Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955-08-19
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945
- Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999
- Frontiers in solar image processing
- Managing Challenge Wto Part
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).
Known for
- TOVAH — Self2026
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Future John Mulaney2025
- Humane — Charles York2024
- The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" — Self2022
- Reboot — Tyler2022
- Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas — Mitch Clarke2021
- One December Night — Mike2021
- Mr. Mayor — Brett (uncredited)2021
- Palm Springs — Howard2020
- One Night Only: The Best of Broadway — Self2020
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17,334
- Total plays
- 99,155
Tags
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Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe- and SAG-winning American actor, musician and writer. Gallagher was born in New York City, New York, the son of Mary, a bacteriologist, and Tom Gallagher, an advertising executive. He is of Irish Catholic background and was 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 Stephen Sondheim's Company and singing with the all
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 84,576x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,104x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,483x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,272x
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter Killian Gallagher , ( 1955-08-19 ) August 19, 1955 (age 70) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Tufts University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor, singer
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Spouse
- Paula Harwood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Children
- 2; including Kathryn Gallagher
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 19 August 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Official website
- www.petergallagher.com
Article
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C. from 2003 to 2007, and recurring roles in television such as Deputy Chief William Dodds on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stacey Koons on the Showtime comedy-drama Californication, Nick on the Netflix series Grace & Frankie, and Director of Clandestine Services (DCS) Arthur Campbell on Covert Affairs. He also is known for his roles in the films Bob Roberts (1992), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), American Beauty (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), and Palm Springs (2020). In musical theatre, his best-known roles are that of Sky Masterson in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls and Oscar Jaffe in the 2015 Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century.
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1955 births20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male musical theatre actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican people of Irish descentInternet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as WikidataLiving peopleMale actors from New York (state)Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners