- Born
- Birth namePietro Arpesella
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Peter Arpesella is an award-winning actor and writer, and a published author. He grew up in Italy at the legendary, family owned Grand Hotel of Rimini - the one portrayed in Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning "Amarcord." Fellini, a dear family friend, made the hotel his home whenever he visited his native town.
After the sudden and violent death of his father, Peter helped his family avoid financial and emotional bankruptcy and achieve a successful recovery, all while earning his B.A. cum laude in Business Administration.
He launched his career as an investment banker in New York. Then he went to therapy, became an actor and writer, and moved to Los Angeles, where he finally felt home. He lives with his wife, actress, author, artist Annie Wood, and their spiritual advisor, Shanti, the Maltipoo.
- IMDb mini biography by: L.W.
- SpouseAnnie Wood(September 9, 2009 - present)
- Avid competitive sailor.
- Was the Italian Coach for Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible III.
- His stage debut was Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov in "A Marriage Proposal" by Anton Chekhov.
- Passionate Pickleball player.
- He wrote and performed his one-man show, "Life & Me... What a Couple!" at HERE Performance Space, in NY and tour.
- If we were supposed to do things by ourselves, we would exist one at a time.
- Structure doesn't make a story formulaic. The writer does.
- If I want to write something interesting, I must be interested in what I'm writing.
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