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Physical Characteristics:
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Body Type(s): Athletic, Slim
Portrayable Age: 42 years - 51 years
Portrayable Ethnicities: Caucasian/White, Dutch, European, French, Greek, Irish, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Scottish
Disability Information:
Experience:
Film
| Boiler Room | Supporting | New Line/ Ben Younger |
| Sleepers | Supporting | Warner Bros./Barry Levinson |
| The Juror | Supporting | Columbia Pictures/Brian Gibson |
| What Breaks The Ice | Lead | Rebecca Eskries/Relentless Filmz |
| On Monday of Last Week | Lead | Akosua Adoma Awusu, dir. |
| So Good To See You (Sundance) | Lead | Duke Merriman, dir. |
| Stag (Winner NY Shorts Festival 2015) | Lead | Kevin Newbury, dir. |
Television
| When They See Us | Supporting | NETFLIX/ Ava Duvernay |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Guest Star | CBS/ Michael Zinberg |
| Quantico | Guest Star | ABC/Constantine Makris |
| Blacklist | Recurring | NBC/ John Terlesky, Michael Carraciolo |
| Orange is the New Black | Recurring | NETFLIX/ Andrew McCarthy, Phil Abraham, Nick Sandow |
| Braindead | Guest star | Robert King/CBS |
| Person of Interest | Guest Star | CBS/Jeff Gibson |
| Blue Bloods | Guest Star | CBS/Jim McKay |
| Smash | Recurring | NBC/ Adam Bernstein, Tricia Brock |
| Killing Kennedy (MOW) | Supporting | National Geographic/Nelson McComick |
| The Mysteries of Laura | Guest star | NBC/Mike Smith |
| ER | Guest Star | NBC/Stephen Cragg |
| I Love You But I Lied | Guest Star | Lifetime Movie Network/MIchael Selditch |
| One Life to Live | Recurring | HULU/Jennifer Pepperman |
| The Jury | Guest Star | FOX/ Jean de Segonzac |
| Law and Order | Guest Star | NBC/ Gloria Muzio |
| Law and Order: SVU | Guest Star | NBC/MIchael Knight |
| Law and Order: CI | Guest Star | NBC/Don Scardino |
| Rescue Me | Guest Star | FX/John Fortenberry |
| So Good To See You (short with Sienna Miller) | Suppporting | Duke Merriman/ J.C.Chandor |
| What Breaks The Ice | Supporting | Rebecca Eskries/Relentless Films |
| Stag-- (short film with Sarah Steele) | Lead | Kevin Newbury, Dir. |
Stage
| Neil Simon's Proposals | Original Company-Vinnie Bavasi | Broadhurst Theater/Joe Mantello |
| A View From the Bridge | Marco | Neil Simon Theater/ Michael Mayer |
| South Pacific (1st national tour) | Commander Harbison | Bartlett Sher/ Dir. |
| Tartuffe: Born Again | Agent Loyal | Circle in the Square/ David Saint |
| The Talls | John Clarke | Second Stage Uptown/ Carolyn Cantor |
| Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Gene | Promenade/ John Rando |
| Naked (with Mira Sorvino) | Franco | CSC/ John Rando |
| The Old Boy | Sam | Keen Company/Jonathan Silverstein |
| Dead City | Husband | New Georges/ Daniella Topol |
| They Promised Her the Moon | John Glenn/ Jack Ford, et al | The Old Globe/Giovanna Sardelli |
| An Enemy of the People | Horster | Shakespeare Theater, DC/Kjetl Bang-Hansen (Helen Hayes winner) |
| Two Gentleman of Verona | Thurio | Shakespeare Theater, DC/Doug Wager |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | Hartford Stage, Shakespeare Theater, DC/ Mark Lamos |
| The Provok'd Wife | Constant | American Repertory Theater/ Mark Wing-Davey |
| Wait Until Dark | Mike | Geva/Arizona Theater Co./David Ira Goldstein |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | Roma | Dallas Theater Center/David Kennedy |
| Heaven Can Wait | Joe Pendelton | Westport Country Playhouse/ Joe Grifasi |
| Robbers (World Premiere) | Ted | Long Wharf/ Marshall Mason |
| Edith | Joseph Tumulty | BTF/ Michael Sexton |
| Lives of Reason | The Billionaire | Two River Theater/Jonathan Fox |
Credits
| Peter Rini Professional website | https://www.Peterrini.com | |
| imdb.com | https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0727679?s=1eab97b3-c666-6b1f-1bc9-cb648453d766 | |
Actor Bio
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Peter was raised in a large Italian American family in Northport, NY, a small beach town on the North Shore of Long Island. His parent's families were both from Queens. His father was a computer programmer and worked for the NSA and on such projects as Project Fire for the Mercury 7 launch. Eventually he became a highly successful computer terminal salesman at the outset of the PC boom in the late 1970's.
His mother was a housewife, mother of five children and a special education instructor at King's Park Psychiatric Hospital. Peter holds a BA from Brandeis University where he majored in Theater Arts. He then went on to earn his MFA in acting from New York University. In the early part of his career, he worked primarily in regional theater, with an occasional bit part in a tv show or commercial. Three years after graduating NYU, he won the role of Vinnie Bavasi, a malaprop-prone Mafioso from Miami, in the original company of Neil Simon's Proposals on Broadway. He had finally made it to The Great White Way and a lifelong dream of being an actor on Broadway was realized. The show was successful and after it closed Peter would have another opportunity on Broadway in that same year, appearing as Marco in the Tony winning revival of A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller. In 2009-2011, he played Cmmdr. Harbison in the first national tour of South Pacific directed by Bartlett Sher. In film, Peter appears a a smarmy stock broker in Boiler Room, an Italian cop in Sleepers and on television, in season 2 and 3 of Orange Is the New Black, as the duplicitous Jason Figueroa, husband to prison warden, "Fig". Other recurring roles on television include shows such as Blacklist, Smash, Blue Blood and he has guest starred on all three Law and Order franchises. In addition to his television and film roles Peter continues to enjoy the challenges of working onstage. "Bringing the thunder" eight shows a week is the true test of the actor's craft and mettle and is hugely gratifying to him. In addition to the Broadway stage, he has worked at many of the country's top regional theaters including The Old Globe, The Kennedy Center, The Shakespeare Theatre D.C., American Repertory Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Berkshire Theater Festival, Long Wharf and others. When Peter is not in a show he enjoys visiting with family that lives close by which includes two sisters and 2 nephews and 2 nieces. He also enjoys playing going to see theater and movies, playing soccer, billiards, watching classic cinema, running and writing his own material. **Fun Trivia*: The role of Willie Wonka in, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was Peter's first role. He was in third grade. Peter was heavily recruited to play college soccer and earned an athletic scholarship to Brandeis University for his ability. Peter started in musical theater and played Bernardo in a European tour of West Side Story, after graduating from college. In 2010, while on tour with South Pacific, he apprehended a hit and run driver in Seattle, WA who was fleeing the scene on foot. Police later explained that the driver was a felon they had been chasing all morning through the streets of Seattle. The "Seattle Six O'clock News" interviewed Peter and was awarded a 'Distinguished Citizen" certificate and the "Chief's Medal", from the Seattle Police Department. |
Skills and Training:
Special Skills
Actor, Baseball Player, Basketball Player, Billiard Player, Boat Work, Circus Performer, Drummer, Football Player, Golfer, Juggler, Mountain Climber, Percussionist, Soccer Player, Stage Combat, Tall Men (6'2" & up), Yoga
Professional Training/Education
BA Brandeis University: MFA Graduate Acting Program at NYU