Brock Peters Biography (2)
Brock Peters, whose career spans more than five decades, made his film debut as Sgt. Brown in Carmen Jones with Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Diahann Carroll. An alumnus of the famed High School of Music and the Performing Arts in New York City, the young actor went on tour with a production of George Gershwin's classic opera Porgy and Bess in 1949. In the early 1960s, Peters' acting star took off when he played accused rapist Tom Robinson, victim of a racist southern community, in the classic film To Kill a Mockingbird. His wide range allowed him to deliver compelling performances as the contemptible Rodriguez in The Pawnbroker and as the benevolent Reverend Kumalko in Lost in the Stars. Recent feature films include The Last Place on Earth and the acclaimed Ghosts of Mississippi. In addition to guest appearances on many popular television shows over the years -- including Mission Impossible, Gunsmoke, Magnum P.I., The Commish and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- Peters has also loaned his voice to a number of projects, most notably Batman: The Animated Series. Peters is the recipient of many industry awards and honors. He was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1976 and received the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.
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