Peter Spears

Production · Born 1965-11-29 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography

• Call Me by Your Name as Isaac
• Nomadland as Peter
• Father of the Bride Part II as Dr. Wagner
• Something's Gotta Give as Danny Benjamin
• Cries from the Heart as Jeff
• Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Peter
• The Love Bug as Young Dr. Stumpfel
• Sublet as David
• The Opposite of Sex as Dr. Allen

TV

• Quantum Leap as Doug Bridges / Reiser
• CSI: Miami as Josh Dalton
• Friends as Joel
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Robert Benchley
• The Oscars as Self
• Some of My Best Friends as Terry
• Cafe Americain as Mark Durgin
• Matlock as Barry Feldman