Donald Petrie
{{BLP sources|date=March 2025}}{{short description|American actor and film director (b. 1954)}}
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{{infobox person
|image=Donald Petrie.jpg
|caption=Petrie in 2012
|birth_name=Donald Mark Petrie
|occupation=Actor, film director
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|4|2}}
|birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S.
| years_active=1976–present
}}
Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director and actor.
Life and career
Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr.
Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute.{{cite web |title=Donald Petrie, director |url=https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/cinema-television-arts/donald-petrie-director |website=CSUN |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=30 April 2020}}
Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.
Filmography
Film
- Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Opportunity Knocks (1990)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- The Favor (1994)
- Richie Rich (1994)
- The Associate (1996)
- My Favorite Martian (1999)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
- Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
- Just My Luck (2006) (also producer)
- My Life in Ruins (2009)
- Atlantic Gold (2013)
- Little Italy (2018)
- The Last Resort (2026)
TV movies
- Why on Earth? (1988)
- Turner & Hooch (1990)
- Country Estates (1993)
TV series
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Episode(s) |
| rowspan=2| 1985
| MacGyver | "Trumbo's World" |
| Amazing Stories
| "Mr. Magic" |
| rowspan=5| 1985-1988
|rowspan=5| The Equalizer | "Desperately" |
| "Dead Drop" |
| "Shades of Darkness" |
| "Tip on a Sure Thing" |
| "Riding the Elephant" |
| rowspan=2| 1986
| "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" |
| Downtown
| "Pilot" |
| rowspan=2| 1986-1987
|rowspan=2| L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" |
| "The Douglas Fur Ball" |
| rowspan=4| 1987
| "Nicky the Rose" |
| rowspan=3| The Oldest Rookie
| "At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand" |
| "Blue Flu" |
| "Expert Witness" |
| rowspan=3| 1992
|rowspan=2| The Heights | "Talk to an Angel" |
| "On the Nickel" |
| Picket Fences
| "Remembering Rosemary" |
| 1995
| "Rise from the Dead" |
| 1997
| Players | "Con Job" |
| 1999
| Snoops | "Blood Lines" |
| 2000
| "Pilot" |
| rowspan=5| 2015
|rowspan=5| Chicago Med | "Mistaken" |
| "Reunion" |
| "Hearts" |
| "On Shaky Ground" |
| "What You Don't Know" |
| rowspan=3| 2017
|rowspan=3| Chicago Justice | "Fake" |
| "Double Helix" |
| "Lily's Law" |
| rowspan=2| 2018
|rowspan=2| The Kominsky Method | "Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges" |
| "Chapter 7. A String Is Attached" |
| 2019
| "Good Men" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0677953}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:Film directors from New York City
Category:American people of Canadian descent
Category:American male television actors
Category:American television directors
Category:Male actors from New York City
Category:American comedy film directors
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