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| Name | Clarke Peters |
| First Name | Clarke |
| Last Name | Peters |
| Occupation | Tv Actor |
| Birthday | April 7 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place of Birth | New York |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Penny Clarke |
| Children(s) | Joe Jacobs, China Clarke, Max Clarke, Guppy Clarke, Peter Clarke |
Clarke Peters Biography
Clarke Peters is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on April 7, 1952 in New York, United States. He was a part of Marley & Me, which was a film starring He had a role in Marley & Me, which starred Jennifer Aniston..
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. While there, Peters received a letter from the FBI that accused him of draft evasion. When he went to New Jersey to contest this charge, he said: “if the enemy comes to America, I’ll be there, but I don’t know the Vietnamese. If you put me in the army, I’m not going there.”
He relocated from London along with his partner Penny and they had three children.
He has been in films Notting Hill in addition to Freedomland.
Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, singer, writer and director, best known for his roles as detective Lester Freamon and Albert “Big Chief” Lambreaux on the David Simon HBO dramas The Wire and Treme, respectively. More recently, Peters has portrayed Alonzo Quinn on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest and Isaiah Page on The Divide.
Clarke Peters Net Worth
Clarke is one of the richest TV Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Clarke Peters's net worth $1.5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
His first acting experience was in a high school’s production My Fair Lady.
| Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | TV Actor |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Peters’ movie credits include Mona Lisa (1986), Notting Hill (1999), K-PAX (2001), Freedomland (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Endgame (2009; in which he played Nelson Mandela), Nativity! (2009), the Spike Lee film Red Hook Summer (2012; in which he played Bishop Enoch), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
After writing several revues with Sherrin, in 1990 Peters wrote the revue Five Guys Named Moe, which received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical. He followed this up with Unforgettable, a musical about Nat King Cole, which received scathing reviews. He also starred in the 2010 UK production of Five Guys Named Moe.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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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, 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).
Who is Clarke Peters Dating?
According to our records, Clarke Peters married to Penny Clarke. As of January 13, 2024, Clarke Peters’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Clarke Peters. You may help us to build the dating records for Clarke Peters!Peters has had five children from three relationships. He and his first wife, Janine Martyne, who sang with him on recordings, had two children: a daughter, China Clarke, an architect, and a son, Peter Clarke, a tattoo artist. A subsequent relationship with Joanna Jacobs produced two sons: Joe Jacobs, an actor, and Guppy, who died of a kidney tumor in 1992, at the age of four. He has a son, Max, with his second wife, Penny; Max played the young Michael Jackson in the West End production of the musical Thriller – Live.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Clarke Peters height 5 ft 10 in Clarke weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 10 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
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.
As a stage actor, Peters has also appeared on Broadway. His performance in The Iceman Cometh (1999) won him the Theatre World Award, and he portrayed the shady lawyer Billy Flynn in the revival of Chicago in 2000 and 2003. In regional theatre he has appeared in Driving Miss Daisy, The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Carmen Jones, and The Amen Corner. In September 2011, Peters appeared on stage in a Sheffield Crucible Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Othello, playing the title role opposite his Wire co-star Dominic West, who played Iago. In the 2014 New York Shakespeare in the Park festival, he played Gloucester in King Lear.
Top Facts about Clarke Peters
Facts & Trivia
Clarke Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Clarke Peters celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.
Peters splits his time between a house in the Charles Village section of Baltimore, which he bought in 2006 while working on The Wire, and one in London, where Penny and Max live.
Is Clark Peters British?
| Occupation | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Spouses | Janine Martyne Penny |
| Children | 5 |
Does Clarke Peters sing?
Actor Clarke Peters, best known as Detective Lester Freamon in The Wire, gave a pitch perfect rendition of Heatwave’s Boogie Nights on 5 live’s Afternoon Edition. The actor, who is currently starring in ITV’s Jericho, sang backing vocals on the original track recorded in 1976.
Who is Clarke Peters wife?
Penny Clarke
What films has Clarke Peters been in?
Appears in
How old is Clarke Peters?
70 years (April 7, 1952)
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