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Peter Berg: Biography

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Birth Name: Peter Winkler Berg
Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/11/1964, Pisces
Profession: Actor; director; producer; screenwriter

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Peter Berg Fast Facts:

Delivered pizzas in college and worked on the docks in San Pedro, CA, before breaking into acting (in a 1988 episode of the Fox drama 21 Jump Street).
Made his film debut in the 1989 buddy comedy Never on Tuesday.
His breakout TV role, Dr. Billy Kronk on Chicago Hope (1995-99), led to his writing and directorial debuts, both on the CBS medical drama.
Directed his first film in 1998, the Cameron Diaz-Jon Favreau dark comedy Very Bad Things.
Was robbed at gunpoint while scouting locations in Brazil for the 2003 action flick The Rundown. (It ended up being filmed in Hawaii.)

Peter Berg Relationships:
Elizabeth Rogers - Ex-wife
H.G. 'Buzz' Bissinger - Cousin
Larry Berg - Father
Sally Berg - Mother
Mary Berg - Sister
Estella Warren - Ex-significant Other
Emmett Berg - Son
Peter Berg Awards:
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
2011 Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee
2007 Emmy: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
College:
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (BA in Theater; 1984)

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Californication, Peter Berg, RZA, David Duchovny Jordin Althaus/Showtime

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