Peter Krause

Age: 44
Height: 6' 1

Birth Place: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Born: Aug. 12th, 1965

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Peter Krause's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Dirty Sexy Money	Nick George
Six Feet Under	Nate Fisher
The Lost Room	Joe Miller
Sports Night	Casey McCall
Parenthood (2010)	Adam Braver…
Carol & Company	Skit charac…
If Not for You	Elliot
Style and Substance	Steve
The Great Defender	Crosby Cauf…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Peter William Krause (pronounced /ˈkraʊzə/; born August 12, 1965) is an American film and television actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles as Nate Fisher on the HBO drama Six Feet Under and Nick George on the ABC dramedy Dirty Sexy Money alongside Donald Sutherland. After Sports Night and Six Feet Under, it is the third show for which Krause has received star billing that his character has had a wife or ex-wife by the name of Lisa. The show was canceled in 2008.

Peter Krause is currently living in Los Angeles. He has two siblings, Michael Krause and Amy Krause.

He has a son named Roman who was born in November 2001.

TRIVIA:

Attended Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota. Has one sister, Amy.
Last name is pronounced KROW-zuh. (KROW -- rhymes with "wow".).
First child, a son named Roman, born 2001.
MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1990).
While pursuing his acting career in New York University's Master of Fine Arts acting program, he worked as a bartender with writer 'Aaron Sorkin' (qv) at the Palace Theater.
Peter's father was a high school English teacher, and his mother was a second grade teacher.
Was pre-med at Gustavus Adolphus College before switching to his final major of English Literature.
For _"Six Feet Under" (2001)_ (qv), he originally auditioned for the part of David, as he was impressed by the political/human rights message that the role had and he wanted to stand up for the character. However, the creator, 'Alan Ball (I)' (qv) had found the role of Nate Fisher impossible to cast, and was impressed by Krause and his tangible chemistry with 'Rachel Griffiths (I)' (qv) (Brenda Chenowith).