Peter Youngblood Hills is an Anglo-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his supporting role of Sgt. Darrell "Shifty" Powers in HBO’s World War II mini-series, Band of Brothers.
Career Peter Youngblood Hills has been a professional actor since 1996. He started his career in acting with various music videos, TV commercials and theater before beginning a career in film. He has appeared in various films like The Beach and The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. His big break was when he appeared in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers.
He also appeared in a 2002 film, AKA with his Band of Brothers co-star Matthew Leitch. In 2003, he starred as Steve Warson in Michel Vaillant. In 2006, he starred in the Foyle's War Series 4 episode titled "Invasion". Hills had a brief cameo in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Leonardo DiCaprio asked him to do the stylized cinematography for his environmental documentary The 11th Hour. It focused on the conservation and preservation of life.
Due to his role in Band of Brothers, his interests and personal life became focused on 'the recovery from war' which led to a 12-year mentorship with Vietnam Veteran, Sensei and Interfaith Rev. Clifford Ishigaki.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2014 Faith Svetli Short film2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Audience Member #1 2005 The Marksman Hargreaves direct-to-DVD Submerged Doc Shock direct-to-DVD2003 Michel Vaillant Steve Warson 2002 AKA Benjamin 2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Al (billed as Peter Youngblood-Hills) TV movie, a joint project of BBC Films and HBO The Beach Zeph 1998 Hideous Kinky Hippy
Television Year Title Role Notes2001 Band of Brothers Darrell C. ('Shifty') Powers 10 episodes2006 Foyle's War James Taylor 1 episode, "Invasion"
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