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{{short description|American actor (born 1947)}}
{{Other people}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Strauss
| image = Peter Strauss (cropped).JPG
| caption = Strauss in 1976
| birth_name = Peter Lawrence Strauss
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = {{Nowrap|[[Croton-on-Hudson, New York]], U.S.}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor, producer
| other_names =
| years_active = 1969–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Beverly Baker Paulding|1973|1979|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Nicole Fons|1983|1994|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Rachel Ticotin]]|1998}}
}}
| children = 2
| website =
}}

'''Peter Lawrence Strauss'''<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/22/archives/jane-friedman-bride-of-a-d-p-l-strauss-weds-beverly-b-paulding.html| title=Jane Friedman Bride of A. D. - P. L. Strauss Weds Beverly B. Paulding Roscann Pate Bride Mrs. Pat Jacob Is Wed Richard A. Steinberg| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=January 22, 1973| access-date=March 21, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref> (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television [[miniseries]] in the 1970s and 1980s. He is an [[Emmy]] winner and five-time [[Golden Globe Awards]] nominee.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/peter-strauss| title=Peter Strauss| website=The Golden Globes}}</ref>

==Early life==
Strauss was born in [[Croton-on-Hudson, New York]], the son of Warren B. Strauss, a German-born wine importer.<ref name=nyt1/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-20-vl-1125-story.html| title=MUSIC: The Peter in 'Peter and the Wolf' |date=September 20, 1990 |first=Aurora Mackey |last=Armstrong |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> His family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite news| first=David| last=Kelly| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98617682/the-los-angeles-times/| title=The Life of a Cowboy Is Knowing the Ropes| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=March 28, 2016 |pages=B1,11| date=May 29, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=14QgAAAAIBAJ&pg=3005,586612&dq=strauss-tackles-mountainous&hl=en| title=Strauss Tackles Mountainous Masada| newspaper=The Nevada Daily Mail| date=April 7, 1981| access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> Strauss graduated from the [[Hackley School]] in 1965 and [[Northwestern University]] in 1969.

==Career==
He won an [[Emmy Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Strauss - Awards and Nominations |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/peter-strauss |website=Television Academy |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie ''[[The Jericho Mile]]'', and he starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film ''[[Angel on My Shoulder (film)|Angel on My Shoulder]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angel on My Shoulder (1980) |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/415111/Angel-On-My-Shoulder/full-credits.html |website=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=WarnerMedia|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> In 1985, he played Abel Roznovski in the miniseries ''[[Kane and Abel (novel)|Kane & Abel]]'' based on [[Jeffrey Archer]]'s book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kane & Abel (1985) |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/415111/Angel-On-My-Shoulder/full-credits.html |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> His other noted television miniseries credits include starring roles in ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'', its sequel ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man Book II]]'', and ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]''. Strauss played [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]] in the 1977 TV movie ''[[Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy]]''. In 1973, he portrayed Stephen Linder, Mary Richards' suave younger boyfriend in ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' fourth-season episode, "Angels in the Snow."

Strauss starred in the films ''[[Soldier Blue]]'' (1970) and ''[[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]'' (1983), and has appeared in several others. He portrayed Justin, the Rats of NIMH's [[captain of the guard]], in 1982's ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''. Strauss starred as an abused husband in the television movie ''[[Men Don't Tell]]'', alongside [[Judith Light]]. In 2005, he played the U.S. President in the thriller ''[[XXX: State of the Union]]'' alongside [[Ice Cube]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Scott Speedman]] and [[Willem Dafoe]]. He was the voice of [[Moses]] in the animated series ''K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments''. He starred in the short-lived series ''Body & Soul'' as Dr. Isaac Braun in 2002. He provided the voice for Stoker Van Rotten in both the 1990s and 2006 versions of ''[[Biker Mice from Mars]]''.

