In 1971, Peterson began his acting career when he helped found the collective theatre company Tamahnous Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
19 Facts About Eric Peterson
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Eric Peterson had main roles in productions of The Farm Show, The West Show, Them Donnelly's, and 1837: The Farmers' Revolt.
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In 1976, Eric Peterson began to collaborate with John Gray again, writing Billy Bishop Goes to War.
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The play, which premiered in Vancouver in 1978, went on tour internationally, garnering positive reviews on Broadway, where Eric Peterson won the Clarence Derwent Award for most promising performer, in London's West End.
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Eric Peterson was nominated for Best Actor at the Edinburgh Festival Mainstage.
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In 1998, Eric Peterson acted in the play once more at the Canadian Stage in Toronto.
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Between November 20 and December 13,2008, Eric Peterson starred as family patriarch and business man Helge Klingenfeldt in The Company Theatre's production of Festen at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Between August 8 and 29,2009, Eric Peterson reprised the lead role in Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto.
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Eric Peterson announced that the production was planned to return in 2010.
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Eric Peterson appeared as Hank Stewart in the Hippocratic Oath episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents for AHF Film Productions.
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In total, Eric Peterson has appeared in fifty-two movie and television productions.
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Eric Peterson appeared in the Goosebumps episode "Shocker on Shock Street" as Mr Wright.
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Eric Peterson played the father of Brent Leroy, who inherited the gas station after his father decided to retire.
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Eric Peterson is married to fellow actor and People for Education executive director Annie Kidder, who is the sister of Margot Kidder.
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Eric Peterson tied for the win with Winston Rekert the first year, and won the next two outright.
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Eric Peterson has been nominated twice under Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series with Corner Gas at the Gemini Awards, and once for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for Episode 4 of This is Wonderland for his portrayal of Judge Malone.
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Eric Peterson has been nominated four times for Canadian Comedy Awards for his role on Corner Gas.
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In 1996, Eric Peterson received an honorary Doctor of Letters in drama from the University of Saskatchewan; the head of the drama department, Henry Woolf, made the presentation.
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Eric Peterson had previously received a Dora Award nomination for his role in Escape from Happiness.