PETER GALLAGHER

'Peter Killian Gallagher' (born August 19 1955) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Appearances

Selected filmography

External links

Biography

Early life

Gallagher was born in New York City and raised in Armonk, New York. Gallagher graduated from Tufts University, where he was very visible in the performance scene on campus, appearing in such shows as Stephen Sondheim's ''Company'' and singing with the all-male a cappella group the Beelzebubs.

Career

Gallagher specializes in character parts which are, to varying degrees, either good or bad guys. He played a potential career threat to Tim Robbins studio executive in ''The Player'' as a possible replacement; the comatose "fiancé" of Sandra Bullock in ''While You Were Sleeping''; an egotistical real estate salesman having an affair with Annette Bening in ''American Beauty''; a villainous media executive in ''Mr. Deeds''; and a political reporter exposing media ethics during a presidential debate in ''The Last Debate''.
Gallagher appeared on Broadway with Glenn Close in Tom Stoppard's ''The Real Thing'', but first achieved fame for his role in Steven Soderbergh's ''sex, lies, and videotape'' (1989). He also starred as Sky Masterson in the 1992 Broadway Revival of ''Guys and Dolls''.
From 2003-2007, Gallagher has starred as Sandy Cohen, a public defender and corporate lawyer, on the Fox television show ''The O.C.'', a show which has introduced him to a whole new generation of TV viewers. He hosts an annual award ceremony named "The Sandy Cohen Awards" or ''The Sandys'', which, in honor of his character on ''The O.C.'', gives a scholarship to a law school student at UC Berkeley who wants to become a public defender.
Gallagher released an album entitled ''7 Days in Memphis'' in 2005, on the Sony BMG label. This includes a studio recording of his performance of "Don't Give Up On Me" (originally by Solomon Burke), which was featured in an episode of ''The O.C.''. He also has a video for his single "Still I Long For Your Kiss", in which he starred with his TV-wife Kelly Rowan.

Appearances

On April 5, 2007, Peter Gallagher received the Light on the Hill award at Tufts University. The award is given to notable alumni from Tufts who have demonstrated ambition, achievement, and active citizenship. Gallagher sang with the Beelzebubs and gave a speech to a full crowd in Cohen Auditorium.

Selected filmography

★ 1980: ''The Idolmaker''

★ 1982: ''Summer Lovers''

★ 1985: ''Dreamchild''

★ 1986: ''My Little Girl''

★ 1987: ''Long Day's Journey Into Night''

★ 1988: ''High Spirits''

★ 1988: ''The Murder of Mary Phagan''

★ 1989: ''sex, lies, and videotape''

★ 1992: ''The Player''

★ 1993: ''Watch It''

★ 1993: ''Short Cuts''

★ 1993: ''Malice''

★ 1994: ''The Hudsucker Proxy''

★ 1994: ''Mother's Boys''

★ 1995: ''While You Were Sleeping''

★ 1996: ''Titanic''

★ 1996: ''Last Dance''

★ 1996: ''To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday''

★ 1997: ''The Man Who Knew Too Little''

★ 1998: ''Brave New World''

★ 1999: ''House on Haunted Hill''

★ 1999: ''American Beauty''

★ 2000: ''The Last Debate''

★ 2000: ''Center Stage''

★ 2002: ''Contest Searchlight''

★ 2002: ''Mr. Deeds''

★ 2003: ''How to Deal''

★ 2003-7: ''The O.C.'' (TV)

External links

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★ Official Peter Gallagher Website