Peter Berg: Biography in Details
Who is Peter Berg?
Peter Berg is a popular American director, producer, writer, and actor.
He is famous for directing amazing movies like Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock, and Battleship.
What is Peter Berg’s net worth in 2024?
His net worth is estimated at around $50 million as of 2024.
His primary sources of income come from his profession as an actor, director, and many more. Besides this, he is living a wealthy and glamorous lifestyle.
Moreover, Peter Berg has not revealed his exact earnings, salary, and income.
How old is Peter Berg?
On March 11, 1962, he was born in New York, United States. As of 2023 he is 58 years old and celebrates his birthday every year. His full birth name is Peter Winkler Berg.
Talking about his parents, his father Larry Berg was US Marine and his mother Sally Berg works at a psychiatric hospital. He has one sister named Mary Berg and shares a good bond with her.
Similarly, she holds a mixed ethnicity with American nationality. According to astrologers, his zodiac sign is Pisces and he belongs to the Christian religion.
Education
In 1980, Peter Berg completed his primary level at The Taft School.
Later, he graduated by majoring in theater arts and theater history from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1984.
Peter Berg-Professional Life, Careers
In 1985, Berg moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in the film industry. He has played in several movies like 21 Jump Street, Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story, and many more.
In 1992 he played a World War II soldier in the film A Midnight Clear and gained a lot of popularity for himself.
Peter Berg has also acted in movies like Never on Tuesday, Miracle Mile, Race For Glory, shocker, Heart of Dixie, Tale of Two Sisters, and Going Overboard.
Additionally, Berg worked in the Genuine Risk and Forradalom utan in 1990.
He made his feature directional debut with A Very Bad Thing a black comedy in 1998 starring Favreau, Christian Slater, and others.
In 2000, he created an edgy dramatic television series Wonderland set in an asylum.
Similarly, Peter Berg directed the action-comedy movie The Rundown starring Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott in 2003. The film received mixed reviews from the critics and grossed 80 million of its reported 85 million budget.
In 2004, he produced Friday Night Lights, a football film based on the New York Times written by Buzz Bissinger. In 2006, he became executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning drama Friday Night Lights.
Peter Berg also played the role of Lt. Colonel Falco in the war film Lions for Lambs in 2007 starring Academy Award winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Copper.
Berg directed the Hulu.com commercial featuring Alec Baldwin, titled the best spot of Super Bowl XLIII by the New York Times and Time magazine.
Likewise, Peter Berg has also directed a two-hour pilot movie for a Fox television series titled Virtually. In 2009 he directed the ESPN documentary film named Kings Ransome.
From 2012-2013 he directed the science-fiction/action films Battleship and Lone Survivor. In 2014, he acted as the producer of the movie Hercules and also directed the first two episodes of HBO’s The Leftovers.
2016-present
Berg directed the film Deepwater Horizon in 2016 which is based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the same year he also directed the action thriller movie titled Mile and CBS Film’s Patriots Day starring Marl Wahlberg.
In 2017, His recent company got signed for a first look dealing with Netflix, which released his most recent film Spenser Confidential collaborating with Wahlberg.
In 2019, Peter Berg directed a historic commercial movie for the National Football League for football fans with the premiere of the NFL’s Super Bowl commercial entitled “The 100-Year Game.
Peter Berg- Rumors, Controversy
As a successful actor, he once was involved in controversy.
On July 15, 2015, Peter Berg shared a transphobic meme after Caitlyn Jenner’s ESPN win on his Instagram page which created a huge controversy.
Body Features- Height, Weight
Talking about his body measurement, his height is 5 feet 11 inches. He always maintains a good body and has an average weight with a fair skin complexion.
Moreover, Peter Berg has a pair of eyes of light brown color and dark brown hair.
Social Media
As for his social media presence, he is very active on Twitter and Instagram.
His followers on his Instagram account under the username @pberg44 is 144k and he has followed 946 people.
Likewise, his followers on his official Twitter account @pb44 are 1.5k and he has followed 509 people.
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