 - 2002) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
- Trade Mark (2)
- Quick/constantly-moving camera
- Frequently casts Jason Bateman
Trivia (29)
- Worked as a dock worker in San Pedro, California prior to getting his "big break".
- Attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Worked as Domino's delivery boy while at Macalaster.
- Peter grew up in Chappaqua, New York and attended a private high school in Watertown, Connecticut.
- Is a second cousin of writer Buzz Bissinger, who wrote the book Friday Night Lights (Peter later directed the film based on the book). Buzz's paternal grandmother, Gertrude Louise Winkler, and Peter's maternal grandfather, Robert Eli Winkler, were siblings.
- Appeared in local theater productions while attending college in Minnesota.
- Moved to Los Angeles in 1985.
- Attended the Guthrie Theater Drama School, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- He and three others were ambushed and robbed in the Brazilian jungle while doing research for The Rundown (2003). They were held for 15 minutes and lost cash and a laptop computer. Nobody was injured.
- His best friend and roommate from Macalester College, is his agent, Ari Emanuel, inspiration for Entourage (2004)'s "Ari Gold".
- One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
- Guest-starred in a two part Alias (2001), episode where he played Jennifer Garner's ex-boyfriend. Based on this experience, he decided to cast and direct her in The Kingdom (2007).
- His mother co-founded a youth group named "Catalog for Giving" and worked at a psychiatric hospital, when Berg and his younger sister, Mary Berg, were growing up.
- Guest Speaker at Macalester College Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2008.
- Visited Saudi Arabia for two weeks in research for The Kingdom (2007).
- Has a son, Emmett Berg (born in November 1999), with ex-wife, Elizabeth Rogers.
- Peter began his career (when the "Brat Pack" were at the height of their success) in the independent 1980's comedy Never on Tuesday (1989): the movie featured a myriad of "Pack" cameos including Nicolas Cage, Cary Elwes, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Charlie Sheen.
- He was embedded with SEAL Team Five for nearly a month in March 2009 while preparing to make his upcoming movie, Lone Survivor (2013), based on the book by Marcus Luttrell. Embedded journalists typically live with military units while covering armed conflicts.
- Still works out by boxing which he's loved since he was a 14-year-old freshman at Connecticut's private Taft School.
- Berg remembers his father as 'a hard-assed ex-Marine" and who later became an executive for Grey Advertising, commuting to New York City and drinking martins at lunch-- the very model of a Mad Men (2007) -type character.
- Has a director's cameo in Lone Survivor (2013) (before Shane Patton's speech).
- His paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish immigrant families. His maternal grandfather was of German Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent.
- Peter is a fifth cousin, three times removed, of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, through Peter's maternal grandfather, Robert Eli Winkler. Peter's seven times maternal great-grandfather, Moyses Einstein, was also Albert's four times paternal great-grandfather.
- His acting mentor is Hector Elizondo.
- Credits Hector Elizondo as his acting mentor/best friend.
- The last three films he has directed, Patriot's Day, Deepwater Horizon and Lone Survivor all star Mark Wahlber and are all based on recent, real-life tragic events.
- Has highly praised Hector Elizondo for his stardom in acting.
- Actor Hector Elizondo took Berg under his wing, when he was 31.
- As an actor, he was highly influenced by Hector Elizondo.
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