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- Peter Faber was born on October 9, 1943 in Schwarzenbach, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Soldier of Orange (1977) and Duel in de diepte (1979). He was married to Shireen Strooker and Martine. He died on August 6, 2026 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- SpousesShireen Strooker(1969 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)Martine(? - July 6, 2026) (his death)
- ChildrenDaan FaberJesse Faber
- Won the Louis d'Or (the Dutch equivalent for the Tony Award for best actor) in 1975 and 1991.
- Father of Jasper Faber.
- The son of a German mother and a Dutch laborer.
- Experienced a difficult childhood marked by domestic violence and left home at fifteen. The young Faber roamed the streets for two years and worked as a cleaner and dishwasher. Jobs lasting a maximum of six or seven weeks—until, on the advice of the local barber in Amsterdam-North, he eventually auditioned for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and, through the Het Zonnehuis theater, ended up in the theater world.
- Faber taught at 'the Amsterdamse Theaterschool', 'de Kleinkunst Academie' and 'the Frank Sanders Musical Academie'.
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