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My Take
Peter Strauss belongs to a television era I genuinely miss, the age of the prestige miniseries. Born in New York City and trained at Northwestern, he became a defining face of 1970s and 1980s long-form drama, winning a Primetime Emmy in 1979 and collecting five Golden Globe nominations along the way. What I appreciate is that he was a serious stage-trained actor who chose to commit to television when that medium still carried a stigma for film people. That kind of conviction reads as integrity to me. He worked across stage, film, voice, and even production, and I respect performers who refuse to be boxed into one lane.
Overview
Peter Lawrence Strauss is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He is an Emmy winner and five-time Golden Globe Awards nominee.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Strauss
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・ストラウス
- Reading
- ぴーたー・すとらうす
- Born
- February 20, 1947 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Northwestern University School of Communication
Awards & achievements
- 1979 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
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.