Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre is, for me, proof that a character actor can outshine the leads. Born László Löwenstein in what is now Slovakia, he carried his accent and small frame to Hollywood and turned them into instruments of menace. Yes, he was endlessly typecast as the sinister foreigner, but within that box he found astonishing nuance, a flicker of fear or cruelty that lingers. His star on the Walk of Fame is well earned. What strikes me is how much presence he packed into so little physical space. Decades after his death, his timidly devious figures remain unforgettable. A true original.

Name (English)

Peter Lorre

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・ローレ

Reading

ぴーたー・ろーれ

Born

June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

Ružomberok, Žilina region, Slovakia

Height

160 cm

Occupation

film actor / film director / character actor / screenwriter / stage actor

Awards & achievements

• German Film Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Lorre
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78505

Tags

• Žilina region
• film actor
• film director
• character actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.