Peter Gallagher
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| Born | August 19, 1955 (age 51) New York City, New York, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Paula Harwood (1983 - present) 2 children |
| Notable roles | John Mullany (sex, lies and videotape) Buddy Kane (American Beauty) Sandy Cohen (The O.C.) |
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] 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 Sondheim's "Company" and singing with the all-male a cappella group the Beelzebubs.
[edit] 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."
Since 2003, 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.
[edit] Partial filmography
- The O.C. (TV) (2003 - 2007)
- How to Deal (2003)
- Mr. Deeds (2002)
- Contest Searchlight (2002)
- Center Stage (2000)
- The Last Debate (2000)
- American Beauty (1999)
- House on Haunted Hill (1999)
- Brave New World (1998)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
- To Gillian on her 37th Birthday (1996)
- Last Dance (1996)
- Titanic (TV) (1996)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Watch It (1993)
- The Player (1992)
- sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
- The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
- High Spirits (1988)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
- My Little Girl (1986)
- Dreamchild (1985)
- Summer Lovers (1982)
- The Idolmaker (1980)
