Peters, Robert 1961–

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Peters, Robert 1961–

PERSONAL

Born July 20, 1961, in Tulsa, OK. Education: University of Oklahoma, graduated summa cum laude.

Career: Actor. Appeared in television commercials for Diet Dr. Pepper, Budweiser, Nokia/Pacific Bell, Got Milk?, Fox Fishing with Super Models, Coors Light, General Motors, Nextel/Nascar, National Football League, Campbells Soup, Pizza Hut, Game Show Network, and Junkyard Wars.

Awards, Honors: Special Jury Award, USA Film Festival, Jury Award, best short film, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Gold Award, best comedy, Crested Butte Reel Festival, Special Recognition, best performance, Aspen Shortsfest, Jury Award, best short film, Bangkok Film Festival, 1999, Slamdance International Film Festival, best short film, Audience Award, best short film, Method Fest, Audience Award, best short film, Austin Film Festival, 2000, Audience Choice Award, short film, Stony Brook Film Festival, 2001, all for Mutual Love Life; Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival, 2001, for The Bus Stops Here; Visionary Award, feature film—comedy, Santa Barbara Film Festival, 2006, for Half Empty.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Cameraman, Pass the Ammo, New Century Vista, 1988.

"Fair" farmer, Kansas, 1988.

Great Dictator cinematographer, Chaplin (also known as Charlot), Columbia TriStar, 1992.

Hunter, In the Line of Fire, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1993.

Deputy Sheriff Day, Wilder Napalm, 1993.

Cop at Ramparts, Panther, Gramercy, 1995.

Mike Williams, Wild Bill, United Artists, 1995.

Sneaky, Hard Bounty, Triboro Entertainment Group, 1995.

First cop, Mulholland Falls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996.

Farmer's son, Traveller, October Films, 1997.

Store clerk, Truth or Consequences, N.M., Columbia TriStar, 1997.

U.S. Air Force radio specialist, Air Force One (also known as AFO), Columbia, 1997.

FBI agent on robe, Kiss the Girls, Paramount, 1997.

Del, Eye of God (also known as Beyond Obsessions), Castle Hill Productions, 1997.

State trooper, Switchback, Paramount, 1997.

Race official, Overdrive, Concorde, 1997.

Terry Dawson, Under Oath (also known as Blood Money and Urban Justice), 1997.

Steve, Delivery, 1997.

Second buddy, Sparkler, Strand Releasing, 1998.

First driver, Watchers Reborn, Concorde, 1998.

Hungry officer, Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (also known as Richie Rich: A Christmas Story), Warner Bros. Home Video, 1998.

Baker cop number two, Break Up (also known as The Break Up), 1998.

Hunter number one, The Lesser Evil, 1998.

Switterman, Go, Columbia, 1999.

Phil Shucky, Mutual Love Life (short), 1999.

(Uncredited) New Orleans desk sergeant, A Murder of Crows, 1999.

Doctor Serra, The Deformation of Myrna Brown, 1999.

Phil, All the Rage (also known as It's All the Rage), 1999.

Referee, Eyeball Eddie, 2000.

Larry, Dropping Out, 2000.

Cop, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, Screen Gems, 2000.

Joey, Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium, 2000.

Buddy Brewer, Experiencing Raju, 2000.

Burdett, Certain Guys, 2000.

Businessman number one, On Edge, Showcase Entertainment, 2001.

Grill guy, American Pie 2, Universal, 2001.

Eye-in-the-Sky technician number one, Ocean's Eleven (also known as 11 and 011), Warner Bros., 2001.

Tom (stepfather), 10:30 Check-Out (short), 2002.

Skeete Jones, Project Redlight (short), 2002.

Senator Culvert, The Round and Round (also known as Cockfight), Bruder Releasing, 2002.

Joey, Legend of the Phantom Rider, A-Mark Entertainment, 2002.

FBI agent, Catch Me If You Can, DreamWorks, 2002.

Security guard, The United States of Leland, Paramount Classics, 2003.

Mr. Busby, The Bus Stops Here (short), 2003.

Guard, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2003.

Bob Maxwell, How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (also known as Baadasssss!, Badass, and Getting' the Man's Foot Outta Your Baadasssss!), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Stan the waiter, The Last Run, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Defense Secretary Bunker, Briefing (short), 2004.

