Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, musician, and writer best known for The O.C., Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Grace and Frankie.
He is married to Paula Wildash and they have two children, Kathryn Gallagher and James Gallagher.
He is not related to the Gallagher brothers. He should also not be confused with cartoonist Peter Gallagher, who pens the Newspaper Comic Heathcliff.
Film Roles
- The Idolmaker as Guido/Casesare
- Summer Lovers as Michael Pappas
- Dreamchild as Jack Dolan
- My Little Girl as Kai
- Late for Dinner as Bob Freeman
- Short Cuts as Stormy Weathers
- Last Dance as John Hayes
- While You Were Sleeping as Peter
- American Beauty as Buddy Kane
- Other Voices as Jordin
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Mole King
- Adam (2009) as Marty Buchwald
- Conviction (2010) as Barry Scheck
- Step Up Revolution as William "Bill" Anderson
- A Bad Moms Christmas as Hank Redmond
- Palm Springs as Howard.
Television Roles
- Guiding Light as Chuck Haskell (1979, unknown episodes)
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Chris Rawls (1 episode)
- Superman: The Animated Series as Kurt (1 episode)
- The Secret Lives Of Men as Michael (13 episodes)
- Family Guy as Jared (1 episode)
- The O.C. as Sandy Cohen
- Robot Chicken as various voices (2 episodes)
- Shark as Frank Bell (1 episode)
- Covert Affairs as Arthur Campbell
- The Good Wife as Ethan Carver (3 episodes)
- Togetherness as Larry Kosinski (9 episodes)
- New Girl as Gavin Schmidt (4 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Deputy Chief William Dodds (19 episodes)
- Grace and Frankie as Nick Skolka (18 episodes)
- The Gifted (2017) as Benedict Ryan (9 episodes)
- Murphy Brown as John Haggerty (1 episode)
- The Conners as Brian Foster (1 episode)
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mitch Clarke (Season 1)
- The Owl House as Dell Clawthorne
Tropes relating to his work:
- Big Applesauce: Born and raised in New York City and has the accent to match.
- Big Ol Eye Brows: He has a trademark pair of bushy eyebrows.
- The Cast Show Off: A few of his roles find a way to work in his singing talents.
- Hunk: Frequently plays handsome and masculine men, even into his sixties.
- Silver Fox: In his sixties and still able to play very handsome and charming characters.
