Clarke Peters

Actor Apr 7 (age 73) New York City, New York, USA 1977–2026 (49 year career)

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Biography

Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990). Peters is also known for his roles in the films Silver Dream Racer (1980), Endgame (2009…

Known For

Film

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Abercrombie

Film

John Wick

Harry

Film

The Wire

Lester Freamon

Film

Notting Hill

'Helix' Lead Actor

Film

Marley & Me

Editor

Film

The Best of Me

Morgan Dupree

Film

K-PAX

Homeless Veteran

Film

Harriet

Ben Ross

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (63)

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

2024

as Reverend Powell Sr.

6.7

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022

as John Houston

7.0

BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway

2022

as Singer

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021

7.5

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years

2021

as Self

The Royale

2021

as Wynton

Come Away

as Mad Hatter

Da 5 Bloods

as Otis

Bumps

as Charles

Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes

2020

as Voice of Count Basie

Harriet

as Ben Ross

The Opera Game

as Narrator

Christmas Under the Stars

as Clem Marshwell

The Mandela Effect

as Dr. Fuchs

An Acceptable Loss

as Phillip Lamm

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as Abercrombie

Division 19

as Perelman

Rebirth in New Orleans

2016

as Narrator

9.0

Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll

2016

as Narrator

5.0

Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones

2015

as Roy Orbison (Voice)

8.5

The Benefactor

2015

as Dr. Romano

4.8

The Bad Education Movie

2015

as Commander Andrews

5.7

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

as Self

John Wick

as Harry

The Best of Me

as Morgan Dupree

Grace

as Father Michael

Red Hook Summer

as Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse

Searching for Sonny

as The Narrator

Locked In

as Frank

Legacy

as Ola Adenuga

Endgame

as Nelson Mandela

Nativity!

as Studio Boss

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

as Subject #31

Chess in Concert

as Walter de Courcy

Turnipseed

as A.B. Turnipseed

Marley & Me

as Editor

The Poker House

as Maurice

Sympathetic Details

as Carson

Gigantic

as Roger Stovall

The Wire: The Last Word

as Self

The Wire Odyssey

as Self

Tapping the Wire

as Self

Freedomland

as Reverend Longway

Head of State

as Fundraiser Demo-Tape Man

5.6

James Brown: Soul Survivor

K-PAX

as Homeless Veteran

Notting Hill

as 'Helix' Lead Actor

7.3

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

as Moe

Death Train

as Whitlock

A Masculine Ending

as Theo Sykes

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

1992

as Narrator

Red King, White Knight

1989

as Jones

6.0

A Casualty of War

1989

as Grover T. Fleming

Up Line

1987

as Alex du Bois

Mona Lisa

1986

as Anderson

6.9

Facelift

1984

as Bob Jangles

King

1984

as Stevie

Saigon: Year of the Cat

as Soldier

Outland

as Sgt. Ballard

Silver Dream Racer

as Cider Jones

Number on End

as Yankee Billy

The Music Machine

1979

as Laurie

Sexual Healing

as Harvey Fuqua

Television (50)

The Boroughs

2026 Upcoming

as Art

May 21

Small Town, Big Story

as Chet Donald

Towards Zero

as Frederick Treves

Eric

as George

Testament: The Story of Moses

as God (voice)

Truelove

as Ken

Royal Crackers

as Deshaun (voice)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Josiah Falls

Foundation

as Abbas

The Irregulars

as Linen Man

La Fortuna

as Jonas Pierce

His Dark Materials

as The Master

The Big Narstie Show

as Self

Bulletproof

as Ronald Pike Snr

Love Is___

as "Wiser" Yasir

The Blacklist: Redemption

as Richard Whitehall

Chance

as Carl Allan

Chance

as Carl

Jericho

as Ralph Coates

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015

as Det. Oscar Clemons

London Spy

as The American

Partners in Crime

as Julius Hersheimmer

Show Me a Hero

as Robert Mayhawk

True Detective

as Minister

Forever

as Jerry Charters

The Divide

as Isaiah Page

Person of Interest

as Alonzo Quinn

Death in Paradise

as Marlon Croft

Blue Bloods

as Nathan Anderson

Treme

as Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux

7.6

Archer

2009

as Popeye (voice)

8.0

Doctor Who: Dreamland

2009

as Night Eagle (voice)

5.3

In Plain Sight

2008

as Norman Baker / Norman Danzer

Life on Mars

as Captain Bellow

Damages

as Dave Pell

Meadowlands

as Professor Campbell

6.3

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Rex da Silva

The Wire

as Lester Freamon

The Wire

as Lester Freamon

Waking the Dead

as Howard Boorstin

The Corner

as Fat Curt

Midsomer Murders

as Frank Wainwright

as Afsana

Jonathan Creek

as Hewie Harper

Chandler & Co

as Jasper

Between the Lines

Murder Most Horrid

as American

American Masters

as Self - Narrator

Travelling Man

as Alan Downing

The Professionals

as President Ojuka