American actor
Peter is an accomplished juggler and is skilled in circus arts.
Discovered acting at the age of 16 while performing in a high school production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
Dreamed of being a professional baseball player but an elbow injury ended that dream.
Met future wife Cathy Trien in Boston, 1996, while performing in a production of "Grease".
Good friends with his "Bosom Buddies" co-star Tom Hanks and his "Newhart" co-star Julia Duffy.
His acting mentor was Bob Newhart.
Best known by the public for his role as Michael Harris on "Newhart" and for his starring role as Wayne Szalinski on "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" .
(October 2008) Starring in Boeing, Boeing Playing Sept 20th - Nov 23rd, 2008 at Stage West Mississauga, Ontario.
Currently starring in the new off-Broadway comedy by Kenny Solms , "It Must Be Him".
He is of Italian descent.
Was originally not on the Emmy nominations list for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016 (a category, which he ultimately won). He only became a nominee, when original nominee Peter MacNicol was disqualified, because he appeared in too many episodes of "Veep" s fifth season and could no longer be categorized as "guest performer". Scolari, who won the next-highest number of votes without actually being nominated, was then moved up to be one of the six nominees.
Frequently plays golf with his good buddy Bob Newhart.
Credits Bob Newhart as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
After guest-starring in 2 episodes of "Newhart" , in 1984, Scolari was brought in to replace Steven Kampmann , the following year.
