Peter Holland

Peter is a veteran character actor who has mostly worked in the Theatre. His favorite stage roles include Don Quixote, Abraham Lincoln, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sherlock Holmes, and Felix Unger. He is also a playwright. His plays include Heaven on Wheels, The Living Storybook, and Mr. Lincoln's Office, for which he was nominated for a Virginia Governor's Arts Award in 2008. Peter, his wife, Christina, and their son, Ben, live just off the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. Peter and Christina own an educational theatre company, Once Upon a Blue Ridge, and have toured their original plays for young people to audiences throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. Peter's film career highlights include Thomas Jefferson in the historical documentary, Alexander Hamilton: Favorite Son by Michael Bober (2003), himself and Abe Lincoln in the short mockumentary by Mike Foley, Becoming Abe (2010), and Uncle Otto in the Stephen King short film, Uncle Otto's Truck, written and directed by Brian Johnson (2019). Peter was named Best Actor in a Stephen King short film for Uncle Otto's Truck by Anthony Northrup in his book, Stephen King Dollar Baby: the Book (2021). Peter has begun work on an original thriller feature by Brian Johnson and Toby Osbourne called Population Purge. He will play an old actor named Charlie who hides in an abandoned amusement park while survivors of an apocalypse try to capture him for his virus cleansing blood. Population Purge will be released in 2022. "I am so thankful for the opportunities I've had as an actor and look forward to the next challenge. Onward and upward!".