Peter Paige (born June 20, 1969) is an American

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and

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. He is best known for his portrayal of Emmet Honeycutt in the gay drama Queer as Folk. His debut as director and writer was on the film ''

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''.

Early life and education

Paige was born in

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. He graduated from

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School of Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree ''

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''.

Career

Best known for his role as Emmett Honeycutt on

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's hit series '' Queer as Folk'', Paige's other television credits include ''

Will & Grace ''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), ...

'', '' Time of Your Life'', '' Girlfriends'', '' Caroline in the City'', ''

American Dad! ''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television ...

'', '' Related'', ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into se ...

'', ''

The Closer ''The Closer'' is an Television in the United States, American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator o ...

'' and ''

Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

''. His first audition in

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earned him a guest-starring role on ''

Suddenly Susan ''Suddenly Susan'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, ...

''. Paige spent summer 2004 starring in his feature directorial debut, ''

'', alongside

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, Anthony Clark,

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and

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. Other film credits include

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's ''Childstar'' with

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and

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, Showtime's ''Our America'' (which debuted at Sundance in 2002),

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''Pop'' and the award-winning shorts ''The Four of Us'' and ''The Shooting''. An accomplished stage actor, Paige has appeared at major regional theatres throughout the country, most notably in world premieres at

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, Portland Center Stage, and

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. He has performed nearly every genre of play, from the Greeks to

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to contemporary American work. Plays on his resume include ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

'', ''

The Rivals ''The Rivals'' is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated frequently, including a 1935 musical and a 1958 List of Maverick ...

'', ''Secret Agents'', ''

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...

'' and ''Pantophobia'', his two-man show written and performed with Abraham Higginbotham. On February 6, 2013, it was announced that '' The Fosters'', a show that Paige created along with Bradley Bredeweg, and produced by

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and through production company,

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was picked up by the

ABC Family The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...

. The series follows the lives of the Foster family, an interracial lesbian couple who are married and raising biological and adoptive children together. The series began airing on June 3, 2013. On January 10, 2017, the network announced a fifth season was picked up. In 2020, Paige made a guest appearance on

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(a spin-off of Grey's Anatomy). In 2019, Paige wrote and directed the television film '' The Thing About Harry'', which premiered on Freeform in 2020.

Personal life

Paige is gay.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage

Off Broadway (partial credits)

* ''High Concepts'' (with Robert Sean Leonard) --- Malaparte --- John Ruocco * ''Somebody'' --- Playwrights Horizon --- Yana Landowne * ''Eastern Standard'' --- Equator --- Easley * ''Landscape of the Body'' --- Judith Anderson --- Lisa Goldsmith * ''Tartuffe'' --- Biggs/Rosatti --- Alison Laslett

Regional

* ''The History Boys'' --- The Ahmanson Theatre --- Tom Irwin * ''Eden Lane'' (World Premiere) --- La Jolla Playhouse --- Des McAnuff * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' --- Portland Center Stage --- Elizabeth Huddle * ''Pantophobia'' --- HBO Workspace --- Luke Yankee * ''Twisted'' --- The Lex --- Jesse Carmichael * ''The Rivals'' --- Portland Center Stage --- Elizabeth Huddle * ''Blue Window'' --- Edinburgh Theatre Festival --- Richard Seer/Eve Muson * ''Secret Agents'' (Premiere) --- Artemis Productions --- Beth Harper * ''You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown'' --- Charles Playhouse --- John Ruocco * ''Twelfth Night'' --- Huntington Theatre --- Robert Morgan

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paige, Peter 1969 births Living people American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors LGBT film directors LGBT television directors American gay actors LGBT people from Connecticut Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Male actors from Connecticut People from West Hartford, Connecticut Film directors from Connecticut