Peter Paige

Peter Paige is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for playing Emmett Honeycutt in the Showtime series Queer as Folk, which ran from 2000 to 2003. He studied at Boston University and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. His first audition in Los Angeles led to a guest role on Suddenly Susan, and his television work includes Will & Grace, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, and American Dad!. He wrote and directed the film Say Uncle, and his other screen credits include Childstar (2004), Our America, and the short The Four of Us. He created The Fosters, which began airing in 2013, and wrote and directed The Thing About Harry (2020). On stage he has appeared at Playwrights Horizons, Portland Center Stage, and La Jolla Playhouse.