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Peter Strauss

Acting

Born February 20, 1947 · Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Also known as Peter Lawrence Strauss

Biography

Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American TV and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1979

Filmography33 titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Dr. Steven Carlyle (voice)

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Daniel Schwartz

Proud Men

1987as Charley MacLeod Jr.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Kevin Burton

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Stephen Linder

The Secret of NIMH

1982as Justin (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Hacks

2021as Frank Vance

Law & Order

1990as Dr. Paul Cedars

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Tom Morgan

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996as Lab Guard (voice)

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Soldier Blue

1970as Honus Gent

Operation Finale

2018as Lothar Hermann

Best of the Best

1989Producer

Drawing Home

2016as Russell Robb, Sr.

Dirty Sexy Money

2007

The Last Tycoon

1976as Wylie

Tender Is the Night

as Dick Diver

My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story

1998as Dr. Sam Sheppard

Nick of Time

1995as Brendan Grant

License to Wed

2007as Mr. Jones

The Yearling

1994as Ezra 'Penny' Baxter

Hotel

2004as Mr. Kross

In the Lake of the Woods

1996as John Waylan

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983as Wolff

A Father's Choice

2000as Charlie 'Mac' McClain

xXx: State of the Union

2005as President James Sandford

Keys to Tulsa

1997as Chip Carlson

Brazen

2022Producer

Reunion

1994as Sam Yates

Flight of Black Angel

1991as Lt. Col. Matthew Ryan

Sugar Daddies

2014as Grant Zager