Peter Gallagher

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Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19 1955) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor. <p>Gallagher was born in New York City and raised in Armonk, New York. Gallagher graduated from Tufts University, where he was very visible in the performance scene on campus, appearing in such shows as Sondheim's "Company" and singing with the all-male a cappella group the Beelzebubs. <p>Gallagher specializes in character parts which are, to varying degrees, either good or bad guys. He played a potential career threat to Tim Robbins studio executive in The Player as a possible replacement; the comatose "fiancé" of Sandra Bullock in While You Were Sleeping; an egotistical real estate salesman having an affair with Annette Bening in American Beauty; a villainous media executive in Mr. Deeds; and a political reporter exposing media ethics during a presidential debate in The Last Debate. <p>Gallagher appeared on Broadway with Glenn Close in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, but first achieved fame for his...