Peter Krause Add to My Celebs Age 46 Birthday Aug. 12th, 1965 Born in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA Height 6' 1

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

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Beastly 2006 - Civic Duty 2004 - We Don't Live Here Anymore 1998 - The Truman Show

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:

• Krause spent his youth immersed heavily in track and field and gymnastics. Following a career-ending high school pole-vaulting injury, Krause took to the stage during his education at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
• Dated 'Alicia Witt' (qv) in 1998.
• Attended Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota. Has one sister, Amy.
• MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1990).
• Peter's father was a high school English teacher, and his mother was a second grade teacher.
• 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.
• Last name is pronounced KROW-zuh. (KROW -- rhymes with "wow".).
• Was pre-med at Gustavus Adolphus College before switching to his final major of English Literature.

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