Peter Berg
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Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He is highly regarded for developing the television series Friday Night Lights, based on the film of the same name which he also directed. In his more recent career he has worked to bring to the big screen true stories of ordinary Americans placed into extraordinary situations (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day). As an actor he is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on the 1990s-era CBS medical drama Chicago Hope.
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Mile 22 (2018)
As: Lucas
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: John Malkovich | Mark Wahlberg | Lauren Cohan | Iko Uwais | Ronda Jean Rousey
Patriots Day (2016)
As: Guy Opening MIT Door
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Michelle Monaghan | Kevin Bacon | Mark Wahlberg | John Goodman
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
As: Mr. Skip
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Kurt Russell | Gina Rodriguez | John Malkovich | Mark Wahlberg | Dylan O'Brien
Battleship (2012)
As: JPJ 2nd Gunner
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While ...
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Alexander Skarsgård | Taylor Kitsch | Tadanobu Asano | Rihanna | Brooklyn Decker
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
As: Himself
A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Stars: Peter Berg | Brett Ratner | Morgan Spurlock | Paul Brennan | Ralph Nader
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story (2011)
As: Himself
The compelling, heart-wrenching story of high school football star Chris Carnales, whose life changed when he became paralyzed after breaking his neck in a football game. Chris soon learned of others who suffered similar injuries and, with the help of his father, overcame tremendous pain to start an organization with one goal in mind: get immediate help to other victims and their families. He called it ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Stars: Taylor Kitsch | Al Michaels | Eddie Canales | Chris Canales | Cody Williams
Hancock (2008)
As: Doctor
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Eddie Marsan | Jason Bateman | Charlize Theron | Will Smith | Jae Head
Lions for Lambs (2007)
As: Wirey Pink
Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Redford
Stars: Andrew Garfield | Robert Redford | Tom Cruise | Michael Peña | Meryl Streep
The Kingdom (2007)
As: FBI Agent
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Chris Cooper | Jason Bateman | Jamie Foxx | Jennifer Garner | Ali Suliman
Smokin' Aces (2006)
As: "Pistol" Pete Deeks
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Stars: Ray Liotta | Ryan Reynolds | Joseph Ruskin | Wayne Newton | Alex Rocco
Collateral (2004)
As: Richard Weidner
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith | Mark Ruffalo | Jamie Foxx | Peter Berg | Tom Cruise
Corky Romano (2001)
As: Paulie Romano
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Rob Pritts
Stars: Peter Falk | Peter Berg | Chris Penn | Vinessa Shaw | Chris Kattan
Very Bad Things (1998)
As: Man at Funeral
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Leland Orser | Cameron Diaz | Jon Favreau | Jeremy Piven | Christian Slater
Cop Land (1997)
As: Joey Randone
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: James Mangold
Stars: Robert De Niro | Ray Liotta | Sylvester Stallone | Harvey Keitel | Michael Rapaport
The Great White Hype (1996)
As: Terry Conklin
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Samuel L. Jackson | Peter Berg | Jon Lovitz | Damon Wayans
Girl 6 (1996)
As: Caller #1 - Bob
Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Ron Silver make cameo appearances as ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Stars: Theresa Randle | Spike Lee | Jenifer Lewis | Isaiah Washington | Debi Mazar
Across the Moon (1995)
As: Lyle
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Lisa Gottlieb
Stars: Michael Mundra | Christina Applegate | Elizabeth Peña | Peter Berg | Tony Fields
Heavyweights (1995)
As: Chef (Uncredited)
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Steven Brill
Stars: Ben Stiller | Kenan Thompson | Anne Meara | Jerry Stiller | Aaron Schwartz
The Last Seduction (1994)
As: Mike Swale
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: John Dahl
Stars: Bill Pullman | Peter Berg | Bill Nunn | Linda Fiorentino | J.T. Walsh
