Biography
Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He is highly regarded for developing the television series Friday Night Lights, based on the film of the same name which he also directed. In his more recent career he has worked to bring to the big screen true stories of ordinary Americans placed into extraordinary situations (Lone Survivor, Deep...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Once Upon a Time in Anaheim
2023
as Self
The true story of The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the first and only pro sports team ever inspired by a Hollywood movie.
A Man Named Scott
2021
Executive Producer
In 2009, Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi released his debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. A genre-bending album that broke barriers by featuring son...
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
as Self
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, G...
Spenser Confidential
2020
Director, Producer
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two...
The Cat and the Moon
2019
Executive Producer
Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in th...
Buzz
2019
Executive Producer
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author, Buzz Bissinger, experiences a sexual awakening while collaborating with Caitlyn Jenner on her tell-all mem...
Heavy: Fury v Schwarz
2019
Director
An intimate portrait of Fury and Schwarz in the days, and tense moments, leading up to their fight.
Mile 22
2018
as Lucas
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to ...
Mile 22
2018
Director, Producer
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to ...
The People's Fighters: Teofilo Stevenson and the Legend of Cuban Boxing
2018
Director
Cuba has produced the most Olympic boxing medalists of any country in the world. Explore the powerful story of how a revolutionary Cuban boxing experi...
Wind River
2017
Producer
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Patriots Day
2016
as Guy Opening MIT Door
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a r...
Patriots Day
2016
Director, Story, Screenplay
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a r...
Deepwater Horizon
2016
as Mr. Skip
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Deepwater Horizon
2016
Director
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Hell or High Water
2016
Producer
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
Producer
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Hercules
2014
Executive Producer
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
Lone Survivor
2013
as Soldier (uncredited)
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanista...
Lone Survivor
2013
Director, Writer, Producer
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanista...
State of Play: Trophy Kids
2013
Executive Producer
The growing obsession of parents in the scholastic athletic competition of their children is the focus of this first installment in HBO Sports innovat...
Battleship
2012
as JPJ 2nd Gunner
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Ha...
Battleship
2012
Producer, Director
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Ha...
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
2011
as Self
A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
2011
as Self
The compelling, heart-wrenching story of high school football star Chris Carnales, whose life changed when he became paralyzed after breaking his neck...
The Losers
2010
Screenplay
On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men...
Kings Ransom
2009
as Himself
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in fiv...
Kings Ransom
2009
Director, Executive Producer
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in fiv...
Virtuality
2009
Director, Executive Producer
Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In o...
Hancock
2008
as Doctor Who Helps Mary (uncredited)
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inf...
Hancock
2008
Director
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inf...
Lions for Lambs
2007
as Wirey Pink
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a ...
Lars and the Real Girl
2007
Executive Producer
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a...
The Kingdom
2007
as FBI Agent
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
The Kingdom
2007
Director
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Smokin' Aces
2006
as "Pistol" Pete Deeks
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of...
Pu-239
2006
Executive Producer
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and se...
Friday Night Lights
2004
Director, Screenplay
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriou...
Collateral
2004
as Richard Weidner
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
The Rundown
2003
Director
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's ...
Corky Romano
2001
as Paulie Romano
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to inf...
Dill Scallion
1999
as Nate Clumson
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Sh...
Very Bad Things
1998
as Man at Funeral
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a d...
Very Bad Things
1998
Director, Screenplay
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a d...
San Francisco Diggers
1998
The San Francisco Diggers was a radical community-action group of activists and Improvisational actors operating from 1967 to 1968, based in the Haigh...
Cop Land
1997
as Joey Randone
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s...
The Great White Hype
1996
as Terry Conklin
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the on...
Girl 6
1996
as Caller #1 - Bob
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Across the Moon
1994
as Lyle
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state priso...
Unveiled
1994
as Drug Dealer
An American woman uses herself as bait to help a CIA agent trap an alleged serial killer in Morroco.
F.T.W.
1994
as Clem Stuart
A man and a woman running from their pasts are trapped on a collision course with the future. Frank T. Wells, a newly-released ex-con looking for a fe...
The Last Seduction
1994
as Mike Swale
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994
as Dennis Byrd
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
A Case for Murder
1993
as Jack Hemmet
Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his a...
Fire in the Sky
1993
as David Whitlock
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted their friend. Despite no apparent motive or ...
Aspen Extreme
1993
as Dexter
T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the sc...
A Midnight Clear
1992
as Bud Miller
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two...
Late for Dinner
1991
as Frank Lovegren
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police ar...
Crooked Hearts
1991
as Tom Warren
An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despi...
Genuine Risk
1990
as Henry
An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.
Race for Glory
1989
as Chris
A member of an up and coming motorcycle racing team abandons his teamates to join a rival team. He ends up playing second fiddle to the champion of th...
Heart of Dixie
1989
as Jenks Foley
In the 1950s, three young sorority women re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
Miracle Mile
1989
as Band Member
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Ha...
Going Overboard
1989
as Mort Ginsberg
Shecky Moskowitz is the zany cocktail waiter on this pleasure cruise with stunningly gorgeous beauty queens. Since the ship's comedian, Dickie Diamond...
Tale of Two Sisters
1989
as Gardener
Two sisters reunite after not having seen each other for five years. While catching up on each others' lives, they relive childhood experiences, both ...
Never on Tuesday
1989
as Eddie
Matt and Eddie are two young men from the mid-west travelling to California to see the sights - primarily semi-clad women on beaches. They hop into th...
Shocker
1989
as Jonathan Parker
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete...
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
1988
as Bobby Maker
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the ...
N.A.R.
N/A
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret ne...
Spenser Confidential 2
N/A
Producer, Director
A sequel to the 2020 film.
Gold Star Tribute: A National Salute to America's Heroes
N/A
Executive Producer
A one-hour television show executive produced by Peter Berg and Mickey Markoff, Gold Star Tribute: A National Salute to America's Heroes, aired nation...
N.A.R.
N/A
Producer
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret ne...
Untitled Chris Cornell Documentary
N/A
Director
Documentary about the late rock and roll singer Chris Cornell.
Untitled Rihanna Documentary
N/A
Director
A documentary centered on the life and career of famous music artist, Rihanna.
The Mosquito Bowl
N/A
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for ...