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My Take
Peter Segal is one of those directors whose name you might not recognize, but whose movies you've almost certainly seen. Tommy Boy, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Get Smart, The Longest Yard, the Klumps sequel, that's an enormous chunk of late-'90s and 2000s mainstream comedy. What I admire is his reliability with big comedic stars; you don't get handed those casts unless you can manage egos and land laughs. He trained at USC, the classic Hollywood pipeline, and built a career on broad, crowd-pleasing entertainment rather than awards bait. I respect that he kept working steadily, right through to My Spy in 2020, without chasing prestige.
Overview
Peter Segal (born 1962) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He directed the comedic films Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994), Tommy Boy (1995), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Anger Management (2003), 50 First Dates (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Get Smart (2008), Grudge Match (2013), and My Spy (2020).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Segal
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・シーガル
- Reading
- ぴーたー・しーがる
- Born
- April 20, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer / film director / screenwriter / actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Southern California
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.