Donald Petrie

Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director and actor.

For the New Zealand botanist, see Donald Petrie (botanist).

Donald Petrie
Petrie in 2012
Born	Donald Mark Petrie (1954-04-02) April 2, 1954 (age 71) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1976–present

Life and career

Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute.^[1]

Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.

Filmography

Film

• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• Opportunity Knocks (1990)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• The Favor (1994)
• Richie Rich (1994)
• The Associate (1996)
• My Favorite Martian (1999)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Just My Luck (2006) (also producer)
• My Life in Ruins (2009)
• Atlantic Gold (2013)
• Little Italy (2018)
• The Last Resort (2026)

TV movies

• Why on Earth? (1988)
• Turner & Hooch (1990)
• Country Estates (1993)

TV series

Year	Title	Episode(s)
1985	MacGyver	"Trumbo's World"
	Amazing Stories	"Mr. Magic"
1985-1988	The Equalizer	"Desperately"
		"Dead Drop"
		"Shades of Darkness"
		"Tip on a Sure Thing"
		"Riding the Elephant"
1986	CBS Schoolbreak Special	"Have You Tried Talking to Patty?"
	Downtown	"Pilot"
1986-1987	L.A. Law	"The Venus Butterfly"
		"The Douglas Fur Ball"
1987	Private Eye	"Nicky the Rose"
	The Oldest Rookie	"At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand"
		"Blue Flu"
		"Expert Witness"
1992	The Heights	"Talk to an Angel"
		"On the Nickel"
	Picket Fences	"Remembering Rosemary"
1995	Chicago Hope	"Rise from the Dead"
1997	Players	"Con Job"
1999	Snoops	"Blood Lines"
2000	Opposite Sex	"Pilot"
2015	Chicago Med	"Mistaken"
		"Reunion"
		"Hearts"
		"On Shaky Ground"
		"What You Don't Know"
2017	Chicago Justice	"Fake"
		"Double Helix"
		"Lily's Law"
2018	The Kominsky Method	"Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges"
		"Chapter 7. A String Is Attached"
2019	Chicago P.D.	"Good Men"