Peter Douglas

About Peter Douglas

Peter Douglas is a classically trained actor, writer and producer best known for work on such television shows as Modern Family (ABC), True Detective (HBO), The Mentalist (CBS), Masters of Sex (Showtime), The Rookie (Lifetime) and Bosch (Amazon).Great nephew to screen and stage legends Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy, Peter was born and raised in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. At the age of seven, Peter staged his first play, his own one-man - or one-boy - adaptation of "The Empire Strikes Back." Playing every character, Peter lost his audience to laughter when he made out with himself in the first romantic scene between Han and Leia. Nonetheless, Peter had fallen in love with live theatrical performance and would continue performing throughout his youth.In Catholic boys' school, Peter started to realize the extent of his natural vocal talents during productions of "Twelve Angry Men" and "To Kill A Mockingbird." However, it was in high school that Peter discovered his greatest theatrical love - Shakespeare. At the age of fifteen, Peter found himself playing the aging wizard and overly protective father Prospero in "The Tempest." The show was life-changing.Insatiable in his desire to perform more Shakespeare, Peter auditioned for and was accepted to Interlochen Arts Camp near Traverse City, Michigan. In the summer of 1995, Peter was selected to play Henry V in the play by that name. He received the Director's Award and Robert C. Burroughs Outstanding Theater Award for his performance and was afforded the honor of performing selected scenes and monologues from "Henry V" for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At summer's end, the Interlochen faculty asked Peter if he would consider returning in 1996 to play Hamlet - the answer was an unequivocal yes. A year later, Peter was again awarded the Robert C. Burroughs Outstanding Theater Award, this time for his performance of Hamlet. Back in Washington, Peter performed ensemble roles in Bertolt Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle," Martin Duberman's "In White America," and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" (for which his aunt Shirley Jones is widely known). Following turns as Touchstone in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and John Proctor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," Peter interned for Victor Pappas at the Intiman Theater in Seattle, Washington and then went on to study Shakespeare with the Royal Shakespeare Company at their Midsummer at Oxford program in 1998. At Oxford, Peter had the privilege of studying with such brilliant stage actors and directors as Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Derek Jacobi, and Mark Wing-Davey (with whom Peter would later collaborate at Juilliard on the original Craig Lucas' musical "The Listener").Throughout high school, Peter developed a serious interest in classical conservatory training. On the advice of one of his high school acting teachers, Peter crashed an audition that would get him face to face with The Juilliard School's Drama Division Chair, Michael Kahn. The audition went well. However, recognizing that Peter was serious about academics as well as acting, Kahn suggested that Peter first attend college before coming to Juilliard.Peter took Kahn's advice and chose to study creative writing at Stanford University. While an undergraduate, Peter continued acting, playing various roles in student one acts, as well as parts in larger university productions, including Valentine in "Twelfth Night," Theseus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and the horse...

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