Peter Berg

Director

Peter Berg was born in New York City, New York, United States on March 11th, 1962 and is the Director. At the age of 62, Peter Berg biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 11, 1962
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Age
62 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$50 Million
Profession
Actor, Executive Producer, Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Television Actor, Television Director, Television Producer
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Macalester College
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Elizabeth Rogers, ​ ​(m. 1993; div. 1998)​
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Peter Berg Life

Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor.

The black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003), the sports drama Friday Night Lights (2004), The War Against Falconry (2013), the Boston Marathon bombing drama Patriots Day (2016), and action thriller Mile 22 (2018), all starring Mark Wahlberg, include the black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003), the sports drama The Rundown (2006), the adventure film The Rundown (2003), the war drama The Kingdom (2004), the action comedy The Rundown (2005), the action film The Rundown (2002), the black comedy The Rundown (2005), the war film The Kingdom (2005), the military science fiction war film The Kingdom (2004), the war film The War (2007), the military science fiction war film The War starring Mark Wahlberg.

In comparison to cameo appearances in the last six of these films, he has appeared in films including The Great White Hype (1996), Cop Land (1997), Corky Romano (2001), Collateral (2004), Lions for Lambs (2006). Berg created Friday Night Lights (2006–2011), a film based on his film, receiving two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

He is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on CBS' medical drama Chicago Hope (1995-1999).

Early life

Berg was born in 1964 in New York City, the son of Laurence "Larry" Berg, a US Marine, and Sally (née Winkler) Berg. Berg's father, as well as his maternal grandfather, were Jewish. His mother was a Christian.

Berg is a second cousin of writer H.G. Bissinger, whose book Friday Night Lights provided the inspiration for Berg's film and TV series of the same name. When Berg was growing up, his mother co-founded Catalog for Giving and worked at a psychiatric hospital. Mary is his younger sister.

Peter was a pupil in the Chappaqua School System. Berg attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he concentrated on theater arts and theater history after graduating from The Taft School in 1980. He graduated in 1984 and then moved to Los Angeles in 1985 to continue his film career.

Personal life

Berg married Elizabeth Rogers in 1993; the couple divorced in 1998. He has one child with her.

Berg sluggishly criticized ESPN's decision to award Caitlyn Jenner with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on July 15, 2015, posting a Facebook post with Army veteran Gregory D. Gadson (a double amputee who appeared in Berg's Battleship film) alongside one of Jenner. According to the article, "One man sold 2 legs for the liberty of the other to trade 2 balls for 2 boobs." Guess which man was on the front page of Vanity Fair was lauded by President Obama for his bravery and will be honoured with the 'Arthur Ashe Courage Award,' according to ESPN. "Yup," Berg said in a shared post.

Berg's writing earned both praise and chastised. Later that day, he expressed the highest regard for Jenner and transgender people, but added another portrait with statistics on veterans suicides, including those who have sacrificed their bodies and mental stability for our country and our principals [sic] – words that include freedom and dignity.

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Peter Berg Career

Career

When Berg first arrived in Los Angeles, he put his acting aspirations on hold, preferring instead to learn about filmmaking as a production assistant. He appeared in 21 Jump Street and Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story in 1988 (both were presenters). He appeared in Never, Miracle Mile, Race For Glory, Shocker, Heart of Dixie, Tale of Two Sisters, and Going Overboard in 1989. In 1990, he was involved in Genuine Risk and Forradalom után. In 1991, he appeared in Late for Dinner and Crooked Hearts. He appeared in A Midnight Clear, A Case for Murder, Fire in the Sky, Aspen Extreme, Across the Moon, Uneviled, and F.T.W.

In 1992, Berg received accolades for his role as a World War II soldier in the film A Midnight Clear. Berg made his feature directorial debut in 1998 with Very Bad Things, a black comedy starring Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, and Leland Orser. The film, which was shown at the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals, received mixed critical feedback. He created Wonderland, an edgy dramatic television series set in an asylum in 2000. Despite receiving rave reviews and gaining a cult following, the ABC show lost ratings and was quickly cancelled.

Berg produced The Rundown, an action comedy that was released in 2003. Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott, the film's lead actor, received mixed reviews from critics and disappointed at the box office, with only grossing 80 million of the reported 85 million dollars. Berg's third directorial effort, Friday Night Lights, a football film based on Buzz Bissinger's New York Times bestseller, began in 2004. Berg created and became executive producer of NBC's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning drama Friday Night Lights, which takes inspiration from the book and Berg's film of the same name but also includes an original storyline and new characters.

Lt. He appeared in Lions for Lambs (2007) as Lt. Colonel Falco. Berg reprised his 2007 release with The Kingdom, a Michael Mann-produced action-political drama set in Saudi Arabia starring Academy Award winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper, as well as Jennifer Garner, who appeared in a two-part episode of Alias where he played Garner's ex-boyfriend. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman appeared in Berg's film Hancock, one of the highest-grossing films of 2008.

Alec Baldwin was the director of a Hulu.com commercial, which won the Best Spot of Super Bowl XLIII's Both the New York Times and Time magazine rated the best spot of Super Bowl XLIII. Berg produced a two-hour pilot film for a Fox television series Virtuality in 2009. Despite the fact that the pilot was not picked up for a complete season, Best Buy's exclusive pilot was released on DVD exclusively. In 2009, Berg produced the ESPN documentary "Kings Ransom." In 2010, Berg produced the film The Losers.

Berg also produced Battleship (2012) and Lone Survivor (2013), a spinoff of Marcus Lutrell's book of the same name. Berg did "his most serious-minded work to date with Lone Survivor," according to Variety writer Justin Chang. Berg was initially scheduled to direct Hercules in 2014, but he was later replaced by Brett Ratner.

Berg created the opening animation sequence for ESPN's Monday Night Football in 2013. Darth Vader, Pac-Man, President Ronald Reagan, and other MNF games from 1970 to 2012. He produced the first two episodes of HBO's The Leftovers in 2014.

Deepwater Horizon, a film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion, was directed by Berg in 2016. J. C. Chandor, the film's director, had to leave the film due to creative differences, was replaced by Berg. He produced CBS Films' Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombing in the first year, and Mile 22 was released the following year. Mark Wahlberg appeared in all three films.

In 2017, Berg produced an exciting commercial for Hyundai that debuted right after the game and aired right after it. His Film 44 company was recently signed to a first look at Netflix, which culminated in the debut of his fifth film Spenser Confidential, the director's fifth collaboration with Wahlberg.

"Fooball fans were treated to another historic moment in 2019 with the launch of NFL's 'The 100-Year Game.' The two-minute commercial, which kicked off the NFL's 100th season, earned the No.. Ad Meter's 1st-time host, with the publication naming it as "a tour de force starring an assemblage of many of the greatest players of football history."

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Painkiller: Meet the cast of Richard Sackler's OxyContin series

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 11, 2023
Painkiller, Netflix's latest drama about the emergence of OxyContin in the United States in the 1990s, premiered on August 10. The story is a fictional retelling of Richard Sackler's Purdue Pharma company's rise during the country's opioid crisis, which continues to this day. Several lawsuits and fines have been filed in connection with Purdue Pharma's drug use, including paying $600 million in 2007 after pled guilty to misleading the public about OxyContin's danger of heroin use.