Peter Krause

Peter Krause is an American actor, director and producer who grew up in Roseville, Minnesota and discovered acting in college before earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He made his first television appearance on Carol Burnett's comedy series Carol & Company and later had roles on Seinfeld and Beverly Hills, 90210. He played Casey McCall on Sports Night, then starred as funeral director Nate Fisher in Six Feet Under from 2001 to 2005, earning three Emmy nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and seven Screen Actors Guild nominations, with two ensemble wins. He later led Dirty Sexy Money and Parenthood, directed three episodes of the latter and appeared on Broadway in a 2004 revival of Arthur Miller's After the Fall. He also played fire captain Bobby Nash on 9-1-1 and was an executive producer there, and his film credits include Beastly (2011).