Peter Ackerman is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, television writer, television producer, and author.

Career

Peter Ackerman began his varied career as an actor in the low budget movie ''Astronomy of Errors'' (2000). He later went on to perform in the

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in ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare'' (abridged) and in ''

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''. For the stage, Ackerman's debut play, ''

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'', was performed Off-Broadway in New York and at

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in London. The play became an audio presentation for

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and appeared on member

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stations in North America. He also adapted it for

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as a television series. He was commissioned by NPR to write another radio play, ''I’d Rather Eat Pants'', which was broadcast as a short serial. He also authored the play ''The Urn'' and his revision of the musical ''

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'' won the

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for Best Revival of a Musical. As a writer he was hired by

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to work on the animated film ''

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'' where he became one of several screenwriters on the project. In 2002, ''Ice Age'' was a box office success and received an

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nomination. Later he co-wrote the third ''Ice Age'' movie, '' Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', which was released in 2009. Following the ''Ice Age'' movies, Ackerman was a writer and producer on the television series ''

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'' on FX and a writer and co-executive producer on ''

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'' on

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. In May 2017, he was announced to write the screenplay of ''

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'' for

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. He has also written the children's books ''The Lonely Typewriter'' and ''The Lonely Phone Booth'', which was produced as a musical at the

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