A striking actor with raven hair and piercing blue-green eyes, Gallagher has worked extensively on stage and screen. After appearing in the original Broadway production of
Grease in the '70s, Gallagher segued into TV and film projects in the '80s, usually playing leads on the small screen and supporting parts on the big one. His convincing turn as a cheating yuppie in the Steven Soderbergh film
Sex, Lies, and Videotape led to roles in high-profile projects such as Robert Altman's
The Player and Tim Robbins'
Bob Roberts. His career chugged along at a respectable pace until a part as a California patriarch on the hit prime-time soap
The O.C. kicked it into overdrive in 2003.
Peter Gallagher Fast Facts:- Sang in a group called the Beelzebubs at Tufts from 1973-77.
- Charitable activities include attending BIDS, the Best In Drag Show, which raised $150,000 for people with AIDS.
- Originally was to be named Brian Christopher Gallagher, but his mother (a bacteriologist) realized that BCG are the initials for a certain strain of bacillus and changed her mind.
- Peter Gallagher Relationships:
- Jamey Gallagher - Son
- Kathryn Gallagher - Daughter
- Mary Gallagher - Mother
- Paula Harwood - Wife
- Tom Gallagher - Father
- Peter Gallagher Awards:
- 1986 Tony: Actor (Featured Role--Play) - Nominee
- College:
- Tufts University, Boston, MA (BA in Economics, 1977); attended University of California, Berkeley, CA; attended New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA; attended Actors Studio, New York, NY
