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Clarke Peters
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Clarke Peters
Homepage
https://www.clarkepeters.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-04-07,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990). Peters is also known for his roles in the films Silver Dream Racer (1980), Endgame (2009), John Wick (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Harriet (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Peters was born Peter Clarke, the second of four sons, in New York City, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. At the age of 12, he had his first theater experience, in a school production of My Fair Lady. He began to have serious ambitions to work in the theater at the age of 14. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. In 1971, Peters' older brother enabled him to work as a costume designer for a production of the musical Hair in Paris, in which Peters later starred. In 1973, Peters moved to London and changed his name to Clarke Peters, because Equity already had a few namesake members. While in London, he formed a soul band, The Majestics, and worked as a backup singer on such hits as "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading, "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave, and some David Essex songs. However, music was not Peters' main ambition, and he preferred to work in the theater. His first West End theatre musical roles, which he received with assistance from his friend Ned Sherrin, were I Gotta Shoe (1976) and Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977). Other West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, and Chess. Peters starred in the Sean Connery space Western Outland (1981) as the treacherous Sgt. Ballard, and he played an almost wordless role as Anderson, a vicious pimp in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa (1986). Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO series The Wire. Peters also starred in the HBO mini-series The Corner, portraying a drug addict named Fat Curt, as well as the FX series Damages, as Dave Pell. Both The Wire and The Corner were created by writer and former The Baltimore Sun journalist David Simon. Peters also stars in Simon's HBO series Treme, in the role of Mardi Gras Indian chief Albert Lambreaux. Peters appeared in two episodes of the American time-travel/detective TV series Life on Mars (2008) as NYPD Captain Fletcher Bellow. He also appeared in the British show Holby City, as Derek Newman, the father of nurse Donna Jackson. He voiced a part in the Doctor Who animated episode Dreamland, and in the In Plain Sight episode "Duplicate Bridge" as a man in Witness Protection named Norman Baker/Norman Danzer. In 2010, Peters read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for BBC 7. In that year, he also had a guest appearance as Professor Mark Ramsay in the pilot episode of the USA Network TV series Covert Affairs. From 2012 to 2013, Peters had a recurring role as Alonzo D. Quinn in the CBS TV series Person of Interest.

Filmography

6.87

Mona Lisa
1986-06-13

6.423

Outland
1981-05-22

5.2

Freedomland
2006-02-17

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

5.06

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009-09-25

7.191

Marley & Me
2008-12-25

5.6

Gigantic
2008-09-09

The Poker House

6.177

The Poker House
2008-06-20

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years

0

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021-12-27

Searching for Sonny

3.9

Searching for Sonny
2011-10-22

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

2

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

7.017

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022-12-20

4

Locked In
2010-09-17

The Wire: The Last Word

1.5

The Wire: The Last Word
2007-12-27

The Wire Odyssey

6.6

The Wire Odyssey
2007-12-20

Red Hook Summer

5.5

Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10

Sympathetic Details

8

Sympathetic Details
2008-02-01

0

Number on End
1980-01-01

Red King, White Knight

6

Red King, White Knight
1989-11-25

0

Up Line
1987-02-04

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

0

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
1992-11-29

7.453

John Wick
2014-10-22

7.5

The Best of Me
2014-10-15

4.9

The Benefactor
2015-12-23

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

6

Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015-08-18

4.943

Grace
2014-10-28

The Music Machine

0

The Music Machine
1979-05-01

0

Sexual Healing

6.3

Nativity!
2009-11-27

5.816

Endgame
2009-01-18

A Masculine Ending

0

A Masculine Ending
1992-04-12

Saigon: Year of the Cat

4.6

Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983-11-29

James Brown: Soul Survivor

7.5

James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003-10-29

Chess in Concert

6.8

Chess in Concert
2009-06-17

4.621

Legacy
2010-10-15

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

8.06

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017-12-01

7.3

Notting Hill
1999-05-21

5.556

Head of State
2003-03-28

Silver Dream Racer

5.1

Silver Dream Racer
1980-06-13

Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones

8.5

Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
2015-12-29

The Mandela Effect

6.4

The Mandela Effect
2019-12-06

The Bad Education Movie

5.7

The Bad Education Movie
2015-08-21

5.1

Division 19
2017-02-24

A Casualty of War

0

A Casualty of War
1989-12-02

5.828

Come Away
2020-11-12

0

King
1984-04-03

6.449

Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12

0

Facelift
1984-04-21

7.308

Harriet
2019-11-01

Christmas Under the Stars

6.5

Christmas Under the Stars
2019-11-16

An Acceptable Loss

6.201

An Acceptable Loss
2019-01-18

Rebirth in New Orleans

9

Rebirth in New Orleans
2016-09-21

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes

7

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020-09-13

Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll

5

Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
2016-02-26

4.9

Death Train
1993-04-14

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

7.5

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021-03-15

0

The Royale
2021-04-22

0

The Opera Game
2019-02-03

Tapping the Wire

7.3

Tapping the Wire
2007-07-01

0

Turnipseed
2009-11-09

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

6.77

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024-11-20

BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway

0

BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway
2022-06-02

0

Bumps
2020-02-21

7.208

K-PAX
2001-10-26

Murder Most Horrid

6.8

Murder Most Horrid
1991-11-14

8.603

The Wire
2002-06-02

The Professionals

7.489

The Professionals
1977-12-30

8.024

Oz
1997-07-12

Between the Lines

5.182

Between the Lines
1992-09-04

7.1

The Irregulars
2021-03-26

The Man Who Fell to Earth

7.413

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022-04-24

Waking the Dead

7.19

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

8

Archer
2009-09-17

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.125

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005-03-03

0

Chandler & Co.
1994-07-12

Doctor Who: Dreamland

5.3

Doctor Who: Dreamland
2009-11-21

7.555

Treme
2010-04-11

Person of Interest

8.085

Person of Interest
2011-09-22

6.5

The Divide
2014-07-16

7.788

Blue Bloods
2010-09-24

American Masters

7.4

American Masters
1986-06-23

7.7

Foundation
2021-09-23

Midsomer Murders

7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

7

London Spy
2015-11-09

8.283

True Detective
2014-01-12

6.2

Jericho
2016-01-07

Marvel's Jessica Jones

7.49

Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015-11-20

7.5

Jonathan Creek
1997-05-09

7.8

Forever
2014-09-22

Partners in Crime

7.2

Partners in Crime
2015-07-26

7.8

The Corner
2000-04-16

The Blacklist: Redemption

6.668

The Blacklist: Redemption
2017-02-23

6.5

Bulletproof
2018-05-15

Testament: The Story of Moses

7.241

Testament: The Story of Moses
2024-03-27

5.7

Royal Crackers
2023-04-02

6.418

Life on Mars
2008-10-09

6.893

Chance
2016-10-19

6.286

Truelove
2024-01-03

The Big Narstie Show

4.333

The Big Narstie Show
2018-06-29

6.99

Eric
2024-05-30

7.443

Damages
2007-07-24

Death in Paradise

7.481

Death in Paradise
2011-10-25

6.893

Chance
2016-10-19

6.9

La Fortuna
2021-10-01

7

Show Me a Hero
2015-08-16

His Dark Materials

7.863

His Dark Materials
2019-11-03

0

The Boroughs

Small Town, Big Story

6.824

Small Town, Big Story
2025-02-27

6.1

Towards Zero
2025-03-02

7.042

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01

6.3

Meadowlands
2007-06-17