==Personal life==
Strauss married [[Rachel Ticotin]] on December 31, 1998. Strauss runs a successful citrus production business<ref>{{cite news |last1=Michaelson |first1=Judith |title=Strauss Is Ready for Phase 2 of His Career |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-24-ca-39406-story.html |access-date=10 February 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 24, 1996| url-access=subscription}}</ref> and is on the advisory board of the [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]]. He sold a ranch property to the [[Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heeger |first1=Susan |title=Back at the Ranch |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-29-tm-48918-story.html |access-date=February 10, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 29, 1996| url-access=subscription}}</ref> The ranch has since been acquired by the [[National Park Service]] as the [[Peter Strauss Ranch]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Peter Strauss Ranch Joins U.S. Park Chain| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-06-me-1119-story.html| first=Doug| last=Smith| date=July 6, 1987| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Genres
!Role
!Episode
|-
|1969
|''[[Hail, Hero!]]''
|Feature film
|Frank Dixon
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1970
|''[[The Young Lawyers]]''
|Television series
|Stuart
|"The Two Dollar Thing"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1970
|''[[Soldier Blue]]''
|Feature film
|Honus Gent
|
|-
|1971–1975
|''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
|Television series
|Lloyd Halloran / Tom Desmond
|2 episodes
|-
|1971
|''Sergeant Klems''
|Feature film
|Sergeant Otto Josef Klems
|
|-
|1972–1975
|''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
|Television series
|Bobby Jepsen / Lou Kovic Jr. / Martin Novack
|3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |1972
|''The Trial of the Catonsville Nine''
|Feature film
|Thomas Lewis
|"Angels in the Snow"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1972
|''[[Young Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Young Dr. Kildare]]''
|Television series
|Reverend Teller
|"By This Sign"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1973
|''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
|Television series
|Stephen
|"Angels in the Snow"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1973
|''[[The Man Without a Country (1973 film)|The Man Without a Country]]''
|Television film
|Arthur Danforth
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1974
|''[[Barnaby Jones]]''
|Television series
|Clay Wakefield
|"The Last Contract"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1974
|''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''
|Television series
|Dave Nordorff / Reverend Will
|Two episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |1974
|''Judgement: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya – General Yamashita''
|Television film
|Lawyer
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1974
|''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''
|Television series
|Tom Morgan
|"Death with Father"
|-
|1975
|''[[Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan]]''
|Television film
|Ben Jacobs
|
|-
|1976–1977
|''[[Rich Man, Poor Man Book II]]''
|Television miniseries
|Rudy Jordache
|26 episodes
Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |1976
|''[[The Last Tycoon (1976 film)|The Last Tycoon]]''
|Feature film
|Wylie
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1976
|''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''
|Television miniseries
|Rudy Jordache
|13 episodes
Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]]
|-
|1977
|''[[Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy]]''
|Television film
|[[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]]
|
|-
|1979
|''[[The Jericho Mile]]''
|Television film
|Larry 'Rain' Murphy
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]]
|-
|1980
|''Angel on My Shoulder''
|Television film
|Eddie Kagel
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1981
|''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]''
|Television miniseries
|[[Sicarii|Eleazar Ben Yair]]
|4 episodes
Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |1981
|''A Whale for the Killing''
|Television film
|Charles Landon
|
|-
|1982
|''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''
|Animated film
|Justin (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1983
|''Heart of Steel''
|Television film
|Emory
|Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |1983
|''[[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]''
|Feature film
|Wolff
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1985
|''[[Kane and Abel (novel)|Kane & Abel]]''
|Television miniseries
|Abel Rosnovski
|Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |1985
|''[[Tender Is the Night#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations|Tender Is the Night]]''
|Television miniseries
|Dick Diver
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1986
|''[[Penalty Phase]]''
|Television film
|Judge Kenneth Hoffman
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1986
|''Under Siege''
|Television film
|John Garry
|
|-
|1987
|''Proud Men''
|Television film
|Charley MacLeod, Jr.
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1989
|''[[Peter Gunn (1989 film)|Peter Gunn]]''
|Television film
|Peter Gunn
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1989
|''[[Brotherhood of the Rose (miniseries)|Brotherhood of the Rose]]''
|Television miniseries
|Saul Grisman
|
|-
|1990
|''83 Hours 'Til Dawn''
|Television film
|Wayne Stracton
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Flight of Black Angel]]''
|Television film
|Col. Matt Ryan, Callsign Ringleader
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1992
|''Trial: The Price of Passion''
|Television film
|Warren Blackburn
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1992
|''Fugitive Among Us''
|Television film
|Max Cole
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Men Don't Tell]]''
|Television film
|Ed MacAffrey
|Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |1994
|''Reunion''
