Clarke Peters

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Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named…

Known for

• The Boroughs — Art Daniels2026
• Small Town, Big Story — Chet Donald2025
• Towards Zero — Frederick Treves2025
• Watson — Hamish Watson2025
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin — Reverend Powell Sr.2024
• Testament: The Story of Moses — God (voice)2024
• Truelove — Ken2024
• Eric — George2024
• Royal Crackers — Deshaun (voice)2023
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody — John Houston2022

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Listeners

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Total plays

2,072

Clarke Peters (born 7 April 1952) is an American actor, singer, writer and director best known for his role as Detective Lester Freamon on the HBO drama The Wire. Peters was born Peter Clarke in New York City and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey where he graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. Peters earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for writing the revue Five Guys Named Moe (he starred in the 2010 Edinburgh production of the show). <a href="https://www.last.fm

via Last.fm · Clarke Peters

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Peters

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New York City

Occupation

screenwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.clarkepeters.com

Image

Clarke Peters Edinburgh 2010.jpg

Residence

Englewood

Voice type

bass

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