Peter Riegert
| Born | April 11, 1947 |
| Hometown | The Bronx, New York (state), United States |
| Height | 5'8" (1.72m) |
| Parents | Lucille Riegert, Milton Riegert |
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Traffic (2000 film) | Winner |
| 1993 | Emmy (Primetime) | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Barbarians at the Gate (film) | Nominated |
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‘Sopranos’ Actor: James Gandolfini Protected Me from Filming Nude Scene Against My Wishes
"Jim recognized, on my face, that there was an actor in trouble."
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‘American Pastoral’ Adds David Strathairn, Uzo Aduba & Others; ‘Friends And Romans’ To Bow In Fall
Lakeshore Entertainment’s? American Pastoral has beefed up its cast, adding David Strathairn, Uzo Aduba, Peter Riegert and Valorie Curry, who join Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, and Dakota Fanning in the?Vietnam War drama, Based on the Pulitzer-winning novel by Phillip Roth, the film follows a family torn apart when a legendary former high school athlete’s seemingly perfect life is shattered after his rebellious daughter’s antiwar activism turns to violent political…
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Uzo Aduba, David Strathairn Join Ewan McGregor’s ‘American Pastoral’
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Fox has given a back-nine pickup to “Dads,” the frosh live-action comedy from Seth MacFarlane and “Ted” scribes Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The order for the 20th Century Fox TV comedy?had been expected, especially after Fox renewed?its other new Tuesday comedy “Brooklyn Nine Nine” last week. “Dads,” which stars Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi... <a href="https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/fox-gives-full-season-pickup-to-seth-macfarlanes-dads-1200763133/" title="Read Fox Gives Full Season Pickup