|Television film
|Sam Yates
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1994
|''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
|Television series
|Dr. Steven Carlyle (voice)
|"House and Garden"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1994
|''[[The Yearling (1994 film)|The Yearling]]''
|Television film
|Ezra 'Penny' Baxter
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1994
|''[[Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story]]''
|Television film
|Larry McLinden
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1995
|''[[Nick of Time (film)|Nick of Time]]''
|Feature film
|Brendan Grant
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1995
|''Texas Justice''
|Television film
|[[T. Cullen Davis]]
|
|-
|1996–1997
|''[[Moloney (TV series)|Moloney]]''
|Television series
|Dr. Nicholas Moloney / Nick Moloney
|26 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]''
|Television series
|Lab Guard (voice)
|"Nemesis"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[Keys to Tulsa]]''
|Feature film
|Chip Carlson
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
|Television series
|Walter Langkowski (voice)
|"Man to Man, Beast to Beast"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]''
|Television series
|King Dionysius (voice)
|"Friendship"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[Duckman]]''
|Television series
|Narrator (voice)
|"Pig Amok"
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[In the Lake of the Woods]]''
|Television film
|John Waylan
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1996
|''[[Biker Mice from Mars]]''
|Television series
|Stoker (voice)
|2 episodes
|-
|1998
|''My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story''
|Television film
|[[Sam Sheppard]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1999
|''[[Joan of Arc (miniseries)|Joan of Arc]]''
|[[Miniseries|Television miniseries]]
|[[La Hire]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1999
|''[[Seasons of Love (film)|Seasons of Love]]''
|Television miniseries
|Thomas Linthorne
|
|-
|2000
|''[[A Father's Choice]]''
|Television film
|Charlie 'Mac' McClain
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2001
|''Strange Frequency''
|Television series
|Ben Stanton
|"Don't Stop Believing"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2001
|''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''
|Television film
|Mr. Samuel Ratchett
|
|-
|2002
|''Body & Soul''
|Television series
|Dr. Isaac Braun
|14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Strange Frequency 2''
|Television film
|Ben Stanton
|"Don't Stop Believin"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''111 Gramercy Park''
|Television film
|Turk Karnegian
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Kids' Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth''
|[[Short film|Video short]]
|[[Moses]] (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Kids' Ten Commandments: The Rest Is Yet to Come''
|Video short
|Moses (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf''
|Video short
|Moses (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Kids' Ten Commandments: A Life and Seth Situation''
|Video short
|Moses (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|''Kids' Ten Commandments: Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts''
|Video short
|Moses (voice)
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|Television series
|Dr. Paul Cedars
|"Coming Down Hard"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2005
|''[[Killer Instinct (TV series)|Killer Instinct]]''
|Television series
|Robert Hale
|"Who's Your Daddy"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2005
|''[[XXX: State of the Union]]''
|Feature film
|President James Sanford
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2006
|''[[Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series)|Biker Mice from Mars]]''
|Television series
|Stoker / Night Shift / High Commander (voice)
|5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |2006
|''The Way''
|Television film
|Hutch
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2007
|''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]''
|Television series
|Dutch George
|"The Watch"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2007
|''[[License to Wed]]''
|Feature film
|Mr. Jones
|
|-
|2008–2010
|''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]''
|Television series
|Narrator
|13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1" |2010
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|[[Television show|Television series]]
|Kevin Burton
|"Locum"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2010
|''[[Royal Pains]]''
|Television series
|Graham Barnes
|"Comfort's Overrated"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2010
|''Jack's Family Adventure''
|Television film
|Wild Bill Cohen
|
|-
|2014
|''Sugar Daddies''
|[[Television film]]
|Grant Zager
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Drawing Home]]''
|Feature film
|Russell Robb Sr.
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Operation Finale]]''
|[[Feature film]]
|Lotar Hermann
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
|[[Television show|Television series]]
|Daniel Schwartz
|"The Last Supper"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Demetria Fulton; preview of Peter Strauss in ''[[Barnaby Jones]]''; episode “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974).

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{IMDb name|5471}}

{{EmmyAward MiniseriesLeadActor 1976-2000}}
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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American people of German-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:American male voice actors]]
[[Category:Jewish American male actors]]
[[Category:Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Male actors from New York (state)]]
[[Category:People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York]]
[[Category:Northwestern University School of Communication alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century American male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]

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