 Peter
Spellos has been performing and making folks laugh as long as
McDonald's been selling hamburgers. He is a actor/comedian/denture wearer,
voice over artist, stage director and author, whose career began as extra
for a week on the dance floor in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Since then, things
have gotten busier. Peter has acted and entertained in over 100 television
shows and films. Most recently, he was American Bandstand's curmudgeonly
director Gus all three seasons of the hit NBC drama AMERICAN DREAMS.
Peter has had the great pleasure of
working with many wonderful directors on their projects, including Barry
Sonnenfeld (MEN IN BLACK II), The Wachowski Brothers (BOUND), Brad
Silberling (CITY OF ANGELS), David Mirkin (HEARTBREAKERS), Danny Cannon
(PHOENIX) and Danny DeVito (HOFFA), to name a few. Over the years, Peter
has also voiced and starred on numerous animated series, including DIGIMON,
TRANSFORMERS, OUTLAW STAR and the feature film versions of METROPOLIS and
COWBOY BE-BOP.
As a young actor, he was a member of
the 1st Amendment Improv Co. in NYC, and teamed with Jim Brownold on WPLJ-FM
as the morning comedy team in the early 80's. He was the warm-up act for
THE COSBY SHOW, sit com pilots for Robert Klein, Stiller and Meara and
Melba Moore. Peter was also the creative director of WHO'S ON FIRST and
The Usual Suspects Improv Co. in NYC. He has taught for over 23 years and
continues to teach comedy and "anti" acting classes in L.A. When
time allows, Peter appears nationally with the LaughingStock Comedy
Company.
In the fantasy world of film and tv,
Peter has had the extreme pleasure of: being seduced by Sigourney Weaver
(HEARTBREAKERS) being murdered by Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher), morphed into
Freddy Kruger (NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. 6), been questioned by both Perry
Mason and Det. Sifowitz (NYPD BLUE), and played God (well, Jerry Garcia
from the Grateful Dead as The Almighty himself). In the real world, he
continues to perform, write, direct and teach all over the country. And a
long time ago, Peter, with Jim B., once was the opening act for Twisted
Sister.
Spandex was never an option…
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