Peter Berg

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Peter Berg

Born March 11, 1964 · New York City, New York, USA (age 62)

Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He is highly regarded for developing the television series Friday Night Lights, based on the film of the same name which he also directed. In his more recent career he has worked to bring to the big…

Known For

HerculesHercules · 2014
Hercules
5.82014
MovieActionAdventure
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
Deepwater HorizonDeepwater Horizon · 2016
Deepwater Horizon
6.92016
MovieDramaAction
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Wind RiverWind River · 2017
Wind River
7.42017
MovieCrimeMystery
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Hell or High WaterHell or High Water · 2016
Hell or High Water
7.32016
MovieWesternCrime
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
BattleshipBattleship · 2012
Battleship
5.92012
MovieThrillerAction
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
Lone SurvivorLone Survivor · 2013
Lone Survivor
7.42013
MovieWarAction
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
CollateralCollateral · 2004
Collateral
7.22004
MovieDramaCrime
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
HancockHancock · 2008
Hancock
6.42008
MovieFantasyAction
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

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