Peter Riegert
- Birthday
- Apr 11, 1947
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
Bio: University of Buffalo graduate, former Bella Abzug campaign worker, and onetime schoolteacher Peter Riegert finessed an early flair for comedy into appearing with an improv troupe called the War Babies. This led to Riegert's Broadway bow in 1975, then to his being hired by the National Lampoon people for several projects, the first of which was Animal House (1978),… More Bio: University of Buffalo graduate, former Bella Abzug campaign worker, and onetime schoolteacher Peter Riegert finessed an early flair for comedy into appearing with an improv troupe called the War Babies. This led to Riegert's Broadway bow in 1975, then to his being hired by the National Lampoon people for several projects, the first of which was Animal House (1978), in which the actor portrayed Donald "Boon" Schoenstein. He went on to play such roles as the feckless corporate-flunky good guy in Local Hero (1983) and the unhitched pickle vendor Amy Irving would never marry in a million years but does anyway in Crossing Delancey (1989). Usually bypassed by the gossip columnists (which he doesn't seem to mind at all), Riegert raised journalistic eyebrows when he was cast opposite his onetime lady friend Bette Midler in the 1993 TV version of Gypsy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Peter Riegert Pictures
Peter Riegert Videos
We Bought A Zoo
Oka!
Gypsy
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness
White Irish Drinkers
Filmography
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
- Delbert McGinty
- 67%
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OKA! (2011)
- Doc
- 71%
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011)
- Tevye
- 100%
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The Chosen One (2010)
- Actor
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White Irish Drinkers (2010)
- Whitey
- 44%
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