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| Born | Peter Michael Paige June 20, 1969 |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
Peter Paige (born June 20, 1969) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his portrayal of Emmet Honeycutt in the gay drama Queer as Folk. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle .
Paige was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Boston University School of Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree summa cum laude . [1]
Best known for his role as Emmett Honeycutt on Showtime's hit series Queer as Folk , Paige's other television credits include Will & Grace , Time of Your Life , Girlfriends , Caroline in the City , American Dad! , Related , Grey's Anatomy , The Closer and Without a Trace . His first audition in Los Angeles earned him a guest-starring role on Suddenly Susan .
Paige spent summer 2004 starring in his feature directorial debut, Say Uncle , alongside Kathy Najimy, Anthony Clark, Melanie Lynskey, Lisa Edelstein and Gabrielle Union. Other film credits include Don McKellar's Childstar with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dave Foley, Showtime's Our America (which debuted at Sundance in 2002), indie Pop and the award-winning shorts The Four of Us and The Shooting.
An accomplished stage actor, Paige has appeared at major regional theatres throughout the country, most notably in world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and Playwrights Horizons. He has performed nearly every genre of play, from the Greeks to Shakespeare to contemporary American work. Plays on his resume include A Midsummer Night's Dream , The Rivals , Secret Agents, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Pantophobia, his two-man show written and performed with Abraham Higginbotham.
On February 6, 2013, it was announced that The Fosters , a show that Paige created along with Bradley Bredeweg, and produced by Jennifer Lopez and through production company, Nuyorican Productions was picked up by the ABC Family. The series follows the lives of the Foster family, an interracial lesbian couple who are married and raising biological and adoptive children together. [2] [3] The series began airing on June 3, 2013. [4] On January 10, 2017, the network announced a fifth season was picked up. [5]
In 2020, Paige made a guest appearance on Station 19 , a spin-off of Grey's Anatomy .
In 2019, Paige wrote and directed the television film The Thing About Harry , which premiered on Freeform in 2020. [6]
Paige is openly gay, but keeps his relationship status private. [7]
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | The Shooting | Short film | |
| 1999 | Pop | Nick | |
| The Joyriders | Family Restaurant Waiter | ||
| 2001 | The Four of Us | Scott | Short film |
| 2004 | Childstar | Tim | |
| 2005 | Say Uncle | Paul Johnson | Writer, director, producer |
| 2007 | Ping Pong Playa | Gerald Harcourt | |
| 2008 | Leaving Barstow | The DJ | Director |
| 2012 | Groom's Cake | Scott Green | Short film |
| 2012 | Annie and the Gypsy | Roger | |
| 2013 | Birthday Cake | Scott Green | |
| 2016 | Divorce: The Greatest Hits | Todd | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Nowhere Man | Recruit #4 | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| 1997 | Suddenly Susan | Neil Pomerantz | Episode: "Next Stop, Heaven" |
| 1998 | Caroline in the City | Robert | Episode: "Caroline and the Paper Chase" |
| 1999 | Undressed | Kirk | 5 episodes |
| Will & Grace | Roger O'Neil | Episode: "Whose Mom Is It Anyway?" | |
| 2000 | Movie Stars | Nick | Episode: "He's Reese. He's Here. Get Used to It." |
| Time of Your Life | Assistant | Episode: "The Time They Cheated" | |
| 2002 | Our America | Gary Covino | Television film |
| Girlfriends | Zellner | Episode: "Star Craving Mad" | |
| 2000–05 | Queer as Folk | Emmett Honeycutt | Main role (83 episodes) |
| 2005–06 | Related | Patrick | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Benjamin O'Leary | Episode: "I Am a Tree" |
| 2006–10 | American Dad! | Jason (voice) / Various Guys (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Lucas Blumenthal | Episode: "Primed" |
| 2007–09 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Steve Ball | Main role (14 episodes) |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Glenn Wagner | Episode: "Divorce Party" |
| Raising the Bar | Sean Graydon | Episode: "The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button" | |
| 2010 | Fly Girls | — | Creator, co-executive producer |
| 2010 | The Closer | Ricky | Episode: "Old Money" |
| 2011 | Bones | Darren Hargrove | Episode: "The Bikini in the Soup" |
| 2013–18 | The Fosters | — | Creator, director, writer, executive producer |
| 2015 | Tut | — | Writer |
| 2018 | Where the Bears Are | Temperamental Choreographer / Bentley | 6 episodes |
| 2019–2024 | Good Trouble | — | Creator, director, writer, executive producer |
| 2020 | The Thing About Harry | Casey | Television film; Director, screenwriter, producer |
| 2020-2024 | Station 19 | Cooper | Director, writer, executive producer, co-showrunner (S7) |
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
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| 2002 | "Some Lovin'" | Murk vs Kristine W | Director |
| 2019 | "No More!" | Tonality | Director |
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