Keleghan, Peter 1959-

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Keleghan, Peter 1959-

PERSONAL

Born September 16, 1959, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Addresses:

Agent—Amsel, Eisenstadt, and Frazier, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 865, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Actor.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award (with others), best performance in a comedy program or series—individual or ensemble, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1998, for The Newsroom; Gemini Award nomination (with others), best performance in a comedy program or series, 1999, Canadian Comedy Award nominations, television performance—male, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, Gemini Award nominations (with others), best ensemble performance in a comedy program or series, 2001, 2002, Gemini Award (with others), best ensemble performance in a comedy program or series, 2001, 2002, 2004, all for Made in Canada; Gemini Award nominations (with others), best performance in a comedy program or series, 2000, and best ensemble performance in a comedy program or series, 2001 for The Red Green Show; Gemini Award nomination, best individual performance in a comedy program or series, 2002, for Royal Canadian Air Farce.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Rick McKay, Screwballs (also known as Zapped II), Allied Entertainment Group, 1983.

District attorney number one, Car 54, Where Are You?, Orion, 1994.

Bob, Waiting for Michelangelo, 1996.

Robert Mead, Double Take, Twice Removed Productions, 1997.

Dennis, Joe's Wedding, York Entertainment, 1997.

Jenkins, Seven Gates (short), 1997.

Successful actor, The Real Blonde, 1997.

Douglas Flint, Escape from Wildcat Canyon, Hallmark Entertainment, 1998.

Texowicz, Bone Daddy (also known as L'affaire Palmer and Palmer's Bones), Artisan Entertainment, 1998.

Sandy Adams, Water Damage, Critical Mass Releasing, 1999.

Mr. Wayne, Ginger Snaps, Unapix Entertainment, 2000.

Ranger Gord, Duct Tape Forever (also known as Red Green's "Duct Tape Forever"), TVA International, 2002.

News anchor, Death to Smoochy (also known as Totet Smoochy), Warner Bros., 2002.

Bill Cherry, Jericho Mansions, Equinox Films, 2003.

Mike Romanow, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Henry, Niagara Motel, Mongrel Media, 2006.

Karl Granger, Butterfly on a Wheel (also known as Shattered, Desperate Hours, and The Butterfly), Lionsgate, 2007.

Peter, Do Not Bend (short), Spiral Media, 2007.

Marc Brancois, P.M.O. (short), 2008.

Jerry, Eating Buccaneers, 2008.

Mr. Campbell, The Bend, Film Option International, 2008.

Uncle Tim, Cooper's Camera, Boutique Films, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Smith & Smith's Comedy Mill, 1987.

Hugh S. "Bullseye" Forward, C.O.P.S. (also known as C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) and Cyber C.O.P.S.), syndicated, 1988.

Tom Sheridan, In Opposition, CBC, 1989.

Barry Durban, General Hospital, ABC, 1992.

Ranger Gord, The Red Green Show (also known as The New Red Green Show), CHCH, 1993, Global, 1994-97, CBC, 1998-2000.

Jim Walcott, The Newsroom, CBC, 1996-97.

Voice of Eric Flemkin, Ned's Newt, Fox, 1997.

Alan Roy, Made in Canada (also known as The Industry), CBC and Bravo, 1998.

Walter Davis, Walter Ego, CBC, 2005.

Mr. Adams, Mischief City, 2005.

Voice of Harold Rosenbaum, Funpak, 2005.

Peter, Hockeyville (also known as Kraft Hockeyville), CBC, 2006.

Clark Claxton, Sr., Billable Hours, Showcase, 2006-2007.

Voice of Scaredy Bat, Ruby Gloom, YTV, 2006-2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Agent Sloan, Picture Perfect, ABC, 1995.

Don Lowell, Devil's Food, Lifetime, 1996.

Dennis, Trilogy of Terror II, 1996.

Pilot, Elvis Meets Nixon, Showtime, 1997.

Captain John Curtis, Any Mother's Son, Lifetime, 1997.

Harley Yates, Mr. Music, Showtime, 1998.

Jason Ferrell, When Husbands Cheat, Lifetime, 1998.

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story, ABC, 1998.

Dana Hall, The Matter of Marriage (also known as Harlequin's "This Matter of Marriage" and Le mariage a tout prix), TMC, 1998.

Captain Walker, The Garbage Kicking Field Goal Kicking Phenomenon (also known as The Philadelphia Phenomenon), ABC, 1998.

Bobby Stern, Blackjack (also known as John Woo's "Blackjack"), 1998.

Dean Wallace, Genius, The Disney Channel, 1999.

Norman Fitzgerald, In the Company of Spies, Showtime, 1999.

Dexter Deekin, Angels in the Infield, ABC, 2000.

Jim Walcott, Escape from the Newsroom, CBC, 2002.

Mr. Nye, Eloise at the Plaza, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Morton Swanson, This Just In, ABC, 1993.

Count Teleky, Liszt's Rhapsody, HBO, 1996.

The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards (also known as The CCAs), Comedy Network, 2000.

The 2nd Annual Canadian Comedy Awards, Comedy Network, 2001.

Red Green Live '02, PBS, 2002.

The 2004 Gemini Awards, CBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Nolan Newman, "Part 1," Doc, PAX, 2001.

Senator, 1-800-MISSING (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Harry Carson, "Softsell," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Harry Carson, "Lies," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Harry Carson, "Reasonable Doubt," Street Legal, CBC, 1991.

Second guy, Davis Rules, 1991.

Kirby, "Rebecca's Lover … Not," Cheers, NBC, 1992.

Kirby, "The Little Match Girl," Cheers, NBC, 1992.

Jeff, "Back to the Ball," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1993.

Lloyd Braun, "The Non-Fat Yogurt," Seinfeld, NBC, 1993.

Dick Dierdorf, Cutters, CBS, 1993.

Bill Kingsley, Burke's Law, CBS, 1993.

Arnie Nevelson, "Firehawk," Viper, NBC, 1994.

Gefford Weintroff, "Dead of Night," Forever Knight, USA Network and syndicated, 1996.

Stag, "Young and the Twitchy," Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension, 1998.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, "Jaunt," PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1998.

Ira Finkelstein, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," Twice in a Lifetime, CTV and PAX, 2000.

Eli, Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000.

B. Gordon Berry and Satan, "Apocalypse Soon," Big Wolf on Campus (also known as Le loup-garou du campus), Fox Family, 2000.

Nolan Newman, "Captain Supremo: Have Tights, Will Travel," Doc, PAX, 2001.

Various, Royal Canadian Air Farce, CBC, 2002.

Mr. Mantueffel, "Zack Greenburg's Day Off," The Zack Files, ITV and Fox Family, 2002.

Rahne Sullivann, "Love, Cirronian Style," Tracker, syndicated, 2002.

Jeffrey Pendergrass, Queer as Folk (also known as Q.A.F. and Queer as Folk USA), Showtime, 2004.

"Roses Are Red, Violets Are Busiek," Wild Card (also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Card), Lifetime, 2004.

Jim Walcott, "Latent Homosexual Tendencies," The Newsroom, CBC, 2005.

Officer Fillion, "The Amazing Bill," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2005.

"Season's End," Slings and Arrows, TMN, 2005.

"Divided Kingdom," Slings and Arrows, TMN, 2005.

Terrance Meyers, "The Annoying Red Planet," Murdoch Mysteries, Bravo (Canada), 2008.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

(English version) Voice of Digger, Toron ni kobun (also known as The Misadventures of Tron Bonne), 1999.

Videos:

The 3rd Annual Canadian Comedy Awards, Higher Ground Productions, 2002.

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