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Peter Spears

Production Born Nov 29, 1965 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 17 credits

Biography

Peter Spears (born November 29, 1965) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Spears is best known for winning an Oscar for producing Nomadland (2020), and for producing film Call Me by Your Name (2017). He directed the underground cult-favorite short film Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers, and developed the television series Nightmare Cafe and John from Cincinnati.

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Known for

Friends

as Joel

CSI: Miami

as Josh Dalton

Quantum Leap

as Doug Bridges / Reiser
Film

Call Me by Your Name

as Isaac
Film

Nomadland

as Peter

Full filmography

  • Friends (1994) as Joel
  • CSI: Miami (2002) as Josh Dalton
  • Quantum Leap (1989) as Doug Bridges / Reiser
  • Matlock (1986) as Barry Feldman
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Call Me by Your Name (2017) as Isaac
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Robert Benchley
  • Nomadland (2021) as Peter
  • Something's Gotta Give (2003) as Danny Benjamin
  • Father of the Bride Part II (1995) as Dr. Wagner
  • Cafe Americain (1993) as Mark Durgin
  • The Love Bug (1997) as Young Dr. Stumpfel
  • Some of My Best Friends (2001) as Terry
  • The Opposite of Sex (1998) as Dr. Allen
  • Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992) as Peter
  • Sublet (2020) as David
  • Cries from the Heart (1994) as Jeff