Peter Hermann

Biography

Peter Hermann is an American actor, writer & producer. He made his debut through the movie Swimfan(2002).

Peter mostly known for works such as playing Charles Brooks in the series Younger, Dr. Michael Burke in Guiding Light, Trevor Langan in Law & Order: Special Victism Unit, Jeremy Glick in United 93, Peter Olsson in Philomena.

His recent appearances include playing George Campbell in "And Just Like that", Father in Goodnight Mommy, Joel in 13: The Musical.

Childhood

Peter was born on August 15, 1967 in the New York City to parents of German ancestry. His parents moved to Germany when he was only 2 months old, he was brought up in Germany till the age of 10, He was brought up speaking only German, he had to learn English when they returned to United States in 1977.

Education

• Yale University: He attended Yale University. He graduated with a major in English.
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Marriage

Peter Hermann met his future wife Mariska Hargitay while working on the sets of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(2002-2015) in November 2001, they eventually started dating and got married on August 28th of 2004 in Santa Barbara, California.

[Peter Hermann wedding]

[Peter Hermann Family: Wife Mariska Hargitay, Sons August & Andrew, Daughter Amaya]

Children

Peter & Mariska have three children together. One biological (August) and two adopted. Daughter Amaya of African ancestry was adopted in April 2011 & son Andrew in August 2011.

Career

Teacher

After studying English at the Yale University, Peter taught English in High Schools through Teach for America.

Author

Peter, being an English major, loves using language playfully for fun, to make it rhyme, to use language in a lot of creative ways, he used to write rhymes all the time. 

In his college days he used to write rhymes on a piece a paper, these days he writes rhymes in emails and then send the rhyme to himself, to keep them stored at one place. [3]

One of the reasons I like to rhyme is I think it’s a playful way to organize the world, If you put out a word, and you know that either in one line or the next line you have to rhyme with that word, you have your assignment. It creates a structure to follow — it’s like a game. And it’s a fun game to play as writer [3]

If the S in Moose Comes Loose

In February of 2018, Peter release his first book, a children's picture book titled 'If the S in Moose Comes Loose.', [3]

The first draft had 5000 words, in the final copy it was reduced to 900 words. He was nervous how his children would see the book. He was relieved to see that his children liked it in the first reading itself. His younger child loves to have his dad re-read the book to him.

Actor

TV Debut: Hermann's career started with the TV series Guiding Light (1997–1998), where had a recurring role of Dr. Michael Burke, with 40+ episodes.

Other TV Series with minor rules: Some of the minor roles Peter has played include- Get Real(1999), Spin City(2000), Hack(2002), Sex and the City(2003), Angela's Eyes (2006), Beautiful People (2006), 30 Rock(2007), Elementary(2013).

Prominent role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Peter played the character of Trevor Langan in the TV series  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , he had a recurring role with 30+ episodes.

War Horse is another major series for Peter, Younger is the latest Series where he has prominent role.

Movie Debut: Peter made his debut through Swimfan(2002) where he played the role of ER Doctor.

He has appeared in numerous other movies like- The treatment, United 93, Edge of Darkness, Just Wright, Too Big to Fail, Trouble with the Curve, Philomena, Chinese Puzzle

Filmography

Movies

TV Series

Interesting Facts & Trivia

• Peter had appeared in the TV commercials of- Zantac 75, Nyquil cold medicine, Verizon DSL, Persil Proclean laundry detergent
• He appeared in the anti-tobacco awareness campaign "Fair Enough" advertisements.
• Peter previously worked as a fact-checker at Vanity Fair magazine.
• Peter used to teach Special Ed classes.
• Peter was brought up in German till 10 without any exposure to English, yet Peter manages to speak fluent English without any accent.
• He talks to his parents in German.
• His son August can understand German and speaks bits and pieces of it.
• He has appeared in quite a few Broadway plays.
• Peter and Mariska own a $10 Million mansion in Upper West Side, Manhattan.
• Peter's wife Mariska always liked to have a big family, they adopted two more kids after their biological child. One of the mothers of adopted babies decided not to give the baby away at the last minute and they couldn't adopt the baby.
• He had a role alongside Mel Gibson in the movie Edge of Darkness(2010), Peter has facial resemblance to younger Mel Gibson.

Quotes

• Some days, I just love the physical space of the theater. I love theaters; they are heartbreakingly beautiful to me.
• As an actor, your heart lights up when there is conflict at the heart of any character you’re playing. [2]
• There’s nothing I don’t need help with, and it’s very humbling.
• On her first date with Peter, "I just about passed out when I saw him there, I thought, 'That's my husband.'"

Sources

1. Peter Hermann on wikipedia
2. Peter Hermann broadway interview
3. Book release covered by People
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