Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American actor, screenwriter
and film director, best known for his roles as Donald "Boone"
Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac"
MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in
Crossing Delancey (1988), Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994), and
glove manufacturer Lou Levov in American Pastoral (2016). He directed
the short film By Courier (2000), for which he was nominated along
with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live
Action Short Film.On television, Riegert had a recurring role as
crooked Newark Assemblyman and later State Senator Ronald Zellman in
seasons three and four of the HBO series The Sopranos (2001â€"2002),
appeared as George Moore in the first season of the FX series Damages
(2007), and portrayed Seth Green's father in the comedy series Dads
(2013â€"2014). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his
performance in the HBO film Barbarians at the Gate in 1993.Riegert was
born in the Bronx, the son of Lucille, a piano teacher, and Milton
Riegert, a food wholesaler. Riegert grew up in Hartsdale, New York,
and was raised in a non-observant Jewish household. He graduated from
Ardsley High School in 1964 and later from the University at Buffalo.
He worked at a number of jobs, including teaching, waiting tables, and
as a social worker before settling on acting as a career.Riegert made
his Broadway debut in the musical Dance with Me. Other Broadway
credits include The Old Neighborhood, An American Daughter, The Nerd,
and Censored Scenes From King Kong. Off-Broadway he has appeared in
Road to Nirvana, The Birthday Party, Isn't It Romantic, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago, and A Rosen by Any Other Name.
and film director, best known for his roles as Donald "Boone"
Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac"
MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in
Crossing Delancey (1988), Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994), and
glove manufacturer Lou Levov in American Pastoral (2016). He directed
the short film By Courier (2000), for which he was nominated along
with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live
Action Short Film.On television, Riegert had a recurring role as
crooked Newark Assemblyman and later State Senator Ronald Zellman in
seasons three and four of the HBO series The Sopranos (2001â€"2002),
appeared as George Moore in the first season of the FX series Damages
(2007), and portrayed Seth Green's father in the comedy series Dads
(2013â€"2014). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his
performance in the HBO film Barbarians at the Gate in 1993.Riegert was
born in the Bronx, the son of Lucille, a piano teacher, and Milton
Riegert, a food wholesaler. Riegert grew up in Hartsdale, New York,
and was raised in a non-observant Jewish household. He graduated from
Ardsley High School in 1964 and later from the University at Buffalo.
He worked at a number of jobs, including teaching, waiting tables, and
as a social worker before settling on acting as a career.Riegert made
his Broadway debut in the musical Dance with Me. Other Broadway
credits include The Old Neighborhood, An American Daughter, The Nerd,
and Censored Scenes From King Kong. Off-Broadway he has appeared in
Road to Nirvana, The Birthday Party, Isn't It Romantic, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago, and A Rosen by Any Other Name.
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