Peter Scolari
Birthday: 12 September 1955, New Rochelle, New York, USA
Birth Name: Peter Scolari
Height: 170 cm
Peter Scolari was born on September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Newhart (1982), The Polar Express (2004) and That Thing You Do! (1996). He has been ...Show More
[Of Bob Newhart]: Bob, this is a male story. It's like that male bonding kind of story, we play golf Show more
[Of Bob Newhart]: Bob, this is a male story. It's like that male bonding kind of story, we play golf together, many, too many times, a terrible, terrible game. And he went to hit the three went off the muddy fairway, and beautiful golfer, beautiful swing, just electrifying thing in this rainstorm, and looked out for it, and didn't see him, he didn't see it anywhere because he had driven the ball directly into the button, hadn't left his. It's the point of disembarkation. Hide
If Tom Hanks were willing to do it with me. I mean, I couldn't do it with anybody else!
If Tom Hanks were willing to do it with me. I mean, I couldn't do it with anybody else!
[When asked if there was any dirt about Bob Newhart, who played Dick Loudin]: No, there was no dirt Show more
[When asked if there was any dirt about Bob Newhart, who played Dick Loudin]: No, there was no dirt on Bob Newhart, let's be very clear on that point. There's no dirt, he said, 'What?,' he said, 'What he did, what?' No, but there some things. Hide
[About Bob Newhart wanting him for a co-starring role Newhart (1982)]: So, Barry Kemp [I think] intr Show more
[About Bob Newhart wanting him for a co-starring role Newhart (1982)]: So, Barry Kemp [I think] introduces me, and we have an actor who's in 'Bosom Buddies,' and Bob leans in, so that everyone can hear in a mock whisper, stage whisper, and he says, 'I told you to get the other guy!' Hide
[As to how many Emmies both he and Bob Newhart had lost on Newhart (1982), before the two had finall Show more
[As to how many Emmies both he and Bob Newhart had lost on Newhart (1982), before the two had finally won, decades later]: I don't know the exact #, but I think we lost, 20 Emmies over the years and Bob won, in this category [Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series], a couple years ago and you probably know, he told me earlier tonight, 'You can win one; if you're up to it.' He said, 'I've got one at home.' It was great to be in this category. It was some calming effect because somebody at it had been so meaningful in my life, such a mentor to me. If he were to win another one, tonight, I would've been fine with that. Hide
Unquestionably. I know no actors of my generation who haven't experienced it. We're coming up agains Show more
Unquestionably. I know no actors of my generation who haven't experienced it. We're coming up against our own resident pride and the frailty of ego. And sure, maybe that has something to do with why Kenny Solms and our director, Dan Kutner, sought me out to do this role. I think to some extent they just wanted me to bring life to the role, if not my life experience, but I have both. About a year after Bosom Buddies, I was suddenly a regular on Newhart, and I was there almost seven years. And then, somewhere in the mid-1990s, I ended up doing a TV series version of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I thought at that time: 'Wow, what's going on here, this isn't a prime-time series, I'm not going to get Emmy-nominated for a show that airs at 5 in the afternoon.' It's all the hobgoblin of your mind telling you that you should have more, or that you'll never have what you had before. If I've gotten nowhere else, at least I've gotten over that hump of believing in my own hype. Now I believe in the importance of where it is that I'm sitting in my career. Hide
[Who worked with other comedy mates all the while received training]: People I work with there saw a Show more
[Who worked with other comedy mates all the while received training]: People I work with there saw a comedian in me. I'm still most at home with them. Hide
Peter Scolari's FILMOGRAPHY
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Peter Scolari'S roles
Donald Himmel
Comissioner Gillian B. Loeb
Tad Horvath
Troy Chesterfield
Antares C.E.O. Jake Kimball
Billy - Lonely Boy
Commissioner Loeb
