Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1954 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American televison, film and stage actor Who was seen early in his career in the television program Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982) and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000).

Biography

Scolari's boyhood dream was to be a professional baseball player but he seriously injured his elbow and was unable to play. His first acting role was in his high school production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

His most critically acclaimed role was playing Michael Harris (1984 - 1990) in the series Newhart (1982 - 1990). Scolari was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1987, 1988 and 1989 for the role.

Scolari has married twice. First to Debra Steagal in 1986. They divorced in 1996. He married actress Cathy Trien on October 12, 1998 and the couple has two children.

Selected Filmography

  • The Polar Express (2004) (Voice)
  • Sorority Boys (2002)
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000)
  • That Thing You Do! (1996)
  • Camp Nowhere (1994)
  • Perfect Harmony (1991) (TV)
  • Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991) (TV)
  • Corporate Affairs (1990)
  • Newhart (1982 - 1990)
  • Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982)
  • Take Off (1978)

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He married actress Cathy Trien on October 12, 1998 and the couple has two children. Kiefer Sutherland, his son with Douglas, is a director and prominent actor himself. They divorced in 1996. He was formerly married to Shirley Douglas, an actress and the daughter of Canadian democratic socialist / social democratic statesman Tommy Douglas. First to Debra Steagal in 1986. He played Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian and a national hero in China, in two separate biographical films more than ten years apart. Scolari has married twice. Two of his best performances were displayed in Ordinary People and Eye of the Needle.

Scolari was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1987, 1988 and 1989 for the role. With Jane Fonda he co-produced F.T.A., a movie containing quite explicit messages against the Vietnam War. His most critically acclaimed role was playing Michael Harris (1984 - 1990) in the series Newhart (1982 - 1990). Sutherland's great success arrived however with The Dirty Dozen and Robert Altman's M*A*S*H. Scolari's boyhood dream was to be a professional baseball player but he seriously injured his elbow and was unable to play. His first acting role was in his high school production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He then went to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), then he started gaining some popularity as an actor in horror films and thrillers. Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1954 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American televison, film and stage actor Who was seen early in his career in the television program Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982) and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). He got his start at age 14 at CBC Radio in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Take Off (1978). He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and studied in Toronto at Victoria College where he was expelled from residence for throwing a sink out the window. Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982). Donald Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian actor. Newhart (1982 - 1990). Aurora Borealis (2004). Corporate Affairs (1990). Frankenstein (TV) (2004).

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991) (TV). Salem's Lot (TV) (2004). Perfect Harmony (1991) (TV). Cold Mountain (2003). Camp Nowhere (1994). Baltic Storm (2003). That Thing You Do! (1996). Piazza delle cinque lune (2003).

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). The Italian Job (2003). Sorority Boys (2002). Path to War (tv) (2002). The Polar Express (2004) (Voice). Queen Victoria's Empire (TV) (voice) (2001). Da wan (2001).

Uprising (TV) (2001). Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (voice) (2001). Threads of Hope (voice) (2000). The Art of War (2000).

Space Cowboys (2000). Panic (2000). The Setting Sun (1999). Toscano (1999).

The Hunley (1999). Instinct (1999). Virus (1999). Behind the Mask (1999).

Without Limits (1998). Fallen (1998). Free Money (1998). Shadow Conspiracy (1997).

The Assignment (1997). A Time to Kill (1996). Citizen X (1995). Hollow Point (1995).

Outbreak (1995). The Shadow Conspiracy (1995). Disclosure (1994). The Lifeforce Experiment (1994).

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994). Punch (1994). The Puppet Masters (1994). Benefit of the Doubt (1993).

Shadow of the Wolf (1993). Six Degrees of Separation (1993). Younger and Younger (1993). Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).

Quicksand: No Escape (1992). The Railway Station Man (1992). Backdraft (1991). Eminent Domain (1991).

JFK (1991). Long Road Home (1991). Scream of Stone (1991). Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990).

Buster's Bedroom (1990). A Dry White Season (1989). Lock Up (1989). Lost Angels (1989).

Apprentice to Murder (1988). The Rosary Murders (1987). The Trouble with Spies (1987). The Wolf at the Door (1986).

Heaven Help Us (1985). Revolution (1985). Crackers (1984). Ordeal by Innocence (1984).

Max Dugan Returns (1983). The Winter of Our Discontent (1983). Eye of the Needle (1981). Gas (1981).

Threshold (1981). Nothing Personal (1980). Ordinary People (1980). Bear Island (1979).

The Great Train Robbery (1979). A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979). Murder by Decree (1979). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Bethune (movie)Bethune (1977). The Disappearance (1977). The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).

Blood Relatives (1977). 1900 (1976). Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976). The Eagle Has Landed (1976).

End of the Game (1976). The Day of the Locust (1975). S*P*Y*S (1974). Alien Thunder (1973).

Don't Look Now (1973). Lady Ice (1973). Steelyard Blues (1973). F.T.A. (1972).

Johnny Got His Gun (1971). Klute (1971). Little Murders (1971). Act of the Heart (1970).

Alex in Wonderland (1970). Kelly's Heroes (1970). M*A*S*H (1970). Start the Revolution Without Me (1970).

Interlude (1968). The Split (1968). The Sunshine Patriot (1968). The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Promise Her Anything (1966). The Bedford Incident (1965). Die! Die! My Darling! (1965). Terror's House of Horrors (1965).

Dr. Castle of the Living Dead (1964).