Peter Spears (born November 29, 1965) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Spears is best known for winning an Oscar for producing Nomadland (2020), and for producing film Call Me by Your Name (2017). He directed the underground cult-favorite short film Ernest and Bertram, which portrayed Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie as gay lovers, and developed the television series Nightmare Cafe and John from Cincinnati.

Filmography

• 2025On Swift Horses — Producer
• 2024Drift — Producer
• 2024Queer — Executive Producer
• 2022Bones and All — Producer
• 2021Nomadland — Peter, Producer
• 2020Sublet — David
• 2017Call Me by Your Name — Isaac, Producer
• 2014Until We Could — Producer
• 2007Careless — Writer, Director
• John from Cincinnati — Co-Executive Producer
• 2003Something's Gotta Give — Danny Benjamin
• CSI: Miami — Josh Dalton
• 2002Ernest and Bertram — Writer, Director
• Some of My Best Friends — Terry
• 1998The Opposite of Sex — Dr. Allen
• 1997The Love Bug — Young Dr. Stumpfel
• 1995Father of the Bride Part II — Dr. Wagner
• 1994Cries from the Heart — Jeff
• Friends — Joel
• Cafe Americain — Mark Durgin
• 1992Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story — Peter
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Robert Benchley
• Quantum Leap — Doug Bridges / Reiser
• Matlock — Barry Feldman
• Leading Men — Producer
• Mike Nichols: A Life — Producer
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous — Producer
• The Fredy Hirsch Story — Producer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Oscars — Self