Peter Hermann Biography

Summary

"Peter Hermann" (born 15 August 1967) is an American actor and writer.

Biography

Early Life

Hermann was born in New York City to German parents and lived in Germany until the age of ten. He then moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, where he attended Brunswick School in through secondary school, being active in student drama productions. He then went on to Yale University, graduating in 1990. After graduating, Hermann joined the two-year service organization Teach For America in 1990.

Career

Hermann had a brief stint on the soap opera "Guiding Light" and the ABC Family show "Beautiful People" and has appeared in commercials (such as the anti-tobacco 'Fair Enough' ads). He also appeared as Jeremy Glick in the 2006 feature film "United 93", whose subject was United Airlines flight 93, the only hijacked plane that didn't reach its target during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Peter Hermann began playing the recurring character Trevor Langan, a defense attorney, on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in 2002 and continues to guest star.

Currently, Hermann is in the Broadway premiere of Eric Bogosian's "Talk Radio", starring Liev Schreiber (and featuring fellow "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" alum Stephanie March). It began performances on February 15th, 2007 in preparation for a March 11th opening.

Personal Life

While guest starring on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hermann met actress, Mariska Hargitay. The two were married on August 28, 2004, and their son, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, was born on June 28, 2006.

External links

(Official "Talk Radio" on Broadway website)

Credit

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article about Peter Hermann.