F.T.W. (1994)
As: Clem Stuart
A man and a woman running from their pasts are trapped on a collision course with the future. Frank T. Wells, a newly-released ex-con looking for a few acres of freedom on the rodeo circuit. Scarlett Stuart, a wild beautiful woman on the run from a bank robbery gone desperately wrong. Together they will explore their own personal vision of the American Dream.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Michael Karbelnikoff
Stars: Mickey Rourke | Aaron Neville | Peter Berg | Lori Singer | Rodney A. Grant
A Case for Murder (1993)
As: Jack Hemmet
Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Duncan Gibbins
Stars: Peter Berg | Eugene Roche | Belinda Bauer | Samantha Eggar | Jennifer Grey
Fire in the Sky (1993)
As: David Whitlock
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is treated as murder.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Rob Lieberman
Stars: Robert Patrick | Peter Berg | Henry Thomas | Craig Sheffer | D. B. Sweeney
Aspen Extreme (1993)
As: Dexter
T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the school during the season, he has to take care for Dexter, who's future is less bright and who's eventually thinking about jobbing as drug courier - bringing their friendship to a test. Meanwhile the rich business woman Brice supports T.J. in his writing ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Patrick Hasburgh
Stars: Finola Hughes | Teri Polo | William Russ | Peter Berg | Paul Gross
A Midnight Clear (1992)
As: Bud Miller
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Stars: Gary Sinise | Ethan Hawke | Peter Berg | Kevin Dillon | Arye Gross
Late for Dinner (1991)
As: Frank Lovegren
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on)
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: W.D. Richter
Stars: Peter Gallagher | Brian Wimmer | Peter Berg | Marcia Gay Harden | Cassy Friel
Crooked Hearts (1991)
As: Tom
The father of a family has a an affair. This affects every member of the family.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Michael Bortman
Stars: Noah Wyle | Juliette Lewis | Vincent D'Onofrio | Peter Berg | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Genuine Risk (1990)
As: Henry
An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Kurt Voss
Stars: Terence Stamp | Peter Berg | Michelle Johnson | Michael Harris | Teddy Wilson
Race for Glory (1989)
As: Chris
A member of an up and coming motorcycle racing team abandons his teamates to join a rival team. He ends up playing second fiddle to the champion of the new team. Not satisfied, and against the wishes of his new boss, he tries to beat the champion but fails. He leaves racing, eventually to return and reunite with his old friends in an attempt to win the Grand
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Rocky Lang
Stars: Peter Berg | Ray Wise | Alex McArthur
Shocker (1989)
As: Jonathan Parker
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Wes Craven
Stars: Mitch Pileggi | Michael Murphy | Peter Berg | Sam Scarber | Camille Cooper
Heart Of Dixie (1989)
As: Jenks
Set at a Southern college during the 1950s, three co-eds (Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen and Phoebe Cates) re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Stars: Treat Williams | Ally Sheedy | Virginia Madsen | Phoebe Cates | Don Michael Paul
Going Overboard (1989)
As: Mort Ginsberg
A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Valerie Breiman
Stars: Adam Sandler | Adam Rifkin | Tom Hodges | Lisa Collins | Scott LaRose
A Tale of Two Sisters (1989)
As: Gardener
Two sisters reunite after not having seen each other for five years. While catching up on each others' lives, they relive childhood experiences, both good and bad.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Stars: Jeff Conaway | Peter Berg | Claudia Christian | Valerie Breiman | Brian Belknap
Never on Tuesday (1989)
As: Eddie
Matt and Eddie are two young men from the mid-west travelling to California to see the sights - primarily semi-clad women on beaches. They hop into their car and head off through the desert...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Stars: Peter Berg | Claudia Christian | Andrew Lauer | Mark Garbarino | Melvyn Pearls
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988)
As: Bobby
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Roy Campanella II
Stars: Michael Nouri | Peter Berg | James Handy | Bess Meyer | Pam Dawber