Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Peter Lewis
Biography
Peter Gray Lewis is an American actor whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly available in major sources. He lived his first four years in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky, where his father was the minister of a small-town Baptist church, before spending his formative years in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of Westport High School, he was a member of the original Hubbard Street Dance Company before leaving dance at 24 to hitchhike and hop freight trains across the country for over a decade. He graduated from the University of Illinois and the Yale School of Drama, then spent 20 years in the off- and off-off-Broadway New York theatre scene, performing in over 75 plays, including touring nationally with The Acting Company as Joe in Tennessee Williams' The Long Goodbye. He received a Best Actor nomination from the 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards for his portrayal of Andrew in Chuck Mee's Lemonade Tous Les Jour, which won Best Ensemble Cast. His most notable film credits include the Mayor in Motherless Brooklyn (2019, with Edward Norton and Willem Dafoe), Warden in Stone (2010, with Robert De Niro and Edward Norton), Richard Brooks in Untraceable (2008, with Diane Lane), Blue Lab Doctor in The Bourne Legacy (2012), Coach Tice in Greater (2016), a role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, directed by Judd Apatow), Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), Down in the Valley (2005), Frank (Lawyer) in A Complete Unknown (2024), and Professor Keller in Terrifier 3 (2024). On television he is best known as Judge Howard Marsh in Dirty John (2020, with Christian Slater and Amanda Peet), Judge Edward Walsh in Interrogation (2020), Ralph Stuben in Mad Men (2007), JD Carrick in Person of Interest (2016), Mike Shaeffer in The Blacklist (2023), with additional credits in 30 Rock (2006), Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Boston Legal (2004), Dark Blue (2009), 666 Park Avenue (2012), and Unforgettable (2011).
12 titles

The Bourne Legacy
2012
Blue Lab Doctor

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Carl Vucelik

Pineapple Express
2008
Thug #1 - Peter

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Suspect on Animal Instincts

The Blacklist
2013TV
Mike Shaeffer

Person of Interest
2011TV
JD Carrick

Terrifier 3
2024
Professor Keller (uncredited)

Motherless Brooklyn
2019
Mayor

Mad Men
2007TV
Ralph Stuben

A Complete Unknown
2024
Frank (Lawyer)

Untraceable
2008
Richard Brooks

30 Rock
2006TV
Bobby


