Peter Youngblood Hills (born 28 January 1978) is an

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-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his supporting role of Sgt. Darrell "Shifty" Powers in

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, '' Band of Brothers''.

Early life

He was born in

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, to an American mother (raised in North East

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, USA) and English father (who was raised in

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). Both Parents were trained as classical singers. His parents separated when he was a child and his father remarried his step mother; a lifetime choir master and music teacher. He has three half siblings from his mothers previous marriage. He lived most of his early life between America and the United Kingdom and at age 13 attended

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, a boarding school in

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and completed his education to sixth form in 1996.

Career

Peter Youngblood Hills has been a professional actor since 1996. He started off his career in acting with various music videos, TV commercials and theater before beginning a career in film. He has appeared in various films like '' The Beach'' and ''

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''. His big break was when he appeared in

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and

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’s '' Band of Brothers''. He also appeared in a 2002 film, '' AKA'' with his '' Band of Brothers'' co-star

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. In 2003, he starred as Steve Warson in

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. In 2006, he starred in the

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Series 4 episode titled "Invasion". Hills had a brief cameo in '' The Wolf of Wall Street''. Leonardo DiCaprio asked him to do the stylized cinematography for his environmental documentary '' The 11th Hour''. It focused on the conservation and preservation of Life. Due to his role in "Band of Brothers" his interests and personal life became focused on 'the recovery from war' which led to a 12-year mentorship with Vietnam Veteran, Sensei and Interfaith Rev. Clifford Ishigaki.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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