1. Peter Szymon Serafinowicz is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter.
26 Facts About Peter Serafinowicz
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Peter Serafinowicz voiced characters and worked as a creative consultant on South Park, portrayed Edgar Covington in Parks and Recreation, voiced the Fisher King in Doctor Who, and starred as the title character in the live-action adaptation series The Tick.
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Peter Serafinowicz has directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip and went viral in 2016 for political satire videos in which he dubbed over videos of Donald Trump with a "sassy" voice, a Cockney accent, and a posh English accent.
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Peter Szymon Serafinowicz was born into a Catholic family in Liverpool's Gateacre suburb on 10 July 1972, the son of post office worker Catherine and scaffolder Szymon Serafinowicz Jr.
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Peter Serafinowicz has a brother, James, a film producer, and a sister Helen, a writer who was married to Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan from 2004 to 2020.
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At age three, Peter Serafinowicz moved with his family to the Belle Vale district of Liverpool where he attended Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School.
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Peter Serafinowicz made his broadcasting debut in 1993 on Radio 1 show The Knowledge, a spoof documentary about the music industry.
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Peter Serafinowicz made another cameo appearance in the series when it returned in 2001.
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Peter Serafinowicz co-wrote the show with Robert Popper, whom he met on the set of Spaced.
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Peter Serafinowicz reprised this role in the second series in 2004.
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In Sixty Six, the 2006 British film about a Jewish boy whose bar mitzvah was scheduled for the same day as the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Peter Serafinowicz plays Uncle Jimmy.
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Peter Serafinowicz made guest appearances on television, including the comedy shows Smack the Pony and Hippies, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge and Little Britain, comedy-drama Murder Most Horrid, ITV drama series Agatha Christie's Marple and Parks and Recreation.
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In 2008, Peter Serafinowicz was working with Robert Popper on a new television series and website, based on a spoof religion "Tarvuism" for US network Adult Swim.
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In 2010, Peter Serafinowicz directed the music video for Hot Chip's song "I Feel Better", their second single from the album One Life Stand.
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On 28 July 2010, Popper and Peter Serafinowicz added a new narration track to an episode of "Out Of Town" by Jack Hargreaves in order to create the spoof film "Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt".
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In June 2013, Peter Serafinowicz provided the English language audiobook recording for the Roald Dahl novel Danny, the Champion of the World.
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Peter Serafinowicz appeared in Series 9 of Doctor Who as the voice of The Fisher King.
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Peter Serafinowicz has created videos dubbing Trump with a Cockney accent and a posh English accent.
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In 2020 Peter Serafinowicz guest starred in the second season of TBS' Miracle Workers.
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In September and October 2023, Serafinowicz began touring the UK as his character Brian Butterfield from The Peter Serafinowicz Show in the Tour.
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In March 2024, Peter Serafinowicz played Tommy Dixon in the crime series The Gentlemen.
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In February 2025, Peter Serafinowicz played Johannes Van Der Velde in the BBC comedy drama series Amandaland.
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Peter Serafinowicz met actress Sarah Alexander in 2002 when she was in a relationship with actor Gerald Harper, who is 40 years her senior.
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Peter Serafinowicz left Harper for Serafinowicz and later married him.
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Peter Serafinowicz has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which he received a diagnosis for at the age of 40.
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In October 2007, Peter Serafinowicz dropped his attempt to use the Human Rights Act against national newspapers in which he sought to prevent the publication of information revealing that his Belarusian grandfather, Szymon Peter Serafinowicz, was a member of the Nazi-controlled Belarusian Auxiliary Police, and had allegedly killed Jews while serving as police chief.