Peter Macdissi (Arabic: بيتر مقدسي ; born May 14, 1974 in
Beirut
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,
Lebanon
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) is a Lebanese actor and producer. His filmography consists mostly of television work, most notably playing recurring character Olivier Castro-Staal on
Alan Ball's HBO series ''
Six Feet Under''. In 2007, he appeared in
''Towelhead'', a feature film written and directed by Ball, who is also his partner. Along with Ball, he is one of the executive producers of the
Cinemax
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series ''
Banshee
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Filmography
References
External links
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*http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/cast/actors/peter_macdissi.shtml - at the
HBO
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official website.
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20th-century Lebanese male actors
Living people
Lebanese male actors
1974 births
21st-century Lebanese male actors
Lebanese male television actors
Gay actors
Lebanese LGBT people
Lebanese expatriates in the United States