Clarke Peters Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Tony Award for best book of a musical for "Five Guys Named Mo" in 1992
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Music Machine" in 1979
• After being cast in his first play at the age of 12, he began to consider acting as a profession
• Grew up in the neighborhood where Dizzy Gillespie lived, went to school with the Isley Brothers and ice-skated with John Travolta
• Quote: "Always be happy where you're at, mate, don't go backwards․ I've been here this long, I've not killed myself, I'm not in jail, I'm enjoying a successful career․ I must be doing something right․"
• Best known for playing Detective Lester Freamon in "The Wire" and Albert Lambreaux in "Treme․"
• Began working in the costume department of the first musical he would ever star in, a production of "Hair" that ran in the early 1970s in Paris