American screen player highly acclaimed for his appearance as Londo Mollari in the popular 1990s show ‘ Babylon 5 Babylon 5 first came out back in 1994. A sci-fi sp >> Read More... ’ and before that as Sid the Snitch in ‘Hill Street Blues’, and its short-lived offshoot ‘Beverly Hills Buntz’ in the 1980s. Peter Jurasik was born in Queens, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , on April 25, 1950, the second youngest of four siblings. He went to the University of New Hampshire, where he performed in numerous theatrical productions. His portrayal of Londo Mollari in ‘Babylon 5’ had earned him the Best Supporting Actor in a Genre TV series in 1996.
He featured in one episode of ‘ MacGyver MacGyver is an American television serial that is >> Read More... ’ as an ornithologist, two episodes of ‘M*A*S*H’ as CID investigator Captain Triplett, and three episodes of ‘Sliders’ as Dr Oberon Geiger, Diana's supervisor. He commenced his professional vocation as a theatrical performer in New York's off-Broadway plays, then in travels and smaller theatres around the east coast. In 1975, he relocated to Los Angeles, which marked the beginning of his twenty-five-year-long career as a character player that included work in theatres, nightclub humour, occasionally in feature films, and most notably on television. He has done numerous cameos across both comedies and dramas as well.
Jurasik also appeared as Mitch Kline in the finite CBS series ‘Bay City Blues in 1983’ and as Dr Simon Ward in the ‘Columbo’ episode titled "Sex and the Married Detective" in 1989. He also had a lengthy cameo appearance as Sid the Snitch on ‘Hill Street Blues’, which turned quasi in the final two seasons. His and co-performer ‘Dennis Franz's’ roles were branched off into the brief sitcom ‘Beverly Hills Buntz’ post-termination of the previous season. Jurasik co-performed alongside ‘ Michael Keaton Michael Keaton is an American actor. He was born M >> Read More... ’ and Clint Howard in the short movie ‘But I'm Happy’, directed by Keaton himself and broadcast on NBC as a component of ‘David Letterman's’ ‘Holiday Film Festival’ in 1985.
‘Crom in Tron’ (1982), with eventual ‘Babylon 5’ fellow performer ‘ Bruce Boxleitner Bruce Boxleitner is an American television and fil >> Read More... ’, and Roy, the loving father neighbour, in ‘Problem Child’ (1990) comprise two of his cinematic appearances. Jurasik was also a part of the audio adventure ‘Doctor Who: Winter for the Adept’ in the year 2000. In 1998, he co-authored the book Diplomatic Act with ‘William H. Keith, Jr.’, a science fantasy novel in which the protagonist, a performer in a science fiction show, gets kidnapped by extra-terrestrial beings who mistake him for the show's main character. At present, Peter Jurasik resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, with his wife and child, and teaches acting for the screen to aspirants at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's Theatre and Film Studies departments.
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