Peter Eyre

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Peter Gervaise Joseph Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Eyre was born on 11 March 1942 in New York City, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/36/Peter-Eyre.html Peter Eyre profile], filmreference.com; accessed 5 March 2016. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of 12, and has been based in the country ever since.

Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 18, he studied acting in Paris. His career in the theatre includes work with the Old Vic (his professional debut), the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Old Vic Theatre Company{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-eyre-natural-eyre-to-the-role-638459.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704184043/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-eyre-natural-eyre-to-the-role-638459.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2011|title=Peter Eyre: Natural Eyre to the role|last=Koenig|first=Rhoda|date=9 February 2002|work=The Independent|accessdate=16 October 2009|location=London, UK}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821177684527/20+Questions+With...+Peter+Eyre.html|title=20 Questions With... Peter Eyre|last=Rock|first=Malcolm|date=7 May 2007|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|accessdate=16 October 2009|location=London}}{{cite press release|publisher=Shadow Distribution|title=The Situation|url=http://www.shadowdistribution.com/situation/downloads/Situation_Press_Packet.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2009}}[http://www.quarmby.biz/interviews/interview_Peter_Eyre.htm Kevin Quarmby blog: Interview with Peter Eyre, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre, London, September 2005]; accessed 5 March 2016.