Peter Macon

{{Infobox person

| name = Peter Macon

| image = Peter Macon.jpg

| caption = Macon in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|18}}

| birth_name = Peter Jerrod Macon

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio

| education = {{plainlist|

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1994–present

| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Jacquelyn Woods|2018}}}}

| awards = Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, 2002

}}

Peter Jerrod Macon (born May 18, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lt. Commander Bortus in the Fox/Hulu television series The Orville (2017–2022), and Raka in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024).

Early life

Macon was raised in Minneapolis and attended North Community High School, where he acted in school plays. His mother was a teacher, and his father was a truck driver.

Macon later attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the Yale School of Drama, where he earned a master's degree in acting.

Macon married Lucia Brawley, an actress who also attended Yale, in 2005. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins officiated. They divorced several years later.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/fashion/weddings/lucia-brawley-and-peter-macon.html|title=Weddings/Celebrations: Lucia Brawley and Peter Macon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 16, 2005|accessdate=September 1, 2020}} In 2018, Macon married Jacquelyn Woods.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/peter-macon/bio/3030237348/|title=Peter Macon Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards – TV Guide|accessdate=October 1, 2022}}{{Cite instagram |user=chicbahamasweddings_|postid=Bp3GelBC164|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3GelBC164/|title=We love this sweet family portrait taken before the wedding ceremony of Peter Macon, star of @theorville and his lovely bride Jacquelyn Woods.|date=November 6, 2018}}

Career

=Stage theater=

Macon acted for nearly 30 years at Twin Cities theaters including Penumbra, Illusion, and Children's Theatre Company, and he starred in the title role of Othello at the Guthrie Theater, as well as productions of the play in Dublin, Colorado, and Oregon.{{cite news |last=Justin |first=Neal |date=2019-04-08 |title=Minneapolis actor is a hit on Fox's sci-fi series 'The Orville' |url=https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-actor-is-a-hit-on-fox-s-sci-fi-series-the-orville/507413402/ |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis-St.Paul |access-date=2020-08-20 }}

=Television=

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Macon has appeared in episodes of Nash Bridges, Law & Order, Without a Trace, Supernatural, The Shield, Dexter, Bosch, SEAL Team, and Shameless.

In 2017, Macon began playing Bortus in The Orville, a comedy-drama science fiction television series created by Seth MacFarlane that premiered on FOX on September 10 of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/article/seth-macfarlane-to-create-executive-produce-and-star-in-new-series|title=Seth MacFarlane to Create, Executive-Produce and Star in New Series|publisher=FOX.com|accessdate=August 18, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608201918/http://www.fox.com/article/seth-macfarlane-to-create-executive-produce-and-star-in-new-series|archivedate=June 8, 2016}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1994

| World and Time Enough

| Mike

2008

| Turok: Son of Stone

| Tower Sentry (voice){{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Peter-Macon/|title=Peter Macon (visual voices guide)|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|accessdate=September 22, 2019|type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}

| Direct-to-video

2023

| Shelter in Solitude

| Jackson Marcus

2024

| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

| Raka

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1997, 1999

| Nash Bridges

| Staple, Weldon Howard

| 2 episodes

2004

| Law & Order

| Cop

| Episode: "Gov Love"

2004

| Without a Trace

| Cop #2

| Episode: "Doppelgänger: Part 2"

2007

| Supernatural

| Isaac

| Episode: "The Magnificent Seven"

2007

| Dexter

| Leonis

| Episode: "Resistance Is Futile"

2014

| How to Get Away with Murder

| David Allen

| Episode: "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole"

2015–16

| Bosch

| Reverend Isiah Ott

| 3 episodes

2016

| Shameless

| Luther Winslow

| Recurring role

2016

| NCIS

| ICE Agent Todd Baldwin

| Episode "Home of the Brave"

2017–present

| The Orville

| Lt. Commander Bortus

| Main role

2019

| SEAL Team

| Master Chief Wilke

| Episode: "Time to Shine"

2021–present

| Family Guy

| Preston Lloyd (voice)

| Recurring role

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1996

| Twisted Metal 2

| Axel, Minion

1997

| Cool Boarders 2

| Boss

2017

| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

| Bombate

2019

| Anthem

| Commander Vule

Awards

In 2002, Macon won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for narrating the episode "John Henry, the Steel Driving Man" of the television series Animated Tales of the World.{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/peter-macon|title=Peter Macon – Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins|work=Television Academy|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=1453}}