Biography

Peter is a licensed endodontist, with a private practice in NYC, and a former associate professor of surgery at NYU.

Peter is an on ongoing member of Austin Pendelton's Advanced Scene Study class at HB studios.

Peter's grandfather, Charles "Chick" Dickerson, was a bellhop in the Ritz hotel in Atlantic City in the early 1920's, often told stories of Nucky Johnson. and carried his bags or ran errands for him. Some 80+ years later, in the season finale of the first season of Boardwalk Empire, Peter delivers $1,000,000 to Nucky's office for Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg).

Peter sang "Devil Moon" to a crowd of 300 people over 25 years ago, and won the lead role of Finian McLonergan in "Finian's Rainbow".

His mother was born and raised in Atlantic City, NJ.