Peter Berg Biography
Born: March 11, 1964
Onscreen from the late '80s, actor Peter Berg first made a memorable impression in A_Midnight_Clear (1992), playing one of a group of soldiers stationed in Germany during World War II. The muscular, strong-jawed actor had his real screen breakthrough with John_Dahl's critically acclaimed The_Last_Seduction (1994), a neo-noir that cast him as Linda_Fiorentino's unwitting, hormonally misguided accomplice. Berg's subsequent roles tended to be in films of middling quality, and it was for his work on the popular TV series Chicago Hope that he received the most recognition.
In 1998, Berg made his feature directorial debut with Very_Bad_Things, a black comedy starring Jon_Favreau, Christian_Slater, Jeremy_Piven, Daniel_Stern, and Leland_Orser as a group of men behaving badly. The film, which was shown at the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals, received a fairly mixed critical reception. Nonetheless, Berg continued to be a presence behind the camera. In 2000, he created Wonderland, an edgy dramatic television series set in an asylum. While the ABC show recieved rave reviews and garnered a cult following, it failed to deliver ratings and was quickly cancelled.
Berg finally found himself with a hit on his hands in 2003 with The Rundown. Starring The Rock and Seann William Scott, the Berg-helmed action comedy was well-received by critics and managed to score well at the box-office. In 2004, Berg began work on his third directorial effort, Friday Night Lights, a football film he also scripted. Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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