Clarke Peters
Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990).
Peters is also known for his roles in the films Silver Dream Racer (1980), Endgame (2009), John Wick (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Harriet (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Peters was born Peter Clarke, the second of four sons, in New York City, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. At the age of 12, he had his first theater experience, in a school production of My Fair Lady. He began to have serious ambitions to work in the theater at the age of 14. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970.
In 1971, Peters' older brother enabled him to work as a costume designer for a production of the musical Hair in Paris, in which Peters later starred. In 1973, Peters moved to London and changed his name to Clarke Peters, because Equity already had a few namesake members. While in London, he formed a soul band, The Majestics, and worked as a backup singer on such hits as "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading, "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave, and some David Essex songs. However, music was not Peters' main ambition, and he preferred to work in the theater.
His first West End theatre musical roles, which he received with assistance from his friend Ned Sherrin, were I Gotta Shoe (1976) and Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977). Other West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, and Chess. Peters starred in the Sean Connery space Western Outland (1981) as the treacherous Sgt. Ballard, and he played an almost wordless role as Anderson, a vicious pimp in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa (1986).
Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO series The Wire. Peters also starred in the HBO mini-series The Corner, portraying a drug addict named Fat Curt, as well as the FX series Damages, as Dave Pell. Both The Wire and The Corner were created by writer and former The Baltimore Sun journalist David Simon. Peters also stars in Simon's HBO series Treme, in the role of Mardi Gras Indian chief Albert Lambreaux. Peters appeared in two episodes of the American time-travel/detective TV series Life on Mars (2008) as NYPD Captain Fletcher Bellow.
He also appeared in the British show Holby City, as Derek Newman, the father of nurse Donna Jackson. He voiced a part in the Doctor Who animated episode Dreamland, and in the In Plain Sight episode "Duplicate Bridge" as a man in Witness Protection named Norman Baker/Norman Danzer. In 2010, Peters read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for BBC 7. In that year, he also had a guest appearance as Professor Mark Ramsay in the pilot episode of the USA Network TV series Covert Affairs. From 2012 to 2013, Peters had a recurring role as Alonzo D. Quinn in the CBS TV series Person of Interest.
Fotos
Filmes (63)
O Espião de Deus
2024 · Reverend Powell Sr.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody: A História de Whitney Houston
2022 · John Houston
BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway
2022 · Singer
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021 · Self
The Royale
2021 · Wynton
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Alice e Peter: Onde Nascem os Sonhos
2020 · Mad Hatter
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020 · Voice of Count Basie
Destacamento Blood
2020 · Otis
Bumps
2020 · Charles
O Efeito Mandela
2019 · Dr. Fuchs
Um Natal nas Estrelas
2019 · Clem Marshwell
Harriet
2019 · Ben Ross
The Opera Game
2019 · Narrator
A Verdade em Segredo
2019 · Phillip Lamm
Três Anúncios Para Um Crime
2017 · Abercrombie
Division 19
2017 · Perelman
Rebirth in New Orleans
2016 · Narrator
Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
2016 · Narrator
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
2015 · Roy Orbison (Voice)
O Benfeitor
2015 · Dr. Romano
The Bad Education Movie
2015 · Commander Andrews
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015 · Self
O Mistério de Grace
2014 · Father Michael
John Wick - De Volta ao Jogo
2014 · Harry
O Melhor de Mim
2014 · Morgan Dupree
Verão em Red Hook
2012 · Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse
Searching for Sonny
2011 · The Narrator
Legacy
2010 · Ola Adenuga
Locked In
2010 · Frank
Nativity!
2009 · Studio Boss
Turnipseed
2009 · A.B. Turnipseed
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 · Subject #31
Chess in Concert
2009 · Walter de Courcy
Frente a Frente com o Inimigo
2009 · Nelson Mandela
Marley & Eu
2008 · Editor
Gigantesco
2008 · Roger Stovall
A Casa de Jogos
2008 · Maurice
Sympathetic Details
2008 · Carson
The Wire: The Last Word
2007 · Self
The Wire Odyssey
2007 · Self
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Self
A Cor de um Crime
2006 · Reverend Longway
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Um Pobretão na Casa Branca
2003 · Fundraiser Demo-Tape Man
K-PAX: O Caminho da Luz
2001 · Homeless Veteran
Um Lugar Chamado Notting Hill
1999 · 'Helix' Lead Actor
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998 · Moe
O Trem da Morte
1993 · Whitlock
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
1992 · Narrator
A Masculine Ending
1992 · Theo Sykes
A Casualty of War
1989 · Grover T. Fleming
Red King, White Knight
1989 · Jones
Up Line
1987 · Alex du Bois
Mona Lisa
1986 · Anderson
Facelift
1984 · Bob Jangles
King
1984 · Stevie
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 · Soldier
Outland
1981 · Sgt. Ballard
Silver Dream Racer
1980 · Cider Jones
Number on End
1980 · Yankee Billy
The Music Machine
1979 · Laurie
Sexual Healing
· Harvey Fuqua
Séries (56)
The Boroughs
2026 · Art Daniels
Towards Zero
2025 · Frederick Treves
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · Chet Donald
Watson
2025 · Hamish Watson
Eric
2024 · George
Testamento: A História de Moisés
2024 · God (voice)
Truelove
2024 · Ken
Royal Crackers
2023 · Deshaun (voice)
El hombre que cayó a la Tierra
2022 · Josiah Falls
La Fortuna
2021 · Jonas Pierce
Fundação
2021 · Abbas
Os Irregulares de Baker Street
2021 · Linen Man
His Dark Materials: Fronteiras do Universo
2019 · The Master
The Big Narstie Show
2018 · Self
Amar é...
2018 · "Wiser" Yasir
Bulletproof
2018 · Ronald Pike Snr
Lista Negra: Redenção
2017 · Richard Whitehall
Chance
2016 · Carl, Carl Allan
Jericho
2016 · Ralph Coates
Marvel - Jessica Jones
2015 · Det. Oscar Clemons
London Spy
2015 · The American
Show Me a Hero
2015 · Robert Mayhawk
Partners in Crime
2015 · Julius Hersheimmer
Forever: Uma Vida Eterna
2014 · Jerry Charters
The Divide
2014 · Isaiah Page
True Detective
2014 · Minister
Morte no Paraíso
2011 · Marlon Croft
Pessoa de Interesse
2011 · Alonzo Quinn
Sangue Azul
2010 · Nathan Anderson
Treme
2010 · Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux
Doctor Who: Dreamland
2009 · Night Eagle (voice)
Archer
2009 · Popeye (voice)
Life on Mars
2008 · Captain Bellow
Testemunha Ocular
2008 · Norman Baker / Norman Danzer
Damages
2007 · Dave Pell
Meadowlands
2007 · Professor Campbell
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Rex da Silva
A Escuta
2002 · Lester Freamon
Waking the Dead
2001 · Howard Boorstin
The Corner
2000 · Fat Curt
Oz
1997 · Afsana
Jonathan Creek
1997 · Hewie Harper
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
1997 · Frank Wainwright
Chandler & Co
1994 · Jasper
Between the Lines
1992
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · American
Blind Justice
1988 · Alton Phillips
Menace Unseen
1988 · Mark Hallstrom
Up Line
1987 · Alex du Bois
American Masters
1986 · Self - Narrator
Boon
1986 · Clarke Peters
Travelling Man
1984 · Alan Downing
Studio
1983 · Frankie
The Professionals
1977 · President Ojuka
Play for Today
1970 · Stevie
Untitled Roald Dahl Series