Peter Dobson

ACTOR, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR

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Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Peter Dobson's illustrious acting career began at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and the Lee Strasberg institute in New York City. Dobson went on to join the summer stock Royal Shakespeare Company in Monterey CA, and found his way to Los Angeles to began studying with acting coach Sandra Seacat. Within three years of landing in Los Angeles at the age of 21, Dobson landed his first starring role - after being chosen from a nation wide search - in the Tri-Star Pictures musical, "Sing", from the producers of "Fame" and "Footloose". This was followed by the critically acclaimed adaptation of Hubert Selby's "Last Exit To Brooklyn", and Neil Simon's "The Marrying Man". Director Robert Zemeckis cast Dobson in the title role of the short lived but highly acclaimed comedy TV series CBS's "Johnny Bago", which led to starring roles in numerous TV series and TV movies, including Michael Mann's "Miami Vice". A fan of Dobson's work, Mann then cast Dobson in the original version of "HEAT" in the highly acclaimed "LA Takedown". Other notable series include CBS's "Lenny", FOX's "Party of Five", HBO's "Tales From The Crypt" and "Norma Jean and Marilyn". He portrayed young Elvis Presley in Academy Award winning "Forrest Gump". Following that were Peter Jackson's cult classic "The Frighteners" and "Drowning Mona". With his growing popularity, Dobson was then offered the title role in the USA Network series "Cover Me: The True Life of an FBI Family". Following the series-run of "Cover Me", Dobson moved behind the camera. He wrote and produced the hilarious Sundance Film Festival favorite, his first film, "Choose Life" (A story about two hit men obsessed with the 80's pop group Wham!) He then went write and direct his second short film "White Mule" & proved he is a force behind the camera as well and was selected in numerous festivals across the country with multiple wins including best director and best short film at the Atlantic City Film Festival. This has led to his upcoming Feature Film in development "Asbury Park" & attaching Oscar nominated cinematographer Dean Cundey. Dobson also exec produced and co starred in the feature film "Hotel of the Damned" and recently produced and co-starred in the feature film "Dirty Dead Con Men". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Peter Dobson’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Peter Dobson on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1989 to 2018. See the full graphs of the number of Peter Dobson movies released per year from 1996 till 2018.

Top Genres

Peter Dobson works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 37% of Peter Dobson movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Peter Dobson worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Peter Dobson has worked on is 5.8.

5.8 / 10

Peter Dobson's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Comedy,Fantasy,Horror
The Frighteners (1996)

After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

7.1/10110 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

A teen film about an Italian punk forced to work with an innocent Jewish girl.

6.7/1098 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Optimistic Jasper Cates and gloomy Callie Morgan initially clash but grow closer while waiting desperately for life saving transplant organs in a specialized university hospital ward. ...

5.5/1085 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures.

5.1/1084 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime,Drama
The Big Squeeze (1996)

Benny, a lonely drifter, is thrown off a train after cheating at cards, and into the life of Tanya, a lovely bartender. Tanya has been supporting her husband, a former ballplayer, since his...

5/1098 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Dirty Dead Con Men (2018)

In a city full of criminals, what difference do two more make?

4.9/1085 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Drama,Thriller
Bad Frank (2017)

Frank Pierce leads a seemingly normal life, but when a disturbing past reemerges & something precious is taken from him, his mask of sanity loosens & unearths the urge to be violent once again.

4.9/10103 min

Available in 18 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama
Zigs (2001)

Four young compulsive gamblers come up with a radical plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

4.8/1093 min

Available in 5 platform(s).