Peter James Tolan III was born on July 5,1958 and is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter.
11 Facts About Peter Tolan
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Peter Tolan attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst for four years before dropping out to directly pursue theater.
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From college Peter Tolan went to Minneapolis' Brave New Workshop at the suggestion of UMass employee Jim MacRostie, who had appeared at the Twin Cities institution during its early years.
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Wallem and Peter Tolan were known for their sketch work and for musical material that became the cornerstone of their act.
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Peter Tolan went on to create the similarly short-lived sitcom Wednesday 9:30, a mid-season replacement about an idealistic television executive who joins a struggling network, that was canceled by ABC after only five episodes aired.
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In 2004 Peter Tolan found success with the FX drama Rescue Me which he produced under his The Cloudland Company banner.
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In February, 2013, Entertainment Weekly reported that "Peter Tolan landed Greg Kinnear to play a defense lawyer with 'zero filter'" on a Fox Broadcasting Company television program entitled Rake.
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Peter Tolan has produced pilots with comedian Jim Gaffigan and another based on the Israeli series Bilti Hafich through Fedora Entertainment, the production company he started with partners Michael Wimer and Leslie Peter Tolan.
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Peter Tolan has found success in film, having written the hit comedy Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That as well as the films My Fellow Americans, Bedazzled, America's Sweethearts, Guess Who and Just Like Heaven.
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In 2008 Peter Tolan made his directorial debut with Finding Amanda, a semi-autobiographical film starring Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow.
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Peter Tolan later came out as gay, but it is unclear if he remains married to Leslie.