Peter Appel (actor)

Peter Appel (born October 19, 1959)^[2][3] is an American actor of stage, film, and television. He is known for Bad Education (2019), Luck (2011) and Léon: The Professional (1994).

Peter Appel
Born	(1959-10-19) October 19, 1959 (age 65) New York City, U.S.
Education	Brandeis University, M.F.A.[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Organization(s)	Screen Actors Guild AFTRA Equity [U.S.][1]

Early life and education

In 1987, Appel graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brandeis University. He also completed a two-year program at William Esper Studio, NYC in 1992.^[1]

Career

Appel has appeared in over thirty films, and twenty television shows since the 1990s, in addition to theater roles.^[1][4][5][3]

On television, Appel has appeared in nine different roles for the Law & Order franchise alone.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

He also performs as a voice actor for video game such as the Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne franchises, as well as Manhunt (2003) and The Warriors (2005).^[2]

Filmography

Film

Peter Appel film credits

Year	Title	Role	Ref
1989	Silence Like Glass
1990	Everybody Wins	Sonny	[1][5]
1990	Days of Thunder	Cole's Crew	[1][5]
1990	Presumed Innocent	Glendenning	[1][8][5]
1991	Regarding Henry	Eddie the Doorman	[5]
1991	Shadows and Fog	Cop at Police Station	[1][5]
1992	Basic Instinct	Detective	[1][5]
1993	The Saint of Fort Washington	Demolition Man	[5]
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Harry	[5]
1993	Trip Nach Tunis	Mark	[5]
1994	Léon: The Professional	Malky	[1][5]
1995	The Jerky Boys	Sonny	[8][5]
1995	Man of the House	Tony	[4][8][5]
1996	Big Night	Chubby	[4][8][5]
1996	Sleepers	Boyfriend	[1][5]
1996	Extreme Measures	Det. Stone	[4][8][5]
1997	Six Ways to Sunday	Abie - Arnie's Boss	[1][4][8][5]
1998	The Tic Code	Engineer #1	[5]
1998	Side Streets	Boomir	[5]
1998	Above Freezing	Al Bergdahl	[8][5]
1999	Judy Berlin	Mr. V	[5]
1999	Jump	Dominick	[5]
2000	Overnight Sensation	Chase Davis	[5]
2000	Coyote Ugly	Pizza Customer	[5]
2001	Get Well Soon	Angry	[5][8][3]
2002	Tadpole	Jimmy the Doorman	[5]
2002	Spider-Man	Cabbie	[5]
2002	Roger Dodger	Alert Doorman	[5]
2002	Anything But Love	Man	[5]
2002	Bedford Springs	Music Store Manager	[5]
2003	God Has a Rap Sheet	Josh Zmirov	[5]
2003	Marci X	Officer at Prison	[5]
2005	Confess	Hummer Driver	[5]
2005	Road	Bill the truck driver	[5]
2006	Delirious	Feldman	[5]
2007	Arranged	Yitzak Bellow	[5]
2007	The Speed of Life		[5]
2007	Soul Mates	Poseidon	[5]
2008	The Happening	Diner Owner	[5]
2009	Bottleworld	Jim	[5]
2009	Chico and Rita	(voice)
2010	Harvest	Mario	[5]
2010	Henry's Crime	Larry
2019	Bad Education	Eddie / Custodian	[1][5]

Television

Peter Appel television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1991	Law & Order	Baumann	Episode: "God Bless the Child"	[5]
1993	All My Children	Cab Driver	2 episodes
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Ross	1 episode	[5]
1993–2002	NYPD Blue	Kenneth Hampton / Harvey	2 episodes	[8][5]
1996	The Sunshine Boys	Anson Black	TV movie
1998	Witness to the Mob	Eddie Garafolo	TV movie	[5]
1999	Oz	Lawrence Bailey	1 episode	[5]
2000	Cosby	Henry	1 episode	[5]
2000	Ed	Jack Fundus	1 episode	[5]
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Greenberg	Episode: "Contact"	[8]
2001	Big Apple	John Corelli	3 episodes	[5]
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Louis Bernoff	Episode: "Shandeh"	[7][8][5]
2003	Law & Order	Krakow	Episode: "Absentia"	[8][5]
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Marvin Friedman	Episode: "Painless"	[6][8]
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Doorman #2	1 episode	[8]
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Frederick Merriwether	Episode: "41 Shots"	[9]
2005	Hope & Faith	Ned	1 episode	[3]
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dr. Holgreen	Episode: "Bombshell"	[8][5]
2007	The Kill Point	Teddy Sabian	5 episodes	[5]
2009	Law & Order	Sturges	Episode: "Exchange"	[8][5]
2009	Life on Mars	Demetri Pantos	1 episode	[8][5]
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Theodore "Cubby" Viviano	Episode: "The Mobster Will See You Now"	[8][5]
2011–2012	Luck	Kagle	3 episodes	[1][5]
2012	Boardwalk Empire	Alby Gold	1 episode	[5]
2012	Blue Bloods	Joe Salducci	Episode: "Risk and Reward"	[8][5]
2022–2024	Crash the System	Moishe Aharonov	5 episodes

Theater

Peter Appel theater credits.^[1][10]

Year	Title	Role(s)	Venue(s)	Ref(s)
1987	Richard II	Second Herald	New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, NYC	[1]
1987	Henry IV Part 1	Second Carrier / Sheriff / Lord / Soldier / Attendant	New York Shakespeare , Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, NYC	[1][5]
1987–1988	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Snug / Lion	New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, NYC	[1][5]
1988	Saved from Obscurity		Playwrights Horizons, Upstairs Studio Theatre, NYC	[5]
1989	Titus Andronicus	Clown	New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre	[5]
1990	The Taming of the Shrew	Biondello	New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre	[1][5]
1991	The Good Times Are Killing Me	Dad / Cousin Steve	Minetta Lane Theatre and McGinn-Cazale Theatre, NYC	[5]
1994–1995	Him	Al / Disappointed fan / Stylagi	New York Shakespeare Festival, LuEsther Hall, Public Theatre, NYC	[5]
1996	The Coyote Bleeds	Det. Hunt Moore	Worth Street Theatre, NYC	[11]
1998	Snapshots '98		TriBeCa Playhouse, NYC
2000	Anonymous	Roy Canelli	McGinn-Cazale Theatre, NYC
2015	A Month in the Country	Balshintsov	Classic Stage Company, NYC	[1][5]