Peter Horton
Horton in 1988
Born	(1953-08-20)August 20, 1953 (age 72) Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
Occupations	Actor, director
Years active	1964–present
Spouses	Michelle Pfeiffer ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1988)​ Nicole Deputron ​ ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2

Peter Horton (born August 20, 1953) is an American actor and director. He played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television seriesThirtysomething from 1987 until 1991.

Horton was born inBellevue, Washington, to a father who worked in the shipping business.^{[citation needed]} He attendedRedwood High School inMarin County, California, andPrincipia College inIllinois.^[1] He later attendedUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition.^[2]

During his run onThirtysomething,People magazine named him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People." Horton acted in television shows includingSt. Elsewhere,The White Shadow,Dallas,Eight Is Enough,In Treatment andThe Geena Davis Show, played the lead in the short-lived seriesBrimstone, and played Crane McFadden in the one-season series (1982–1983)Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He played Jacob in the 1982 feature filmSplit Image, Father Mahoney in the 1986 feature filmWhere the River Runs Black, Roy Fox in the 1996 filmTwo Days in the Valley, and played Burt in the 1984Stephen King movieChildren of the Corn. He had a minor role inCameron Crowe'sSeattle romantic comedy,Singles. He played Harry Landers in the "Hospital" skit fromAmazon Women on the Moon opposite wifeMichelle Pfeiffer, whom he had previously directed in theABC Afterschool SpecialOne Too Many in 1985. Horton also appeared in the 1997TV movie version of theJon Krakauer bookInto Thin Air: Death on Everest, playingScott Fischer, the leader ofthe disastrous 1996 climb onMount Everest. He was also in the movieSideout (1990) as Zach Barnes, a down-and-out ex-volleyball champ. As a director he has worked on several television series includingThe Shield,Thirtysomething,The Wonder Years,Once and Again, and directed the pilot forGrey's Anatomy as well as pilots forClass of '96,Birdland,Dirty Sexy Money,The Philanthropist andReconstruction. He directed the 1990 film for televisionExtreme Close-Up as well as the 1995 feature filmThe Cure. As a producer, he producedReconstruction (which he co-created),Lone Star,The Philanthropist,The Body Politic (which he also co-created),Grey's Anatomy,Six Degrees andMurder Live (for which he wrote the story).

He appeared inWho Killed the Electric Car? and is on the board of directors of the Environmental Alliance.^[3]

As of 2010, Horton is an executive producer and director ofGrey's Anatomy onABC, and produced and directedNBC'sThe Philanthropist. In 2015, he signed a deal with Universal TV.^[4] His production company is Pico Creek Productions.^[5] Horton co-created the 2015 seriesAmerican Odyssey.^[6]

In the late 1970s, Horton dated actressValerie Harper.^[7] Horton has been married twice. His first marriage was toMichelle Pfeiffer, whom he met inMilton Katselas's acting class.^[8] The couple married in 1981. Of their relationship, Pfeiffer reflected, "I broke one of my own Ten Commandments never to date an actor, especially one you study with. Then I married one!"^[9] The couple divorced in 1988. The divorce was amicable, with Horton saying both his and Pfeiffer's devotion to their careers affected the marriage.^[10]

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