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      Clarke Peters

      Clarke Peters

      Highest Rated: 98% Mona Lisa (1986)

      Lowest Rated: 9% Division 19 (2017)

      Birthday: Apr 7, 1952

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      A quietly magnetic character actor in television on both sides of the Atlantic, American actor Clarke Peters brought enormous dignity and intelligence to his best roles, which were anchored by his celebrated turn as Baltimore detective Lester Freamon on "The Wire" (HBO, 2002-07). Prior to the celebrated drama, Peters had been a familiar face on the English stage, where he lived since the early 1970s and where he conceived the book for the Tony-nominated musical "Five Guys Named Moe." After appearing as a pitiful drug addict in producer David Simon's HBO miniseries, "The Corner" (2000), he was cast as Freamon, an older but infinitely wiser detective whose slow but effective methods helped to bring down a powerful drug empire. The worldwide critical success of the series helped to mint Peters as a star, and he was soon cast as other strong, proud and intelligent men in episodes of "Damages" (FX, 2007-10; DirecTV, 2011-12) and Simon's follow-up to "The Wire," the multi-character drama "Treme" (HBO, 2010- ). Whether on stage or the small screen, Peters was a subtle but powerful and undeniably watchable presence.

      Highest rated movies

      98% Mona Lisa
      92% Da 5 Bloods 90% Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
      86% Legacy
      84% Notting Hill 74% Harriet
      71% Endgame
      63% The Bad Education Movie

      Photos

      Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel (L), Taraji P. Henson (C), Clarke Peters (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel (L), Taraji P. Henson (C), Clarke Peters (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS RED HOOK SUMMER, Clarke Peters (center), 2012. Person of Interest, Clarke Peters (L), Taraji P. Henson (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS Person of Interest, Clarke Peters (L), Taraji P. Henson (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS RED HOOK SUMMER, from left: Clarke Peters, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 2012. ph: Winter Coleman/©Variance Films Treme, Edwina Findley (L), Clarke Peters (R), 'Don't You Leave Me Here', Season 3, Ep. #8, 11/11/2012, ©HBO Treme, Rob Brown (L), Clarke Peters (R), 'Tipitina', Season 3, Ep. #10, 11/25/2012, ©HBO Treme, from left: Eddie Vanison, Rob Brown, Clarke Peters, Otto DeJean, 'The Greatest Love', Season 3, Ep. #4, 10/14/2012, ©HBO Treme, Clarke Peters (L), Rob Brown (R), 'I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say', Season 3, Ep. #5, 10/21/2012, ©HBO RED HOOK SUMMER, Clarke Peters, 2012. ph: David Lee/©Variance Films RED HOOK SUMMER, from left: Jules Brown, Clarke Peters, 2012. ph: David Lee/©Variance Films RED HOOK SUMMER, Clarke Peters, 2012. ph: David Lee/©Variance Films RED HOOK SUMMER, from left: Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Toni Lysaith, Jules Brown, Clarke Peters, 2012. ph: David Lee/©Variance Films Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel (L), Clarke Peters (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS Person of Interest, Jim Caviezel (L), Clarke Peters (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS Person of Interest, Clarke Peters (L), Taraji P. Henson (C), Jim Caviezel (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS Person of Interest, Clarke Peters (L), Taraji P. Henson (C), Jim Caviezel (R), 'The Crossing', Season 3, Ep. #9, 11/19/2013, ©CBS None None

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      43% 92% Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody John Houston (Character) $23.4M 2022
      29% 52% Come Away Hatter (Character) $106.1K 2020
      92% 53% Da 5 Bloods Otis (Character) - 2020
      No Score Yet 45% Christmas Under the Stars Clem Marshwell (Character) - 2019
      No Score Yet 64% The Mandela Effect Dr. Fuchs (Character) - 2019
      74% 97% Harriet Ben Ross (Character) $43.0M 2019
      9% 90% Division 19 Perelman (Character) - 2017
      90% 87% Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Abercrombie (Character) $54.1M 2017
      63% 44% The Bad Education Movie Commander Andrews (Character) - 2015
      26% 23% The Benefactor Dr. Romano (Character) - 2015
      No Score Yet 33% Grace: The Possession Unknown (Character) - 2014
      12% 59% The Best of Me Morgan Dupree (Character) $26.8M 2014
      57% 34% Red Hook Summer Enoch (Character) $334.7K 2012
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Time Is ... Now Narrator - 2012
      No Score Yet 72% Searching for Sonny The Narrator (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet 15% Locked In Frank (Character) - 2010
      86% 42% Legacy Ola Adenuga (Character) - 2010
      71% 58% Endgame Nelson Mandela (Character) - 2009
      63% 65% The Poker House Maurice (Character) - 2008
      35% 34% Gigantic Roger Stovall (Character) $102.1K 2008
      63% 75% Marley & Me Editor (Character) $143.2M 2008
      24% 25% Freedomland Reverend Longway (Character) $12.5M 2006
      84% 79% Notting Hill 'Helix' Lead Actor (Character) $116.1M 1999
      No Score Yet 33% Death Train C.W. Whitlock, Ph.D. (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Masculine Ending Theo Sykes (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Casualty of War Grover T. Fleming (Character) - 1990
      98% 81% Mona Lisa Anderson (Character) $4.3M 1986
      54% 54% Outland Ballard (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 43% Silver Dream Racer Cider Jones (Character) - 1980

      TV

      Credit
      71% 59% Eric George Lovett (Character) 2024
      38% 45% Testament: The Story of Moses Unknown (Character) 2024
      100% No Score Yet Truelove Ken (Character) 2024
      84% 82% His Dark Materials The Master of Jordan College (Character) 2019-2020 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2022
      87% 78% The Man Who Fell to Earth Josiah Falls (Character) 2022
      100% 25% La Fortuna Jonas Pierce (Character) 2021
      80% 53% The Irregulars Linen Man (Character) 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bulletproof Ronald Pike Sr. (Character) 2018 2020-2021
      80% 91% Love Is... Yasir (2027) (Character) 2018
      75% 86% Chance Carl (Character) 2017
      93% 86% The Deuce Ace (Guest Star) 2017
      57% 92% Forever Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
      92% 97% The Divide Isiah Page (Character) 2014
      78% 57% True Detective Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
      97% 87% Treme Albert Lambreaux (Character) 2010-2013
      92% 78% Person of Interest Alonzo Quinn (Guest Star) 2012-2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight Norman Baker / Norman Danzer (Guest Star) 2009
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Life on Mars Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
      94% 96% The Wire Det. Lester Freamon (Character) 2002-2004 2006 2008
      100% 83% The Corner Fat Curt (Character) 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jonathan Creek Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Chandler & Co. Unknown (Character) 1994-1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Between the Lines Unknown (Guest Star) 1993