Peter Paige (born June 20, 1969) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle.
Peter was the creator of The Fosters, alongside Bradley Bredeweg, a writer and was a producer for the show. He currently is the executive producer and co-creator for "The Fosters" spin-off, "Good Trouble".
Biography[]
Paige was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Boston University School of Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree summa cum laude.
Best known for his role as Emmett Honeycutt on Showtime's hit series Queer as Folk, Paige's other television credits include Will & Grace, Time of Your Life, Girlfriends, Caroline in the City, American Dad!, Related, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer and Without a Trace. His first audition in Los Angeles earned him a guest-starring role on Suddenly Susan.
Paige spent summer 2004 starring in his feature directorial debut, Say Uncle alongside Kathy Najimy, Anthony Clark, Melanie Lynskey, Lisa Edelstein, and Gabrielle Union. Other film credits include Don McKellar's Childstar with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dave Foley, Showtime's Our America (which debuted at Sundance in 2002), Indie Pop and the award-winning shorts The Four of Us and The Shooting.
An accomplished stage actor, Paige has appeared at major regional theatres throughout the country, most notably in world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and Playwrights Horizons. He has performed nearly every genre of play, from the Greeks to Shakespeare to contemporary American work. Plays on his resume include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Rivals, Secret Agents, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Pantophobia, his two-man show written and performed with Abraham Higginbotham.
On February 6, 2013, it was announced that The Fosters, a show that Paige created along with Bradley Bredeweg, was picked up by the ABC Family and it was going to premiere on June 3, 2013. The show is produced by Jennifer Lopez and her production company, Nuyorican Productions. The series follows the lives of the Foster family, an interracial lesbian couple who are married and raising biological and adoptive children together.
Filmography[]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | The Shooting | ||
| 1999 | Pop | Nick | |
| The Joyriders | Family Restaurant Waiter | ||
| 2001 | The Four of Us | Scott | |
| 2004 | Childstar | Tim | |
| 2005 | Say Uncle | Paul Johnson | |
| 2007 | Ping Pong Playa | Gerald | |
| 2008 | Leaving Barstow | The DJ | |
| 2011 | Repeat After Me | ||
| Sex Crime Panic | |||
| 2013 | Copacabana | Miranda | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Nowhere Man | Recruit #4 | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| 1997 | Suddenly Susan | Neil Pomerantz | Episode: "Next Stop, Heaven" |
| 1998 | Caroline in the City | Robert | Episode: "Caroline and the Paper Chase" |
| 1999 | Undressed | Kirk | 5 episodes |
| Will & Grace | Roger O'Neil | Episode: "Whose Mom Is It Anyway?" | |
| 2000 | Movie Stars | Nick | Episode: "He's Reese. He's Here. Get Used to It." |
| Time of Your Life | Assistant | Episode: "The Time They Cheated" | |
| 2002 | Our America | Gary Covino | TV movie |
| Girlfriends | Zellner | Episode: "Star Craving Mad" | |
| 2000–2005 | Queer as Folk | Emmett Honeycutt | 83 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Related | Patrick | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Benjamin O'Leary | Episode: "I Am a Tree" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Lucas Blumenthal | Episode: "Primed" |
| 2007–2009 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Steve | 14 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Glenn Wagner | Episode: "Divorce Party" |
| Raising the Bar | Sean Graydon | Episode: "The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button" | |
| 2006–2009 | American Dad! | Jason | voice - 3 episodes |
| 2010 | The Closer | Ricky | Episode: "Old Money" |
| 2011 | Bones | Darren Hargrove | Episode: "The Bikini in the Soup" |
| 2013-2018 | The Fosters | Creator - writer - executive producer | |
| 2018-present | Good Trouble | Creator, writer, executive producer | |
Episodes Written of Good Trouble[]
Season 1[]
- DTLA (with Bradley Bredeweg and Joanna Johnson