---
name: "Peter Anthony Tambakis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-anthony-tambakis"
fi1m_id: "peter-anthony-tambakis"
imdb_id: "nm0848534"
tmdb_id: 52861
wikidata_id: "Q3900816"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 February 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T00:10:17.027495+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Anthony Tambakis

## Identity

Peter Anthony Tambakis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-anthony-tambakis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-anthony-tambakis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0848534
- **TMDB ID:** 52861
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3900816
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3900816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52861

Actor. Born 15 February 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 February 1984
- **Active:** 1996–1999
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3900816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52861

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Sixth Sense*](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Anthony Tambakis is an American actor. He was born on 15 February 1984 and began working as a child actor in the mid-1990s.

His early screen credits include *Ransom* (1996) as Nelson, *Joe the King* (1999) as Little Joe, and *The Sixth Sense* (1999) as Darren. Later roles encompass *Igby Goes Down* (2002) as 13-Year-Old Oliver, *A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints* (2006) as Young Nerf, and *Fighting* (2009) as Z. He has also appeared in television episodes of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2006) and *Bored to Death* (2010).

Tambakis won Best Actor at the 2006 Gijón International Film Festival for *A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints* and was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1999. He attended Purchase College.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Fi1m 84, as Darren — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)
- *Ransom* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Nelson — [page](https://film.one/film/ransom.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Clapper* (2018), as Blue-Eyed Intern
- *Yelling To The Sky* (2011), as Drew
- *Fighting* (2009), as Z
- *A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints* (2006), as Young Nerf
- *Live Free or Die* (2006), as Marcus
- *Slow Burn* (2005), as Ellis
- *Igby Goes Down* (2002), as 13-Year-Old Oliver
- *Snow in August* (2001), as Michael Devlin (as Peter Tambakis)
- *Little Nicky* (2000), as Kid #2
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Paul
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), as Darren — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)
- *Joe the King* (1999), as Little Joe
- *River Red* (1998), as Young Dave
- *Ransom* (1996), as Nelson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ransom.md)

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