Peter DeLuise


Peter John DeLuise is an American and Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Officer Doug Penhall in the Fox TV series 21 Jump Street and for directing and writing episodes of science fiction television shows, particularly in the Stargate franchise. DeLuise has been a director on the Hallmark Channel original series When Calls the Heart since its third season, including writing the fifth episode of season nine. He is the son of actors Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur. He is also the older brother of the fellow actors Michael DeLuise and David DeLuise.

Career

DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 film Hot Stuff. He appeared as Officer Doug Penhall in the 1987 Fox series 21 Jump Street with other promising actors including Johnny Depp. His brother Michael came on the show in the fifth season where Michael played Peter’s character's younger brother, Officer Joey Penhall. DeLuise is also well known for his role as Dagwood on the NBC science fiction television series SeaQuest DSV from 1994 to 1996.
DeLuise has made guest appearances on the television shows The Facts of Life, 21 Jump Street spin-off Booker, Friends, Supernatural, Highlander: The Series, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, and Stargate SG-1.
In 1997, he began working on the series Stargate SG-1, serving as producer, writer, director, and creative consultant. He has appeared, normally as an extra, in every episode of the series he has directed. He went on to work as executive producer, director and writer for the Stargate SG-1 spin-off Stargate Atlantis, and directed eight episodes of the spin-off Stargate Universe. His father, Dom DeLuise, made a guest appearance in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Urgo", which Peter directed. Peter also made a cameo in the episode as the "Urgo" character transformed to be a young man in a United States Air Force uniform.
DeLuise directed the CBC television series jPod, based on the novel of the same name by Douglas Coupland, which debuted in January 2008 and directed the fantasy film Beyond Sherwood Forest.
He made a brief cameo appearance alongside Johnny Depp in the 2012 film adaptation, 21 Jump Street. Depp, DeLuise and Holly Robinson reprised their roles as Tom Hanson, Doug Penhall and Judy Hoffs, respectively.

Personal life

DeLuise was previously married to Gina Nemo; they divorced in 1992. He later married actress Anne Marie Loder on June 7, 2002; together they have one child.

Selected filmography

Film

Hot Stuff Free Ride Solarbabies Winners Take All Listen to Me Children of the Night Rescue Me aka Street Hunter The Silence of the Hams aka Il Silenzio dei Prosciutti National Lampoon's Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women The Shot Between the Sheets Southern Heart Bloodsuckers The Bar Smile of April

Television

Happy The Facts of Life, The Midnight Hour Diff'rent Strokes Booker 21 Jump Street Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories Highlander: The Series The Hat Squad Street Justice Friends SeaQuest DSV 3rd Rock from the Sun The New Outer Limits V.I.P. Before I Say Goodbye Stargate SG-1 Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Bloodsuckers Stargate Atlantis Engaged to Kill Stargate SG-1 To Love and Die Robson Arms Painkiller Jane Sanctuary Supernatural Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Stargate Universe Prep and Landing Sanctuary

Director

21 Jump Street Silk Stalkings The Net Southern Heart Stargate SG-1 Hope Island Higher Ground Romantic Comedy 101 V.I.P. The New Outer Limits Jeremiah Just Deal Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Stargate Atlantis Blood Ties Painkiller Jane jPod Kyle XY Sanctuary Stargate Universe 16 Wishes Tower Prep R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Level Up Zapped R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls Harvest Moon Dark Matter Shadowhunters When Calls the Heart

Producer

Jeremiah From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown Stargate Atlantis Stargate SG-1 Level Up

Writer

Between the Sheets Stargate Atlantis Stargate SG-1