Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990).
Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990).
Peters is also known for his roles in the films Silver Dream Racer (1980), Endgame (2009), John Wick (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Harriet (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Peters was born Peter Clarke, the second of four sons, in New York City, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. At the age of 12, he had his first theater experience, in a school production of My Fair Lady. He began to have serious ambitions to work in the theater at the age of 14. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970.
In 1971, Peters' older brother enabled him to work as a costume designer for a production of the musical Hair in Paris, in which Peters later starred. In 1973, Peters moved to London and changed his name to Clarke Peters, because Equity already had a few namesake members. While in London, he formed a soul band, The Majestics, and worked as a backup singer on such hits as "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading, "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave, and some David Essex songs. However, music was not Peters' main ambition, and he preferred to work in the theater.
His first West End theatre musical roles, which he received with assistance from his friend Ned Sherrin, were I Gotta Shoe (1976) and Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977). Other West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, and Chess. Peters starred in the Sean Connery space Western Outland (1981) as the treacherous Sgt. Ballard, and he played an almost wordless role as Anderson, a vicious pimp in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa (1986).
Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO series The Wire. Peters also starred in the HBO mini-series The Corner, portraying a drug addict named Fat Curt, as well as the FX series Damages, as Dave Pell. Both The Wire and The Corner were created by writer and former The Baltimore Sun journalist David Simon. Peters also stars in Simon's HBO series Treme, in the role of Mardi Gras Indian chief Albert Lambreaux. Peters appeared in two episodes of the American time-travel/detective TV series Life on Mars (2008) as NYPD Captain Fletcher Bellow.
He also appeared in the British show Holby City, as Derek Newman, the father of nurse Donna Jackson. He voiced a part in the Doctor Who animated episode Dreamland, and in the In Plain Sight episode "Duplicate Bridge" as a man in Witness Protection named Norman Baker/Norman Danzer. In 2010, Peters read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for BBC 7. In that year, he also had a guest appearance as Professor Mark Ramsay in the pilot episode of the USA Network TV series Covert Affairs. From 2012 to 2013, Peters had a recurring role as Alonzo D. Quinn in the CBS TV series Person of Interest.
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Filmography (Movies)
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Character:Reverend Powell Sr.
Release Date:20/11/2024
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Character:John Houston
Release Date:20/12/2022
BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway
Character:Singer
Release Date:02/06/2022
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2021
The Royale
Character:Wynton
Release Date:22/04/2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2021
Come Away
Character:Mad Hatter
Release Date:12/11/2020
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
Character:Voice of Count Basie
Release Date:13/09/2020
Da 5 Bloods
Character:Otis
Release Date:12/06/2020
Bumps
Character:Charles
Release Date:21/02/2020
The Mandela Effect
Character:Dr. Fuchs
Release Date:06/12/2019
Christmas Under the Stars
Character:Clem Marshwell
Release Date:16/11/2019
Harriet
Character:Ben Ross
Release Date:01/11/2019
The Opera Game
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/02/2019
An Acceptable Loss
Character:Phillip Lamm
Release Date:18/01/2019
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Character:Abercrombie
Release Date:01/12/2017
Division 19
Character:Perelman
Release Date:24/02/2017
Rebirth in New Orleans
Character:Narrator
Release Date:21/09/2016
Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/02/2016
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
Character:Roy Orbison (Voice)
Release Date:29/12/2015
The Benefactor
Character:Dr. Romano
Release Date:23/12/2015
The Bad Education Movie
Character:Commander Andrews
Release Date:21/08/2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2015
Grace
Character:Father Michael
Release Date:28/10/2014
John Wick
Character:Harry
Release Date:22/10/2014
The Best of Me
Character:Morgan Dupree
Release Date:15/10/2014
Red Hook Summer
Character:Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse
Release Date:10/08/2012
Searching for Sonny
Character:The Narrator
Release Date:22/10/2011
Legacy
Character:Ola Adenuga
Release Date:15/10/2010
Locked In
Character:Frank
Release Date:17/09/2010
Nativity!
