---
name: "Peter Dante"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-dante"
fi1m_id: "peter-dante"
imdb_id: "nm0200601"
tmdb_id: 20819
wikidata_id: "Q5617048"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 December 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 46
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:47:12.227123+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 Dante

## Identity

Peter Dante

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-dante
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-dante
- **IMDb ID:** nm0200601
- **TMDB ID:** 20819
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5617048
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dante, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5617048, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20819

Actor. Born 16 December 1968 in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 December 1968, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 46, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (2), 2010s 28 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 46 to 44 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $755m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dante, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5617048, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20819

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Big Daddy*](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Peter Dante is an American actor born on 16 December 1968 in West Hartford, Connecticut. He is a frequent collaborator in films produced by Happy Madison Productions, often appearing alongside Adam Sandler.

His early roles include Gee Grenouille in *The Waterboy* (1998) and Tommy Grayton in *Big Daddy* (1999). He has appeared in numerous other Sandler projects, such as *Little Nicky* (2000), *Mr. Deeds* (2002), *50 First Dates* (2004) and *That's My Boy* (2012). Dante is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he played lacrosse. He has also worked as a musician and singer-songwriter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), Fi1m 24, as Officer Dante — [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), Fi1m 31, as Carol's Boyfriend — [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *Big Daddy* (1999), Fi1m 55, as Tommy — [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)
- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), Fi1m 76, as David's Friend — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Pizza Joint* (2021), as Bill
- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), as Officer Dante — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *That's My Boy* (2012), as Dante Spirou
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), as Carol's Boyfriend — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star* (2011), as Dante
- *Just Go with It* (2011), as Pick-Up Guy #2
- *Costa Rican Summer* (2010), as Dinger
- *Strange Wilderness* (2008), as Danny Gutierrez
- *I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry* (2007), as Tony Paroni
- *Grandma's Boy* (2006), as Dante · Associate Producer
- *50 First Dates* (2004), as Security Guard
- *Stuck on You* (2003), as Officer Hill
- *The Sanctuary* (2003), Actor
- *Eight Crazy Nights* (2002), as Foot Locker Guy (voice)
- *Mr. Deeds* (2002), as Murph
- *Little Nicky* (2000), as Peter
- *Big Daddy* (1999), as Tommy — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)
- *The Waterboy* (1998), as Gee Grenouille
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Justin Ravo
- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), as David's Friend — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Delivery Man, Steve — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)

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