Peter Stickles

Stickles was cast in Shortbus in 2003 from amongst some 400 actors who submitted audition tapes for the film, which was initially known as "Sex Film Project." No script had been written prior to casting and the story was built out of improvisational sessions once the cast was in place. The voyeuristic aspect of Caleb's character grew in part out of Stickles's own interests at the time. "I was exploring sex clubs at the time and not necessarily participating but watching from afar. I think John Cameron Mitchell was attracted to the idea of this whole voyeuristic aspect of the character. ... How far would you go to touch somebody from afar?"{{cite news

| last = Hartl

| first = John

| title = Willing to go along for a long, circuitous ride

| work = The Seattle Times

| date = 2006-10-20

| url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003312892_shortbusint20.html

| access-date = 2008-03-25}}

Stickles, along with others in the cast, was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast.{{cite web|title=2006 Winners and nominees|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2006.html|publisher=Gotham Independent Film Awards|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219100430/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2006.html|archive-date=February 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Stickles stars in The Lair, which premiered on here! in June 2007. His character, Damian, is the leader of a gay vampire cult. The series, although not critically well-reviewed,{{Cite news

| title =Vampires Everywhere

| newspaper =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date =2007-06-01

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07152/787843-352.stm

}}{{cite web

| last =Swindoll

| first =Jeff

| title =DVD Review: The Lair: Complete First Season

| publisher =Monstersandcritics.com

| date =2007-10-15

| url =http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/reviews/article_1365521.php/DVD_Review_The_Lair_Complete_First_Season

| access-date =2007-11-24

| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071204111411/http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/reviews/article_1365521.php/DVD_Review_The_Lair_Complete_First_Season

| archive-date =2007-12-04

| url-status =dead

}}{{cite web

| last =Oliver

| first =David

| title =DVD Review: Lair, The - Season 1

| publisher =CHUD.com

| date =2007-11-11

| url =http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=dvd&id=12338

| access-date = 2007-11-24}} was renewed for a second season which premiered in late 2008.{{cite web

| last =Nordyke

| first =Kimberly

| title =Here! comes a lot of originality

| work =The Hollywood Reporter

| date =2007-09-28

| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i2cf471971798123f5948e625dc170c71

| access-date = 2007-10-21 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071010175714/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i2cf471971798123f5948e625dc170c71 |archive-date = 2007-10-10}}

Stickles has appeared in a number of low-budget and direct-to-video horror films, including such titles as Meat Weed Madness (2006) and its sequel Meat Weed America (2007), and has four films slated for release in 2008. He also appeared in the exercise video The Bedroom Workout for Men: Better Sex Through Exercise.{{cite web

| title = The Bedroom Workout for Men credits

| url = http://www.bedroomworkout.com/credits.html

| access-date = 2008-03-25}}

Stickles is openly gay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-carbonaro-growing-up-gay_us_5894b24de4b0406131369330|title='Carbonaro Effect' Star Discusses How Growing Up Gay Changed His World View|last1=Director|first1=Noah Michelson Editorial|last2=Voices|first2=The Huffington Post|date=2017-02-03|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2017-02-08}} He has been married to magician Michael Carbonaro since 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newnownext.com/michael-carbonaro-gay-effect/02/2017/ |title=Michael Carbonaro Lies About Everything—Except Being Gay |publisher=Logo TV |access-date=2017-02-08 |archive-date= February 9, 2017| archive-url =https://archive.today/20170209004343/http://www.newnownext.com/michael-carbonaro-gay-effect/02/2017/ | url-status=live}} Additional [https://archive.today/20170209004343/http://www.newnownext.com/michael-carbonaro-gay-effect/02/2017/ WebCitation archive] on February 8, 2017.

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• [http://www.popentertainment.com/stickles.htm Peter Stickles interview on Pop Entertainment]
• [http://www.phillygaycalendar.com/pages/video.php?id=45 Peter Stickles interview in Philadelphia (video)]
• [http://www.WatchOutFilm.com Peter co-stars in Steve Balderson's WATCH OUT]

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