Peter Scolari Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2012 Critics Choice Television Award for his performance in "Girls․"
• Won the 1987 Q Award for best supporting actor in a quality comedy series
• Attended Occidental College and trained at the Colonnades Theatre Lab
• Decided he wanted to be a professional actor as a junior when he was cast in a high school production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying․"
• Quote: "[on "Girls"] "What's happened with Tad this season saddens me on a personal level that I find quite surprising․ It's not typical for me to be personally affected by a character I'm playing․""
• Quote: "Comedy isn't difficult - there's a beautiful impossibility to it․ If it's difficult, you're working too hard․ Comedy is a happy accident - irony, paradox, ambiguity․ It's syllables․"
• Best known for his role as Michael Harris in "Newhart" and as Henry Desmond in "Bosom Buddies․"
• Has been featured in the Broadway production "Sly Fox․"
• Along with acting, he knows how to juggle and perform various circus acts