Peter Cornell (basketball)

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Peter Cornell
Personal information
Born (1976-06-01) June 1, 1976 (age 49)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school Piedmont (Piedmont, California)
College Loyola Marymount (1996–1998)
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1998–2009
Position Center
Career history
1998–1999 Magic City Snowbears
1999 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2000–2001 San Diego Wildfire
2001 Memphis Houn'Dawgs
2001 Partizan
2002 Las Vegas Slam
2002–2003 North Charleston Lowgators
2003–2004 Zhejiang Wanma Cyclones
2004–2005 Guangdong Southern Tigers
2005–2006 Rizing Fukuoka
2006 Sydney Spirit
2007–2008 Hitachi Sunrockers
2008–2009 Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa

Peter Vasilevich Cornell (born June 1, 1976) is a retired American professional basketball player and occasional actor. In his 12-year career, he played for over 30 teams, in 15 leagues, and in 7 countries. As an actor, Cornell has been in over 60 national and international commercial campaigns, and has appeared in basketball-themed films. Most notably, he played the character Vakidis in 2008 comedy Semi-Pro .

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Cornell is currently a real estate investor and developer, serving as the director of the Sports & Entertainment Division at the Oppenheim Group. [1] He also dated two women from Netflix's Selling Sunset , a reality television series revolving around the Oppenheim Group, and is the stated source of their feud. [2] Cornell is a minority investor in Leeds United. [3]

Early life

Cornell was born in San Francisco, California and raised in the small affluent town of Piedmont, California in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Piedmont High School in 1994 and received a full basketball scholarship to play at Loyola Marymount University.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Like Mike HimselfUncredited
2008 Semi-Pro Vakidis

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Jane the Virgin DonnyEpisode: "Chapter Forty-Two"
2022 Kenan TrevorEpisode: "The Whole Enchilada"

References

  1. "About Peter Cornell". The Oppenheim Group. Archived from the original on December 30, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. "'Selling Sunset': Who Is Peter Cornell? 5 Facts About Christine and Emma's Ex". Us Weekly. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. Newbould, Kyle (September 14, 2024). "Will Ferrell explains Leeds United investment decision as new shareholder named during Elland Road appearance". Yorkshire Evening Post . Archived from the original on September 27, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.