Peter John DeLuise(born November 6, 1966) is an American actor, television director,television producer,andscreenwriter.He is known for his role as Officer Doug Penhall in theFoxTV series21 Jump Streetand for directing and writing episodes ofscience fictiontelevision shows, particularly in theStargatefranchise. He is the son of actorsDom DeLuiseandCarol Arthur.

Peter DeLuise
DeLuise in 2011
Born
Peter John DeLuise

(1966-11-06)November 6, 1966(age 57)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1979–present
Spouses
  • (m.1988;div.1992)
  • (m.2002)
Children1
Parents
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DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 filmHot Stuff.He appeared as Officer Doug Penhall in the 1987Foxseries21 Jump Street[2]with other promising actors includingJohnny Depp.His brotherMichaelcame on the show in the fifth season where Michael played Peter’s younger brother, Officer Joey Penhall. DeLuise is also well known for his role as Dagwood on theNBCscience fictiontelevision seriesSeaQuest DSVfrom 1994 to 1996.[3]

DeLuise has made guest appearances on the television showsThe Facts of Life,21 Jump Streetspin-offBooker,Friends,Supernatural,Highlander: The Series,Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda,andStargate SG-1.

Colin Cunninghamand DeLuise, at GermanCityCon on December 12, 2004

In 1997, he began working on the seriesStargate SG-1,serving as producer, writer, director, and creative consultant. He has appeared, normally as an extra, in every episode of the series he has directed. He went on to work as executive producer, director and writer for theStargate SG-1spin-offStargate Atlantis,and directed eight episodes of the spin-offStargate Universe.His father,Dom DeLuise,made aguest appearancein theStargate SG-1episode "Urgo", which Peter directed. Peter also made a cameo in the episode as the "Urgo" character transformed to be a young man in a United States Air Force uniform.

DeLuise directed theCBCtelevision seriesjPod,based on thenovel of the same namebyDouglas Coupland,which debuted in January 2008 and directed thefantasy filmBeyond Sherwood Forest.[4]

He made a brief cameo appearance alongsideJohnny Deppin the 2012 film adaptation,21 Jump Street.[5]Depp, DeLuise andHolly Robinsonreprised their roles as Tom Hanson, Doug Penhall and Judy Hoffs, respectively.

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DeLuise was previously married toGina Nemo;they divorced in 1992.[6]He later married actressAnne Marie Loderon June 7, 2002; together they have one child.[7]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Television

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References

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  1. ^Rose, Mike (November 6, 2022)."Today's famous birthdays list for November 6, 2022 includes celebrities Emma Stone, Thandie Newton".Cleveland.RetrievedDecember 4,2022.
  2. ^Brennan, Patricia (December 13, 1987)."Peter DeLuise".The Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon November 20, 2018.
  3. ^O'Connor, John J. (September 15, 1995)."Television Review; Never Mind the Dolphin, Check Out the Bald Guy".The New York Times.
  4. ^"Newcomer Seth Meriwether Ties the Devil's Knot as Jason Baldwin".Dread Central.June 19, 2012.
  5. ^"Revealed: Johnny Depp's One Condition For Making His '21 Jump Street' Cameo".Yahoo News.March 14, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 1,2016.
  6. ^"Dom's Son Peter Deluise Juggles a Job on 21 Jump Street and Life with a Wife 1,078 Miles Away".People.
  7. ^"Celebrity baby blog".People.April 2004. Archived fromthe originalon September 28, 2012.
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