Clarke Peters Biography

Peter Clare, known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, director and writer. He is best known for his role as Lester Freamon on the TV series The Wire. In addition. He is best known for his role as Albert Lambreaux in the TV series Treme.

Clarke Peters Age

Peters was born on April 7, 1952. So, as of 2023, he is 70 years old and celebrates his birthday on April 7 every year.

Clark Peters Height and Weight

Peters’ height is 5 feet 10 inches (approximately 178 cm). Moreover, its weight is 75 kg.

Clark Peters Family

Peters was born in New York City, New York, USA to parents Martin (father) and Loretta (mother). His father is a commercial artist and his mother is a housewife and mechanic. He is also the second oldest of four siblings. His brothers are Anthony, bassist David, and Rhett, who works in emergency services and is also a virtual artist.

Clark Peter Wife

Peters had three relationships in his life. He first married Jenny. The couple has two children; artist China and artist Peter. The latter married Joanna, daughter of publisher David Jacobs. The couple had two sons, Guppy and Joe, who died of kidney cancer. He also married Penny and got along well with her. Peters has two grandchildren; China’s daughter Maya and Peters’ son Cooper.

Clark Peters Education

Peters attended Dwight Morrow High School. He also graduated from high school in 1970. However, it was not announced that the actor went to university for higher education.

Clarke Peters’ Career

Peters’ brother made him a fashion designer in 1971. Peters starred in the musical “Hair” in Paris. She received a letter from the FBI accusing her of running away. She traveled to New Jersey to defend the charge.

He also moved to London in 1973 and changed his name to Clarke Peters because Equity already had some members with the same name. In London, he formed the soul band The Majestics and sang backing vocals on some of Heatwave’s “Boogie Nights” and David Essex and Joan Armatrading’s “Love and Love”. However, he prefers to work in theater because music is not his main goal.

In his first acting role in the West End, he enlisted the help of his friend Ned Sherrin. In 1990, after working with Sherrin in various revues, he created the revue Five Guys Named Moe. The play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical.

He also appeared as an actor on Broadway. He has also won many awards for his acting skills.

Filmography

• 1979 – 2010
• 1979 – The Music Machine
• 1980 – Silver Dream Racer
• 1981 – Outland
• 1986 – Mona Lisa
• 1996 – Seasick
• 1999 – Notting Hill
• 2001 – K-Pax
• 2003 – Head of State
• 2006 – Freedomland
• 2008 – The Poker House, Gigantic, Turnipseed, Marley & Me
• 2009 – Endgame, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Nativity!
• 2010 – Locked In
• 2011 – Searching for Sonny
• 2012 – Red Hook Summer
• 2014 – John Wick, The Best of Me
• 2015 – The Benefactor, The Bad Education Movie
• 2017 – Division 19, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• 2018 – An Acceptable Loss
• 2019 – Harriet, ThevMandela Effect
• 2020 – Come Away, Da 5 Bloods
• 2022 – I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Television

• 1980-1984 – Play for Today
• 1983 – The Professionals, Saigon
• 1985 – Traveling Man
• 1989 – Red King, White Knight, Fredrick Forsyth Presents
• 1991 – EI C.I.D
• 1992 – A Masculine Ending
• 1993 – Death Train, Between the Lines
• 1994 – Murder Most Horrid
• 1995 – Chandler & Co
• 1996 – French and Saunders
• 1998 – Jonathan Creek
• 2000 – Oz, The Corner
• 2002 – Night and Day
• 2002-2008 – The Wire
• 2003 – Waking the Dead
• 2003,2016 – American Masters
• 2005 – Law & Order
• 2007 – Meadowlands
• 2008 – Life on Mars
• 2009 – Damages, In Plain Sight, Great Performances, Holby City
• 2010 – Covert Affairs
• 2010-2013 – Treme
• 2011 – Memphis Beat, Archer
• 2012-2013 – Person of Interest
• 2013 – Blue Bloods
• 2014 – Death in Paradise, True Detective, The Divide
• 2015 – Forever, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie’s Partners in
• Crime, Show Me a Hero, London Spy, Jessica Jones
• 2016 – Jericho, Underground, The Tunnel, People of Earth
• 2017 – Blacklist, The Deuce
• 2016-2017 – Chance
• 2018 – Bulletproof, Love Is
• 2019 – His Dark Materials, Christmas Under the Stars
• 2020 – Bumps
• 2021 – The Irregulars, Foundation, La Fortuna
• TBA – The Man Who Fell to Earth

Clarke Peters’s Net Worth

Peters’ net worth is $1.5 million as of 2023. Moreover, Clarke has managed to acquire wealth from his career as an actor and has also gained additional revenue through various brand endorsements as well.