1. Peter Horton was born on August 20,1953 and is an American actor and director.
12 Facts About Peter Horton
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Peter Horton played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television series Thirtysomething from 1987 until 1991.
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Peter Horton attended Redwood High School in Marin County, California, and Principia College in Illinois.
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Peter Horton later attended University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition.
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Peter Horton played Jacob in the 1982 feature film Split Image, Father Mahoney in the 1986 feature film Where the River Runs Black, Roy Fox in the 1996 film Two Days in the Valley, and played Burt in the 1984 Stephen King movie Children of the Corn.
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Peter Horton had a minor role in Cameron Crowe's Seattle romantic comedy, Singles.
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Peter Horton played Harry Landers in the "Hospital" skit from Amazon Women on the Moon opposite wife Michelle Pfeiffer, whom he had previously directed in the ABC Afterschool Special One Too Many in 1985.
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Peter Horton appeared in the 1997 TV movie version of the Jon Krakauer book Into Thin Air: Death on Everest, playing Scott Fischer, the leader of the disastrous 1996 climb on Mount Everest.
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Peter Horton was in the movie Sideout as Zach Barnes, a down-and-out ex-volleyball champ.
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Peter Horton directed the 1990 film for television Extreme Close-Up as well as the 1995 feature film The Cure.
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The divorce was amicable, with Peter Horton saying both his and Pfeiffer's devotion to their careers affected the marriage.
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Peter Horton has been married to Nicole Deputron since 1995 and the couple have two children.