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PETER BERG is a prolific talent with a taste for challenging material, whether as a writer, director, producer or actor. He made his feature directorial debut (from his original script) on the cult classic Very Bad Things, starring Cameron Diaz, John Favreau and Christian Slater; and followed his big-screen bow with the action hit The Rundown, starring The Rock; and his fierce portrait of high-school football in the film adaptation of H.G. Bissinger’s blistering bestseller, Friday Night Lights, which starred Billy Bob Thornton.
Before stepping behind the camera, Berg gained considerable notice for his acting work in front of the camera, particularly for his starring role opposite Linda Fiorentino in John Dahl’s neo noir classic The Last Seduction. For the film, he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of a naive local who falls for the seductive charms of Fiorentino’s femme fatale.
Other notable film acting credits include James Mangold’s independent drama Cop Land, whose all-star cast also included Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel; The Great White Hype, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum and Jamie Foxx; Spike Lee’s controversial Girl 6; Wes Craven’s Shocker; Late for Dinner, with Marcia Gay Harden; Keith Gordon’s A Midnight Clear; and Fire in the Sky. He recently portrayed a cop in Michael Mann’s noir thriller, Collateral, starring Tom Cruise and Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx.
For television, Berg most recently adapted his successful movie Friday Night Lights to the small screen, directing the pilot of the NBC series on location in Austin, Texas. In the television arena, he also created, wrote, produced and directed the ABC drama series Wonderland. Prior to that, he wrote and directed episodes of David Kelley’s critically acclaimed medical drama Chicago Hope, in which he also starred for three seasons as the cocky hockey-playing surgeon Dr. Billy Kronk (winning SAG nominations in 1997 and 1998 as part of the series’ ensemble cast). He also continued his career in front of the camera, most recently in the recurring role of SD-6 Agent Noah Hicks on the ABC action series Alias, opposite Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner.
The New York native’s interest in performing was inspired as a child, when he attended Broadway plays with his parents twice a month. He studied theater at Macalester College in Minneapolis, where he appeared in several theatrical productions, including Flibberty Gibbet and Tartuffe. Currently, he is directing The Kingdom, a Michael Mann-produced political thriller that is set in Saudi Arabia and written by Matthew Carnahan.
Filmography: Collateral, Girl 6, Hancock (2008), Shocker, Smoking Aces (2007), Splinter Cell, The Kingdom (2007), The Rundown,
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