Robert Peters (born 1961) is an American character actor and director.
Peters was born on July 20, 1961 in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
and graduated from Edison High School and the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
. His grandfather helped establish
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship of alcoholics dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program. Following its Twelve Traditions, AA is non-professi ...
in Oklahoma. As a teenager, Peters appeared at the Tulsa Little Theater. He is now a resident of both Oklahoma and California, and tries to shoot films in Oklahoma when possible.
['Home Run' actor Robert Peters glad film brought him to his native Tulsa]
by Michael Smith, ''Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 202 ...
'', April 19, 2013. Accessed April 16, 2020
He has appeared in numerous films and television shows and commercials. His film credits include ''
In the Line of Fire
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'' (1993), ''
Ocean's Eleven
''Ocean's Eleven'' is a 2001 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by Ted Griffin. The first installment in the ''Ocean's'' film trilogy, it is a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. The fil ...
'' (2002) and ''
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
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'' (2012). The first feature film he directed was ''
Half Empty'', a musical comedy from 2006. He has appeared in at least 46 productions since 1988.
tvguide.com
/ref> Among the films shot in Oklahoma in which he appeared were '' Eye of God'', the cockfighting film '' The Round and Round'' and the baseball movie ''Home Run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
'' (2013).[
]
Filmography
*''Red Shoe Diaries
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'' (1992-1997), television series, two episodes
*'' Without Warning '' (1994)
*'' Open House '' (2004)
*'' The Last Run '' (2004)
*'' Bright Falls'' (2010), Alan Wake
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prequel mini-series
*''Welcome to the Jungle
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'' (2013)
*'' Grand-Daddy Day Care'' (2019)
References
External links
*Interview with Peters in ''OHS Extra!'', newsletter of the Oklahoma Historical Society
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its people by collecting, interpreting, and disseminating knowledge and artifacts of Oklahoma. ...
, November 20, 2012
part 1part 2
an
part 3
via Oklahoma Digital Prairie.
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1961 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American directors
Male actors from Oklahoma
Living people