Peter William Krause (; born
August 12 1965) is a
Emmy- and
Golden Globe Award-nominated and
Screen Actors Guild Award-winning
American film and
television actor and
film producer. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles as
Nate Fisher on the popular
HBO drama Six Feet Under and Nick George on the
ABC dramedy,
Dirty Sexy Money.
Biography
Early life
Peter Krause was born in
Alexandria,
Minnesota, the son of two teachers. Growing up in
Roseville, he was a skilled track and field athlete, but he suffered an unfortunate
pole vaulting injury in high school that ended his athletic career. He attended
Gustavus Adolphus College in
St. Peter, Minnesota and became interested in
theatre. Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus in 1987, he decided to pursue
acting as a career and enrolled in the
Master of Fine Arts program at
New York University. While working as a
bartender in
New York City, he met writer
Aaron Sorkin.
Career
From 1998–2000 Krause portrayed the character
Casey McCall on the
ABC comedy Sports Night, created by his friend
Aaron Sorkin. Although the show received considerable critical acclaim, it struggled to find an audience and was cancelled after two seasons.