Donald Mark Petrie[1] (born April 2, 1954)[1] is an American film director and actor.
Donald Petrie | |
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Born | Donald Mark Petrie April 2, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
Years active | 1976–present |
Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director.[1][2] He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Donald soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Donald decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute. [3]
Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.
Films
TV movies
TV series
Year | Title | Episode(s) |
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1985 | MacGyver | "Trumbo's World" |
Amazing Stories | "Mr. Magic" | |
1985-1988 | The Equalizer | "Desperately", "Dead Drop", "Shades of Darkness", "Tip on a Sure Thing" and "Riding the Elephant" |
1986 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" |
Downtown | "Pilot" | |
1986-1987 | L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" and "The Douglas Fur Ball" |
1987 | Private Eye | "Nicky the Rose" |
The Oldest Rookie | "At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand", "Blue Flu" and "Expert Witness" | |
1992 | The Heights | "Talk to an Angel" and "On the Nickel" |
Picket Fences | "Remembering Rosemary" | |
1995 | Chicago Hope | "Rise from the Dead" |
1997 | Players | "Con Job" |
1999 | Snoops | "Blood Lines" |
2000 | Opposite Sex | "Pilot" |
2015 | Chicago Med | "Mistaken", "Reunion", "Hearts", "On Shaky Ground" and "What You Don't Know" |
2017 | Chicago Justice | "Fake", "Double Helix" and "Lily's Law"; Also executive producer |
2018 | The Kominsky Method | "Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges" and "Chapter 7. A String Is Attached" |
2019 | Chicago P.D. | "Good Men" |