Peter S. Brown (born September 19, 1986), better known by his stage name Peter Vack, is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He portrayed Jason Strider in the MTV comedy series I Just Want My Pants Back (2011–2012), and Alex Merriweather in the Amazon Video comedy-drama series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2015). Vack also voiced antagonist Gary Smith in the Rockstar Games video game Bully. In 2017, he released his feature directorial debut, Assholes.
Early life Vack was born in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City to Jane ( Spivack) and Ronald Brown, a movie producer and writer. His younger sister, Betsey, is an actress, director, and writer. Vack is Jewish.
Raised in New York City, he attended Riverdale Country School and graduated from Professional Children's School. Vack graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied Theater.
Career Vack made his acting debut in the short film Dear Diary (1996), which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Vack has guest-starred in single episodes of Hope & Faith (2004), Third Watch (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005), Ghost Whisperer (2009) and Cold Case (2010). He also played a lead acting role in a music video for the song, 'Love in the Old Days', by James Franco's and Tim O'Keefe's band, Daddy.
From 2011 until its cancellation the following year, he portrayed Jason Strider in the short-lived MTV television series I Just Want My Pants Back. He co-starred as Alex Merriweather in the Amazon Video comedy-drama series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2015), alongside Lola Kirke, Malcolm McDowell and Bernadette Peters.
In 2020, Vack gave an in-depth interview on popular podcast The Ion Pod.
In 2024, Vack released www.RachelOrmont.com, a feature film he wrote and directed; described as a "technosatire about growing up in captivity" starring Betsey Brown, Chloe Cherry, and Dasha Nekrasova.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Dear Diary Peter Short film 1997 A Bedtime Story Son Short film 2005 A Perfect Fit Ernie 2006 The Treatment Ted 2006 Love/Death/Cobain Doug Mortimer Short film 2010 Consent Joshua 2011 A November Boyfriend Short film; also writer 2011 God Don't Make the Laws Joey Larch 2012 Commentary Pierce Phoenix Reagan 2012 Kiss of the Damned Adam 2013 CBGB Legs McNeil 2013 Send Writer, director and producer 2014 Fort Tilden Benji 2014 I Believe in Unicorns Sterling 2014 Swelter Madsen 2015 6 Years Will 2015 The Intern ATF Creative Team 2015 Lace Crater Michael 2015 Ma Priest 2016 Slash Mike Holloway 2017 M.F.A. Luke 2017 The Price Alex Mueller 2017 Assholes Adam Shapiro Writer, director, producer 2017 Child Psychology Peter Short film 2017 Good People Thorn Short film 2017 Everything is Free Christian 2018 After Everything Young Cancer Survivor 2018 The Great Pretender Adrian 2019 Brittany Runs a Marathon Ryan 2019 Jake and Kyle Get Wedding Dates Cousin Ricky (voice) Direct-to-video 2019 Someone Great Matt Lasher 2020 PVT Chat Jack 2021 Actors Peter/Petra 2023 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Thomas 2024 Replay Julian2024www.RachelOrmont.comWriter, director2025Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds Brody
Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 As the World Turns Casey Hughes Unknown episodes 2004 Hope & Faith Rodney Episode: "Madam President" 2004 Third Watch Danny's Partner Episode: "Family Ties: Part 1" 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Owen Episode: "Hooked" 2009 Ghost Whisperer Paul Jett Episode: "Do Over" 2010 Cold Case Lee Mavoides '89 Episode: "Almost Paradise" 2011–2012 I Just Want My Pants Back Jason Strider 12 episodes 2014 The Michael J. Fox Show Andreas Episode: "Couples" 2014–2015 Mozart in the Jungle Alex Merriweather 11 episodes 2015 The Blacklist Asher Sutton 3 episodes 2018 Homeland Clint 5 episodes2019The Bold Type Patrick Duchand Season 32020Love Life Jim Main role
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 Bully Gary Smith Main antagonist
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2010 New York VisionFest Award Breakthrough Performance Consent 2014 SXSW Grand Jury Award Narrative Short Send
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