An Emmy Award nominated actor who has also graced the boards of Broadway, Eric Petersen talks about working on stage, screen and beyond and how he stays afloat in a challenging industry.

Eric Petersen most recently can be seen in High Desert for Apple TV opposite Patricia Arquette, and can next be seen in Nathan Fielder’s The Curse on Showtime. He also recently starred in the AMC series Kevin Can F*** Himself, alongside Annie Murphy. A dark comedy that mixes single-cam and multi-cam shooting in front of a studio audience to re-examine the trope of the passive sitcom wife.

A veteran of television and the Broadway stage, Petersen’s previous television credits include the TV Land series Kristie, Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, & Chicago Fire amongst many others. Eric was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role of Ant’ney the pigeon on Madagascar: A Little Wild. He was also seen in the Oscar Nominated Coen Bros. film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. On stage Petersen has starred in the hit Broadway production and national tour of “Shrek: The Musical,” as Shrek. On Broadway he was seen in “School of Rock” as Dewey Finn and the musical “Escape To Margaritaville,” as Brick. His additional theatre credits include productions of “Peter and the Starcather” (Broadway) and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (1st National Tour). He attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he earned a degree in Acting.

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