Famous People with Name Peter

Peter Gerard Verhoeven            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Gerard Verhoeven: is a retired American professional basketball player.He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1981 NBA Draft and played for four teams throughout his six-year career, averaging 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds a game.

Peter Kelly Tripucka            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Kelly Tripucka: was a National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Hornets from 1981 to 1991.

Peter Graves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Graves: is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990.From 1960–1961, Graves started as (lead role) Christopher Cobb in 34 episodes of the TV series Whiplash as an American who arrived in Australia in the 1850s and set up the country's first stagecoach line. Cobb mainly used a bullwhip rather than a gun to fight the many cowboy crooks he came up against. The series also starred Anthony Wickert as Dan. He had previously starred as Jim Newton in a kids series called Fury about a horse. He also starred in Court Martial five years later as well as TV shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Route 66.

Peter Killian Gallagher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Killian Gallagher: Gallagher was born in New York City, New York, USA, the son of Mary, a bacteriologist, and Tom Gallagher, an advertising executive. He is of Irish Catholic background and was raised in Armonk, New York. Gallagher graduated from Tufts University, where he was very visible in the performance scene on campus, appearing in such shows as Stephen Sondheim's Company and singing with the all-male a cappella group the Beelzebubs.

Peter Scolari            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Scolari: His first mass-audience exposure came from playing one of two crossdressing roommates in the 1980's ABC television sitcom Bosom Buddies. Though his co-star, Tom Hanks, went on to greater name recognition, Scolari worked with Hanks on 1996's That Thing You Do!, on the 1997 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and on 2004's The Polar Express.

Jason Michael Peter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Michael Peter: is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round (14th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger that forced him to retire after the 2001 season. Peter's older brother, Christian, also played in the NFL.

Christian Peter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christian Peter: is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. Peter's younger brother, Jason, also played in the NFL.