Peter Jurasik began his professional career as a stage actor working in off Broadway productions in New York and later in tours and regional theaters up and down the east coast. In 1975, he moved to Los Angeles beginning a twenty five year run as a character actor continuing to act on stage, but additionally working in feature films, in nightclubs doing comedy and especially on television with hundreds of TV appearances in both comedies and dramas. Audiences seem to remember him best for his work on 'Hill Street Blues' as Sid and later in 'Babylon 5' as Londo. He has received awards for his work on both of these shows.
Teaches as a Guest Artist at University of North Carolina - Wilmington.
Author of "Diplomatic Act", a science fiction novel which is partially based on his experiences on the Babylon 5 set.
His name is frequently mispronounced as "jurassic". The correct pronunciation is "joor-uh-sik".
Peter Jurasik and Bruce Boxleitner appeared together in both TRON and Babylon 5, though they had no scenes together in the former.
So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only.
Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother. .
