Peter Jason
Biography
Biography
Versatile, hard-working character actor Peter Jason has been an onscreen fixture for over 40 years. After getting a taste for acting in a high school play, Jason pursued acting on the stage and through college before breaking into small roles on television in the late 1960s. His first feature appearance was in Howard Hawks's final film, the John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." Jason continued to work in both film and TV, forging relationships by acting in numerous films for Walter Hill (most memorably as a racist bartender in the Eddie Murphy comedy "48 Hrs.") and John Carpenter (he played a guerrilla leader in the alien-invasion thriller "They Live"). Although accustomed to supporting parts, the actor landed a regular role as a police captain on the detective series "Mike Hammer, Private Eye." For David Milch's highly regarded HBO Western series, "Deadwood," Jason brought life and depth to his degenerate card-dealer character.
Filmography
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Life Events
1967
Made screen-acting debut as a duty officer in TV movie "A Bell for Adano"
1970
Appeared on multiple episodes of "Gunsmoke"
1971
Appeared on an episode of "Hawaii Five-O"
1979
Had recurring role of Fred Oates on "Starsky and Hutch"
1984
Played a soccer coach in "The Karate Kid"
1985
Cast as Chuck Fleming in "Brewster's Millions"
1990
Played Henry Beechwood in "Arachnophobia"
1992
Lent his voice to an episode of "Batman: The Animated Series"
1997
Played Mr. Sheehy on the mini-series "Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer"
1997
Cast as Captain Skip Gleason on "Mike Hammer, Private Eye"
2004
Had breakout role as Con Stapleton on David Milch's acclaimed HBO western series "Deadwood"
2006
Had a recurring guest role on "Desperate Housewives"
2016
Played a minor role in the Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!"
2018
Cast as Senator Sherwood in "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"
2019
Reprised role of Con Stapleton for HBO's long-gestating "Deadwood" film
