Peter Scolari

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-09-12 (66 years old)

Deathday

2021-10-22

Place of Birth

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Peter Scolari

Biography

Peter Thomas Scolari (September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Harris on Newhart (1984–1990) and Henry Desmond in Bosom Buddies (1980–1982). Scolari received three Emmy nominations for his work on Newhart and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his recurring role as Tad Horvath on Girls in 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Scolari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2004

The Polar Express

as Billy - Lonely Boy

1993

Ticks

as Charles Danson

1983

Imps*

as Phil

1994

Camp Nowhere

as Donald Himmel

1983

Carpool

as Robert Duff

1991

Perfect Harmony

as Derek Sanders

1989

1978

Take Off

as Kookie ("1950's")

2012

Letting Go

as Bill

2020

Disclosure

as Henry Desmond / Hildegard Desmond (archive footage)

1990

Corporate Affairs

as Simon Tanner

1996

That Thing You Do!

as Troy Chesterfield

1984

Amazons

as Dr. Jerry Menzies

2006

Mentor

as Jonathan Parks

2007

Suburban Girl

as Mickey Lamm

2008

A Plumm Summer

as Agent Hardigan

2018

All You Can Eat

as Dr. Zukreski

2020

2002

1996

Talk to Me

as Howard Grant

2019

The Social Ones

as Stephen Schpelnick

2016

Dean

as Patrick

2002

A Scooby-Doo! Christmas

as Professor William Fagen Higginson (voice)

1996

For Hope

as Date #2 (uncredited)

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