Peter Berg

Director and producer. Born 11 March 1964 in New York City, New York, USA.

Titles on Fi1m3 acting · 5 directing · 2 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 5 titles

Emmy nominations

Born

11 March 1964, New York City, New York, USA

Active

1994–present

Frequently works with

Brian Grazer, Mark L. Smith, Nan Bernstein Freed, Taylor Kitsch

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Biography

Peter Berg is an American director, producer, writer and actor. Born in New York City on 11 March 1964, he graduated from Macalester College and began his career as an actor, appearing in films such as The Last Seduction (1994) and playing Dr Billy Kronk in the CBS series Chicago Hope (1995–99).

Berg made his feature directorial debut with Very Bad Things (1998). He has since directed The Rundown (2003), Friday Night Lights (2004), The Kingdom (2007), Hancock (2008), Battleship (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Patriots Day (2016), Mile 22 (2018) and Spenser Confidential (2020). He created the series Wonderland (2000) and developed the NBC series Friday Night Lights (2006–11), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He appeared as himself in the 2025 Apple TV+ series The Studio.