Character:Studio Boss
Release Date:27/11/2009
Turnipseed
Character:A.B. Turnipseed
Release Date:09/11/2009
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Character:Subject #31
Release Date:25/09/2009
Chess in Concert
Character:Walter de Courcy
Release Date:17/06/2009
Endgame
Character:Nelson Mandela
Release Date:18/01/2009
Marley & Me
Character:Editor
Release Date:25/12/2008
Gigantic
Character:Roger Stovall
Release Date:09/09/2008
The Poker House
Character:Maurice
Release Date:20/06/2008
Sympathetic Details
Character:Carson
Release Date:01/02/2008
The Wire: The Last Word
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2007
The Wire Odyssey
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2007
Tapping the Wire
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2007
Freedomland
Character:Reverend Longway
Release Date:17/02/2006
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Character:
Release Date:29/10/2003
Head of State
Character:Fundraiser Demo-Tape Man
Release Date:28/03/2003
K-PAX
Character:Homeless Veteran
Release Date:26/10/2001
Notting Hill
Character:'Helix' Lead Actor
Release Date:21/05/1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Character:Moe
Release Date:07/11/1998
Death Train
Character:Whitlock
Release Date:14/04/1993
The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
Character:Narrator
Release Date:29/11/1992
A Masculine Ending
Character:Theo Sykes
Release Date:12/04/1992
A Casualty of War
Character:Grover T. Fleming
Release Date:02/12/1989
Red King, White Knight
Character:Jones
Release Date:25/11/1989
Up Line
Character:Alex du Bois
Release Date:04/02/1987
Mona Lisa
Character:Anderson
Release Date:13/06/1986
Facelift
Character:Bob Jangles
Release Date:21/04/1984
King
Character:Stevie
Release Date:03/04/1984
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Character:Soldier
Release Date:29/11/1983
Outland
Character:Sgt. Ballard
Release Date:22/05/1981
Silver Dream Racer
Character:Cider Jones
Release Date:13/06/1980
Number on End
Character:Yankee Billy
Release Date:01/01/1980
The Music Machine
Character:Laurie
Release Date:01/05/1979
Television Appearances
Towards Zero
Character:Frederick Treves
Small Town, Big Story
Character:Chet Donald
Eric
Character:George
Testament: The Story of Moses
Character:God (voice)
Truelove
Character:Ken
Royal Crackers
Character:Deshaun (voice)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Character:Josiah Falls
La Fortuna
Character:Jonas Pierce
Foundation
Character:Abbas
The Irregulars
Character:Linen Man
His Dark Materials
Character:The Master
The Big Narstie Show
Character:Self
Bulletproof
Character:Ronald Pike Snr
The Blacklist: Redemption
Character:Richard Whitehall
Chance
Character:Carl
Chance
Character:Carl Allan
Jericho
Character:Ralph Coates
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Character:Det. Oscar Clemons
London Spy
Character:The American
Show Me a Hero
Character:Robert Mayhawk
Partners in Crime
Character:Julius Hersheimmer
Forever
Character:Jerry Charters
The Divide
Character:Isaiah Page
True Detective
Character:Minister
Death in Paradise
Character:Marlon Croft
Person of Interest
Character:Alonzo Quinn
Blue Bloods
Character:Nathan Anderson
Treme
Character:Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux
Doctor Who: Dreamland
Character:Night Eagle (voice)
Archer
Character:Popeye (voice)
Life on Mars
Character:Captain Bellow
In Plain Sight
Character:Norman Baker / Norman Danzer
Damages
Character:Dave Pell
Meadowlands
Character:Professor Campbell
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character:Rex da Silva
The Wire
Character:Lester Freamon
Waking the Dead
Character:Howard Boorstin
The Corner
Character:Fat Curt
Oz
Character:Afsana
Jonathan Creek
Character:Hewie Harper
Midsomer Murders
Character:Frank Wainwright
Chandler & Co
Character:Jasper
Between the Lines
Character:
Murder Most Horrid
Character:American
American Masters
Character:Self - Narrator
The Professionals
Character:President Ojuka
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