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Peter Paige
Peter Paige, 21 June 2008.
Born	Peter Michael Paige June 20, 1969 (1969-06-20) (age 40) West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Peter Paige (born June 20, 1969 in West Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor, director, screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle.

Biography

Paige graduated summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Best known for his role as Emmett Honeycutt on Showtime's hit series Queer as Folk, Paige's other television credits include Will & Grace, Time of Your Life, Girlfriends, Caroline in the City, American Dad, Related, Grey's Anatomy and Without a Trace. His very first audition in Los Angeles earned him a guest-starring role on Suddenly Susan.

Paige spent summer 2004 starring in his feature directorial debut, Say Uncle, alongside Kathy Najimy, Anthony Clark, Melanie Lynskey, Lisa Edelstein and Gabrielle Union. Other film credits include Don McKellar's Childstar with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dave Foley, Showtime's Our America (which debuted at Sundance in 2002), indie Pop and the award-winning shorts The Four of Us and The Shooting.

Also an accomplished stage actor, Paige has appeared at major regional theatres throughout the country, most notably in world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and Playwrights Horizons. He has performed nearly every genre of play, from the Greeks to Shakespeare to contemporary American work. Plays on his resume include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Rivals, Secret Agents, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Pantophobia, his two-man show written and performed with Abraham Higginbotham.

Work

Film credits

• Leaving Barstow --- Director Peter Paige
• Ping Pong Playa --- Director Jessica Yu
• Say Uncle --- Producer/Director/Writer Peter Paige
• Childstar --- Director Don McKellar
• Our America time --- Director Ernest Dickerson
• Joyriders --- Director Brad Battersby
• Pop --- Director Brian Johnson
• The Shooting --- Director Kaile Shilling
• The Pitch --- Director Randy Balis
• Endocrine Secrets --- Director Rob Spruill/Richard Mo
• On A Mission --- Director Scott Barnard

Television credits

• Related - Recurring
• Queer as Folk - Series Star
• Girlfriends - Guest Star
• Will & Grace - Guest Star (on episode "Whose Mom Is It Anyway?")
• Movie Stars - Guest Star
• Veronica's Closet - Guest Star
• Time of Your Life - Guest Star
• MTV's Undressed - Guest Star
• Caroline in the City - Guest Star
• Suddenly Susan - Guest Star
• Nowhere Man - Guest Star
• American Dad - Various Voices
• Grey's Anatomy - Guest Star
• Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World - Series Star
• Without A Trace - Guest Star

Stage-Off Broadway (partial credits)

• High Concepts (with Robert Sean Leonard) --- Malaparte --- John Ruocco
• Somebody --- Playwrights Horizon --- Yana Landowne
• Eastern Standard --- Equator --- Easley
• Landscape Of The Body --- Judith Anderson --- Lisa Goldsmith
• Tartuffe --- Biggs/Rosatti --- Alison Laslett

Stage-Regional

• The History Boys --- The Ahmanson Theatre --- Tom Irwin
• Eden Lane (World Premiere) --- La Jolla Playhouse --- Des McAnuff
• A Midsummer Night's Dream --- Portland Center Stage --- Elizabeth Huddle
• Pantophobia --- HBO Workspace --- Luke Yankee
• Twisted --- The Lex --- Jesse Carmichael
• The Rivals --- Portland Center Stage --- Elizabeth Huddle
• Blue Window --- Edinburgh Theatre Festival --- Richard Seer/Eve Muson
• Secret Agents (Premiere) --- Artemis Productions --- Beth Harper
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown --- Charles Playhouse --- John Ruocco
• Twelfth Night --- Huntington Theatre --- Robert Morgan

External links

• Peter Paige at the Internet Movie Database
• Showtime's Queer as Folk
• PeterPaige.net