Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American TV and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Filmography

• 2026Zoners — Producer
• 2022Brazen — Producer
• Hacks — Frank Vance
• 2018Jugendliebe Teil 1, wem Gott schenkt ein Häschen...
• 2018Operation Finale — Lothar Hermann
• 2017Drawing Home — Russell Robb, Sr.
• 2014Sugar Daddies — Grant Zager
• 2010Jack's Family Adventure — Wild Bill Cohen
• 2009Kleine Fische — Father Tesarek (as Peter Strauß)
• Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
• Dirty Sexy Money
• 2007License to Wed — Mr. Jones
• Grey's Anatomy — Daniel Schwartz
• 2005xXx: State of the Union — President James Sandford
• 2004Hotel — Mr. Kross
• 2003111 Gramercy Park — Turk Karnegian
• 2003A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 — Moses(voice)
• 2003Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 — Moses(voice)
• 2003Strange Frequency² — Ben Stanton (segment 'Don't Stop Believin')
• 2003The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 — Moses(voice)
• 2003The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 — Moses(voice)
• 2003Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 — Moses(voice)
• Body & Soul — Dr. Isaac Braun
• 2001Murder on the Orient Express — Samuel Ratchett
• Strange Frequency — Ben Stanton
• 2000A Father's Choice — Charlie 'Mac' McClain
• Joan of Arc — La Hire
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Kevin Burton
• Seasons of Love — Thomas Linthorne
• 1998My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story — Dr. Sam Sheppard
• 1997Keys to Tulsa — Chip Carlson
• 1996In the Lake of the Woods — John Waylan
• Moloney — Dr. Nick Moloney
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Lab Guard (voice)
• 1995Nick of Time — Brendan Grant
• Santo Bugito — Greenbeard McMelville (voice)
• 1995Texas Justice — Thomas
• Duckman — Narrator (voice)
• 1994Reunion — Sam Yates
• 1994The Yearling — Ezra 'Penny' Baxter
• 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story — Larry McLinden
• 1993Men Don't Tell — Ed MacAffrey
• Batman: The Animated Series — Dr. Steven Carlyle (voice)
• 1992Fugitive Among Us — Max Cole
• 1992Trial: The Price of Passion — Warren Blackburn
• 1991Flight of Black Angel — Lt. Col. Matthew Ryan
• 199083 Hours 'Til Dawn — Wayne Stracton
• Law & Order — Dr. Paul Cedars
• 1989Best of the Best — Producer
• Brotherhood of the Rose — Romulus
• 1989Peter Gunn — Peter Gunn
• 1987Proud Men — Charley MacLeod Jr.
• 1986The Penalty Phase — Kenneth Hoffman
• 1986Under Siege — John Garry
• Kane & Abel — Abel Rosnovski
• Tender Is the Night — Dick Diver
• 1983Heart of Steel — Emory, Co-Executive Producer
• 1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone — Wolff
• 1982The Secret of NIMH — Justin (voice)
• 1981A Whale for the Killing — Charles Landon, Co-Producer
• Masada — Eleazar ben Yair
• 1980Angel on My Shoulder — Eddie Kagel
• 1980The Jericho Mile — Larry "Rain" Murphy
• 1977Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy — Joseph Kennedy, Jr.
• Rich Man, Poor Man — Rudy Jordache
• Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II — Rudy Jordache
• 1976The Last Tycoon — Wylie
• Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan — Ben Jacobs
• 1974Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita — Lawyer
• 1973The Man Without a Country — Arthur Danforth
• The Streets of San Francisco
• 1972The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
• Cannon
• 1971Sergeant Klems — Sergeant Otto Josef Klems
• 1970Soldier Blue — Honus Gent
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Stephen Linder
• 1969Hail, Hero! — Frank Dixon
• Hawaii Five-O — Tom Morgan
• Medical Center
• Pellett — John McKeon

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self