Eric Peterson

Birthday: 2 October 1946, Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada

Eric Peterson was born on October 2, 1946 in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Street Legal (1987), Corner Gas (2004) and Earth (1998). He is married to Annie Kidder.

[on playing crotchety, perpetually annoyed old men] I don't see them as curmudgeons. They're realist...Show more »

[on playing crotchety, perpetually annoyed old men] I don't see them as curmudgeons. They're realists. It's only natural that, as one gets older and becomes less hip to the popular world around you, the more you're inclined to curmudgeon-ness, or old-fartism as a defence. You see the world going on in ways you don't understand. Show less «

I often kidded, in TV terms, that I never got offered parts after I turned forty. I just got offered...Show more »

I often kidded, in TV terms, that I never got offered parts after I turned forty. I just got offered diseases. I was dying of something, or suffering from something. Suffering and dying. Show less «

[on Fred Ewanuick] Fred emanates a lovely kind of naive, truthful quality in his acting, that I thin...Show more »

[on Fred Ewanuick] Fred emanates a lovely kind of naive, truthful quality in his acting, that I think is attractive to watch. He is a very dedicated actor. He's not the kind of guy willing to take shortcuts. It's the kind of acting you can't see. He makes it look easy, but he's very honest, hard-working. Show less «