Peter Bram Berry (born October 30, 2001) is an American wheelchair basketball player for the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team and social media personality. At age nine, a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Berry started competing in wheelchair basketball for TIRR Memorial Hermann soon after his accident. In 2019, he accepted an athletic scholarship to play for the University of Alabama's wheelchair basketball team, where he began in 2020.
Early life Berry was raised in Houston, Texas with his younger brother and sister by parents Joshua and Robin Berry, and is Jewish. When he was nine years old, he and his family were involved in a motor vehicle collision when a distracted driver collided head-on with their vehicle, resulting in the death of his parents, and he and younger brother Aaron becoming paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair users. After the story was published by several news outlets across the United States, singer Justin Bieber launched the "Show Your Hearts" campaign aimed at raising funds for Berry's family. After his accident, Berry and his two siblings were taken in by their aunt and uncle, and resided in the Bellaire area. He attended the Emery/Weiner School.
Career Basketball While recovering from his injury, Berry started competing in wheelchair basketball, where he quickly became one of the best young wheelchair athletes in the United States. He led his TIRR Memorial Hermann Hotwheels team to three national titles and one national softball title. This success led him to receive a scholarship to play division 1 wheelchair basketball at the University of Alabama. In January 2020, he won the inaugural Houston Sports Insperity Inspiration Award.
In 2022, Berry started training for the 2024 Summer Paralympics with his teammates from the University of Alabama. On March 30, 2024, he was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Television In 2021, he and his brother appeared on an episode of Tamron Hall, to discuss their respective successes in wheelchair basketball.
Social media In 2022, he posted a video on TikTok of him playing wheelchair basketball against his able bodied friend when he is pushed out of his wheelchair. It went viral, receiving over 3.5 million views and over 630 thousand likes.
Acting Berry will make his acting debut in the Netflix television series adaptation of the hockey romance novel Icebreaker, in which he will star alongside Auli'i Cravalho.
Personal life Over the years, he has become close friends with J. J. Watt.
Filmography Year Title Role Note Ref. 2021 Tamron Hall Show Himself Interview TBA Icebreaker Robbie Acting debut
Awards Year Award Result Ref. 2020 Houston Sports Award – Insperity Inspiration Award
See also List of people from Houston List of people with paraplegia
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