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Peter Berg Biography

Peter Berg

Facts of Peter Berg

Date of Birth: 1964 , March-11
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 6 Feet 1 Inch

Quick Timeline of Peter Berg

1964 Born in New York City, New York
1980 Graduated from The Taft School
1988 Began his acting career
1995 Appeared in the television series, Chicago Hope
1994 Wrote Chicago Hope
1997 Began his directorial career
2000 Produced Wonderland
1993 Married to Elizabeth Rogers
1999 First child, Emmett Berg
2015 Involved in a criticism
1998 Won Deauville American Film Festival Award
2005 Won AFI Award
2005 Won ESPY Award

Detail Timeline of Peter Berg

March 11 , 1964

Born in New York City, New York

Peter Berg was born as Peter Winkler Berg in New York City, New York, United States of America to Sally (Winkler) and Laurence "Larry" G. Berg. He is an American and is of Russian Jewish, German Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent.

1980

Graduated from The Taft School

Peter attended The Taft School as a child and he graduated from there in 1980. After that he joined Macalester College where he studied theater arts and theater history. He completed his Bachelor’s degree from there in 1984.

1988

Began his acting career

With a dream to pursue his acting career, he moved to Los Angeles in 1985. He finally made his acting debut in 1988 by starring the role of Jerome Sawyer in "Champagne High" in the TV series, 21 Jump Street. 

1995

Appeared in the television series, Chicago Hope

In 1988, he also appeared in Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story. His breakthrough role came in 1995 after he began starring the role of Dr. Billy Kronk in the TV series, Chicago Hope. He appeared in this TV series till 1999.

1994

Wrote Chicago Hope

He is also famous as a writer. After earning name and fame as an actor, he began his screenwriting career in 1994. He wrote an episode Quiet Riot of Chicago Hope in 1994. He is also known for being a writer of Very Bad Things. 

1997

Began his directorial career

He began his directorial career since 1997. That year he directed Chicago Hope’s Colonel of Truth. He is mainly popular in the world for directing the black comedy movie, Very Bad Things. He is also knwon for being the director of the movie The Rundown.

2000

Produced Wonderland

Once a Domino's delivery boy, Peter Berg is now a renowned actor, director and producer from United States. He made his production debut in 2000 as a creator and executive producer of Wonderland. He is also an executive producer of Lars and the Real Girl.

August 28 , 1993

Married to Elizabeth Rogers

On 28th of August 1993, Peter got married to Elizabeth Rogers. Elizabeth Rogers is the West Coast agent for Calvin Klein. From this marred life, they also had a child named Emmett Berg. Though he was happy to have her as his loving wife, this married life ended in a divorce in 2002.

1999

First child, Emmett Berg

He became father for the first time in his life in 1999. He and his ex wife, Elizabeth Rogers welcomed their first child together in December and that time it was a son and they named him Emmett Berg.

2015

Involved in a criticism

Besides his good reputation as an actor, director and producer, he was once criticized for defaming Caitlyn Jenner. In July 2015, ESPN’s decision was about to honor Caitlyn Jenner with Arthur Ashe Courage Award but he criticized ESPN's for this act. 

1998

Won Deauville American Film Festival Award

In 1998, he got nominated in Deauville American Film Festival Award for the first time in his life and he was also honored with this award that year for Fun Radio Trophy and Grand Special Prize.

2005

Won AFI Award

For being the director, producer and a writer of Friday Night Lights, he was honored with AFI Award for the first time in his life in 2005. He was honored with this award that year for Movie of the Year.

2005

Won ESPY Award

ESPY Award which is Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award is also one of the prestigious awards in the American film industry. He has also once been honored with this award and that was in 2005 for Best Sports Movie.

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On the 28th of August 1993, Peter got married to Elizabeth Rogers. Elizabeth Rogers is the West Coast agent for Calvin Klein. From this married life, they also had a child named Emmett Berg. Though he was happy to have her as his loving wife, this married life ended in divorce in 2002. He is not involved in any kind of extra affairs and he doesn't have any girlfriend.

Peter attended The Taft School as a child and he graduated from there in 1980. After that, he joined Macalester College where he studied theater arts and theater history. He graduated from there in 1984. With a dream to pursue his acting career, he moved to Los Angeles the following year. He finally made his acting debut in 1988 by starring the role of Jerome Sawyer in "Champagne High" in the TV series, 21 Jump Street. That year he also appeared in Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story. His breakthrough role came in 1995 after he began starring the role of Dr. Billy Kronk in the TV series, Chicago Hope. He began his directorial career in 1997. That year he directed Chicago Hope’s Colonel of Truth. His net worth is said to be around $30 million dollars.

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