Peter Jason

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-07-22 (81 years old)

Deathday

2025-02-20

Place of Birth

Hollywood, California, USA

Peter Jason

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Edward Ostling (July 22, 1944 - February 20, 2025), also known as Peter Jason, was an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television shows and eighty films. He played Con Stapleton in the series Deadwood. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game Fallout 2. Jason starred in supporting roles for the films 48 Hrs. and Arachnophobia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Jason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1982

48 Hrs.

as Cowboy Bartender

1989

Johnny Handsome

as Mr. Bonet

2001

Out of the Wilderness

as Judge Battle

1986

Heartbreak Ridge

as Major G.F. Devin

2001

Ghosts of Mars

as Engineer McSimms

1984

Oxford Blues

as Mr. De Angelo

2002

Hard Cash

as The Counter Boss

1987

1990

Arachnophobia

as Henry Beechwood

2004

Employee of the Month

as Bill Gartin

1993

Body Bags

as Gent

1988

They Live

as Gilbert

1995

1987

Prince of Darkness

as Dr. Paul Leahy

2008

Crash and Burn

as Winston Manny

1982

Some Kind of Hero

as Honcho #1

2003

Detonator

as U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg

1970

Rio Lobo

as Lt. Ned Forsythe

1997

Dante's Peak

as Norman Gates

2002

Undisputed

as Oakland TV Announcer

2007

Planet Raptor

as Sgt. Pappy Mathis

2009

Falling Up

as John O'Shea

2002

13th Child

as Coroner

1985

Command 5

as Warden Bryan

2006

2008

2005

Frostbite

as Colonel Jaffe

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

1967

A Bell for Adano

as Duty Officer

1995

Rage

as Griggs

1982

Trick or Treats

as Malcolm O'Keefe

2004

Raptor Island

as The Captain

2007

Richard III

as Ringside Announcer

2007

Harpies

as Vorian

2007

Claire

as Harry Bannion

1995

2011

Valley of the Sun

as Myron McGill

2011

Hopelessly in June

as Frankie Flowers

1987

Party Camp

as Sarge

1981

Texas Lightning

as Frank Whitman

2005

American Black Beauty

as Mayor Bart Williams

2013

Queen City

as Bernie Donovan

2022

2005

Alien Apocalypse

as President Demsky

2002

The Rose Technique

as Detective Atwood

2013

Willow Creek

as Ranger Troy Andrews

1984

Mister Roberts

as Chief Johnson

2014

1988

Red Heat

as TV Announcer

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Back of Book

as Roy Watkins

2004

Hair High

as Coach (voice)

1988

Alien Nation

as Fedorchuk

2012

Heal Thyself

as Dennis Hill

1978

1978

The Driver

as Commuter

1984

Dreamscape

as Babcock

1985

Brewster's Millions

as Chuck Fleming

1981

Mommie Dearest

as Pepsi Executive #4

2006

Big John

as Self

2016

Hail, Caesar!

as Director

1981

Nice Dreams

as Det. Drooler

1988

Sunset

as Frank Coe

2002

Almost a Woman

as Mr. Fuller

2002

Adaptation.

as Defense Attorney

2009

Mending Fences

as Hank Bentley

1989

2006

1984

Streets of Fire

as Ardmore Cop Harry

2017

1990

Marked for Death

as Pete Stone

2016

Sister Cities

as Dr. Timmins

2018

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Duty Sergeant

1995

Congo

as Mr. Janus

2017

The Nth Ward

as Jeffrey

1984

The Karate Kid

as Soccer Coach

2019

Deadwood: The Movie

as Con Stapleton

1986

Amazing Stories

as Commander

2007

Moving McAllister

as Mr. Robinson

2020

The Assent

as Father Lambert

1985

A Reason to Live

as Dick Biheller

2018

1984

Impulse

as Man in Truck

2011

Son of Morning

as Ned Jensen

2019

1984

Angel

as The John

1996

The Glimmer Man

as Millie’s Father

1995

Mortal Kombat

as Master Boyd

1982

Butterfly

as Allen

2013

Robosapien: Rebooted

as Admiral Victor

2001

Cahoots

as Eddie

1980

The Long Riders

as The Pinkertons

1995

Wild Bill

as Dave McCandless

1968

Shadow on the Land

as Man at Airport (uncredited)

2024

2010

2000

Mystery Kids

as Monte Harrington

1990

The Hunt for Red October

as Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)

2014

Merkin Penal

as Sargent Sacrifice

2004

Patients

as Callie's Dad

2003

Seabiscuit

as Reporter Max

2011

1985

Izzy & Moe

as Bartender

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