Peter Grosz
Biography
Peter Grosz is an American actor and a television writer, born in New York City and raised in Scarsdale, New York. He has starred since 2002, on and off, in Sonic Drive-In's Two Guys commercials, playing the straight man opposite T. J. Jagodowski. The pair also appeared together in Stranger Than Fiction (2006). Grosz wrote for The Colbert Report between 2007 and 2010, and in 2014 he began writing for Late Night with Seth Meyers. On television he recurred as oil lobbyist Sidney Purcell on HBO's Veep and played Mike Pence on The President Show. He has also been a panelist and guest host on the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! His Broadway debut came in 2023 as Robert Sarnoff in the Tony Award-winning Good Night, Oscar.
52years old
Turns 53 on January 11in 101 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 17 years2005 to 2022
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First role
Grosz made his Broadway debut in April 2023 as Robert Sarnoff, president of NBC, in the Tony Award-winning play Good Night, Oscar, starring opposite Tony winner Sean Hayes.
Behind the camera
Peter Grosz spent 2007 to 2010 writing for The Colbert Report, and the show also put him on screen at least four times, including as the Time-Travelling Brandy Thief and as McGnaw the Gluten-Free Beaver.
Peter Grosz movies on Netflix
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Awards
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