Andy Shrub, I Am Stamos (short), 2004.

Ron Tucker, Open House, 2004.

Bo, Releaf (short), 2004.

Steve, From Other Worlds, 2004.

Jim James, Skip Davenport: Federal Janitor (short), 2004.

Donald-Paul, Hoboken Hollow, Pumpjack Entertainment, 2005.

Detective Pasternak, Break a Leg, MTI Home Video, 2005.

Roy Douglas, A Lot Like Love, Buena Vista, 2005.

Ed Epps, Neo Ned, Kismet Entertainment Group, 2005.

Yankee dad, Bad News Bears, Paramount, 2005.

Wentworth, Wentworth (short), 2005.

Backwards man (narrator), The Receipt (short), 2005.

Gene Barry, Window (short), 2005.

Bob Patterson, Half Empty, 2006.

Slinky McNulty, Unbeatable Harold, Visual Factory, 2006.

Glenn the toy salesman, Grilled, 2006.

Strap-Off, 2006.

Abe Sampson, The Deep Below, Zepper Pictures, 2007.

Film Work:

Director and producer, Mutual Love Life (short), 1999.

Coproducer, Certain Guys, 2000.

Producer, Project Redlight (short), 2002.

Director and coproducer, The Bus Stops Here (short), 2003.

Producer, I Am Stamos (short), Red Navel Filmworks, 2004.

Producer, Releaf (short), 2004.

Producer, Breakfast with Mary & Chet (documentary short), 2005.

Director and producer, Half Empty, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dwayne Haskell, Without Warning, 1994.

Flanagan, Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies, Family Channel, 1994.

Second cop, Freeway, HBO, 1996.

Second rodeo cowboy, Ruby Jean and Joe, TNT, 1996.

First mate, Last Exit to Earth (also known as Roger Corman Presents "Last Exit to Earth"), Showtime, 1996.

Officer, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Roger Corman Presents "Humanoids from the Deep"), Showtime, 1996.

Deputy sheriff, Alien Avengers II (also known as Aliens Among Us, Roger Corman Presents "Alien Avengers II," and Welcome to Planet Earth II), The Movie Channel, 1997.

Second Baker cop, The Break Up, Cinemax, 1998.

Cop number one, Modern Vampires (also known as Revenant and Vamps), 1998.

Booker, Route 9, HBO, 1998.

New Orleans desk sergeant, A Murder of Crows, Cinemax, 1999.

Phil, It's the Rage, Cinemax, 2000.

Waylon, Annie's Point, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ratings, Morals, and Sex on TV, Showtime, 1998.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

The Midwestern man, Madigan Men, ABC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Slim, "Kidnap," Red Shoe Diaries, 1993.

Cop number two, "The Cake," Red Shoe Diaries, 1994.

Casey, "Somebody's Baby," Coach, ABC, 1996.

Officer Cooper, "Trial and Error," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Wayne, "Upsized," Coach, ABC, 1997.

Marty, "Deer Hunters," Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (also known as Beyond Belief), Fox, 1997.

Dave Dugger, "F/X," The Pretender, NBC, 1997.

Announcer, Sex and the City, HBO, 1998.

Idaho news anchor, The X-Files, Fox, 1998.

Sergeant, "Trevor," The X-Files, Fox, 1999.

Announcer, "Escape from New York," Sex and the City, HBO, 2000.

Arney, "Offspring," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series), The WB, 2001.

Arney, "Lullaby," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series), The WB, 2001.

Joe, "Detours," Leap of Faith, NBC, 2002.

Bachelor number one, "The Big Journey," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002.

Joe, "Detours," Leap of Faith, NBC, 2002.

Marty Maxwell, "Till Death Do Us Part," Everwood (also known as Our New Life in Everwood), The WB, 2002.

Marty Maxwell, "A Thanksgiving Tale," Everwood (also known as Our New Life in Everwood), The WB, 2002.

Marty Maxwell, "The Last of Summer," Everwood (also known as Our New Life in Everwood), The WB, 2003.

Sidney Wood, "To Know Her," Century City, CBS, 2004.

Kevin, "Tribe," Medical Investigation, NBC, 2005.

Craig, "Origin of Species," Invasion, ABC, 2005.

Supernatural, CW, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Mutual Love Life (short), 1999.

Project Redlight, 2002.

Half Empty, 2006.

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