Peter Frechette is a stage actor with two Tony Award nominations for Eastern Standard and Our Country's Good, and frequently stars in the plays of Richard Greenberg.
23 Facts About Peter Frechette
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Peter Frechette is well known on TV for playing hacker George on the NBC series Profiler and Peter Montefiore on Thirtysomething.
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Peter Frechette's father was an efficiency expert and his mother a nurse.
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Peter Frechette earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from the University of Rhode Island.
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Peter Frechette first appeared on the professional stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Rhode Island Summer Ensemble, starring with Chel Chenier in the comedy Pontifications on Puberty and Pigtails in 1979.
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Peter Frechette received high praise in 1981 for his work in two different productions of Harry Ruby's Songs My Mother Never Sang.
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Peter Frechette left to work in Los Angeles, but returned in 1984 to star in Bob Merrill's Musical We're Home, and again in 1987's revised production of Flora the Red Menace.
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Peter Frechette earned the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Theatre World Award for best actor, and was nominated for a Tony Award.
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Peter Frechette appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Any Given Day and The Play's the Thing, as well as the 2005 revival of The Odd Couple as Roy.
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Peter Frechette was part of the west to east coast transfer of Hurrah at Last, in the role of Laurie.
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Peter Frechette earned the Backstage West Garland Award in 1998 for his performance produced by the South Coast Repertory.
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Peter Frechette appeared in their productions of Night and Her Stars and The Extra Man.
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Peter Frechette was a member of the resident ensemble at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for five years.
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Peter Frechette has worked with national regional companies including the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Berkshire Playhouse, and the Pasadena Playhouse as an actor and instructor since leaving New York City.
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Peter Frechette is a founding member of the New York theater company The Drama Department.
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Peter Frechette's made his film debut in Grease 2 as T-Bird Louis DiMucci.
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Peter Frechette appeared on the film's soundtrack.
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Peter Frechette appeared in two episodes of The Facts of Life which served as backdoor pilots for a series about an all-boys military academy.
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Peter Frechette continued appearing in films, mostly horror films including The Hills Have Eyes Part II, The Kindred, The Unholy and Paint it Black.
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Peter Frechette had a large role in the 1984 comedy No Small Affair as Jon Cryer's older brother.
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Peter Frechette was cast as one of the three leads of 1989's Dream Street, the unofficial blue-collar spin-off of Thirtysomething.
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Peter Frechette was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.
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Peter Frechette appeared in small roles in various films, including The First Wives Club and Miracle at St Anna.