Peter was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in the rural area surrounding Alum Creek State Park. As a teenager through college he was a black-belt Taekwondo athlete, 5 times winning national titles in both forms and fighting competitions. After graduating from UC San Diego with a degree in Economics, Peter started working as an actor and stuntman and has over 100 credits on TV shows and movies over his decade long career. In 2016, Peter founded Simplicity Pictures, Inc as both a loan-out corporation for his performing career as well as an award winning production company that has amassed over two dozen awards and official selections at film festivals and screenwriting competitions across the world. Through his films, Peter hopes to foster change in the world through thoughtful introspection masked with entertainment.