Clarke Peters

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-04-07 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Clarke Peters

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 no...

Acting

1986

Mona Lisa

as Anderson

1981

Outland

as Sgt. Ballard

2006

Freedomland

as Reverend Longway

2008

Marley & Me

as Editor

2008

Gigantic

as Roger Stovall

2008

The Poker House

as Maurice

2011

Searching for Sonny

as The Narrator

2010

Locked In

as Frank

2012

Red Hook Summer

as Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse

2008

2007

1980

Number on End

as Yankee Billy

1987

Up Line

as Alex du Bois

2014

John Wick

as Harry

2014

The Best of Me

as Morgan Dupree

2015

The Benefactor

as Dr. Romano

2014

Grace

as Father Michael

1979

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Sexual Healing

as Harvey Fuqua

2009

Nativity!

as Studio Boss

2009

Endgame

as Nelson Mandela

1992

A Masculine Ending

as Theo Sykes

2009

Chess in Concert

as Walter de Courcy

2010

Legacy

as Ola Adenuga

1999

Notting Hill

as 'Helix' Lead Actor

2003

Head of State

as Fundraiser Demo-Tape Man

1980

Silver Dream Racer

as Cider Jones

2015

2019

The Mandela Effect

as Dr. Fuchs

2015

The Bad Education Movie

as Commander Andrews

2017

Division 19

as Perelman

1989

A Casualty of War

as Grover T. Fleming

2020

Come Away

as Mad Hatter

1984

King

as Stevie

2020

1984

Facelift

as Bob Jangles

2019

Harriet

as Ben Ross

2019

Christmas Under the Stars

as Clem Marshwell

2019

An Acceptable Loss

as Phillip Lamm

2016

2020

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes

as Voice of Count Basie

1993

Death Train

as Whitlock

2021

The Royale

as Wynton

2019

The Opera Game

as Narrator

2007

2009

Turnipseed

as A.B. Turnipseed

2024

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

as Reverend Powell Sr.

2020

Bumps

as Charles

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