Peter Krause

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Peter Krause

Born Peter William Krause
August 12, 1965 (1965-08-12) (age 42)
Alexandria, Minnesota

Peter William Krause (pronounced /ˈkraʊzə/; born August 12, 1965) is a Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film and television actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles as Nate Fisher on the popular HBO drama Six Feet Under and Nick George on the ABC dramedy, Dirty Sexy Money.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Peter Krause was born in Alexandria, Minnesota. Growing up in Roseville, he was a skilled track and field athlete, but he suffered an unfortunate pole vaulting injury in high school that ended his athletic career. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota and became interested in theatre. Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus in 1987, he decided to pursue acting as a career and enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at New York University. While working as a bartender in New York City, he met writer Aaron Sorkin.

[edit] Career

From 1998-2000 Krause portrayed the character Casey McCall on the ABC comedy Sports Night, created by his friend Aaron Sorkin. Although the show received considerable critical acclaim, it struggled to find an audience and was cancelled after two seasons.

Krause starred in the series Six Feet Under in 2001 and received much critical acclaim and several award nominations (including three Emmy nominations) for his portrayal of funeral director Nate Fisher.

In December 2006 he played the lead role, Detective Joe Miller, in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.

He is currently starring in ABC's new drama Dirty Sexy Money alongside veteran actor Donald Sutherland. [1]

[edit] Personal life

Peter Krause is currently living in Los Angeles. He has a son, Roman Krause, and two siblings, Amy and Michael.

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1987 Blood Harvest
1990 Carol & Company TV series
1992 Double Edge TV
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Jay Thurman TV series
1992 Seinfeld Tim TV series
1995 If Not for You TV series
The Great Defender TV series
1996 "Cybill" "Kevin"
1997 Lovelife
Melting Pot
1998 Sports Night Casey McCall TV series, 1998-2000
The Truman Show Lawrence Film
My Engagement Party
2000 It's a Shame About Ray
2001 Six Feet Under Nate Fisher TV series, 2001-2005
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore Hank Evans Film
2006 The Lost Room Detective Joe Miller TV miniseries
Civic Duty Terry Allen (also produced) Film
2007 Dirty Sexy Money Nick George TV series, Filming
2009 Jack and Addie Jack Film, Pre-production

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