---
name: "Peter Spears"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-spears"
fi1m_id: "peter-spears"
imdb_id: "nm0817379"
tmdb_id: 156483
wikidata_id: "Q7177037"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 November 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T02:54:51.527176+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 Spears

## Identity

Peter Spears

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-spears
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-spears
- **IMDb ID:** nm0817379
- **TMDB ID:** 156483
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7177037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Spears, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156483

Producer. Born 29 November 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 November 1965, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Spears, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156483

## Biography

Peter Spears (born 29 November 1965) is an American actor and film producer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas, he began his career as an actor with roles in films including *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), *The Opposite of Sex* (1998) and *Something's Gotta Give* (2003), and television series such as *Friends*.

Spears produced *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), in which he also appeared as Isaac, and later produced *Nomadland* (2020), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. His other producing credits include *Bones and All* (2022), *Queer* (2024) and *On Swift Horses* (2025). He has also directed the short film *Ernest and Bertram* and developed television series including *John from Cincinnati*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *Nomadland* (2021), Fi1m 83, as Peter — [page](https://film.one/film/nomadland.md)
- *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Isaac — [page](https://film.one/film/call-me-by-your-name.md)
- *Something's Gotta Give* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Danny Benjamin — [page](https://film.one/film/somethings-gotta-give.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Queer* (2024), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/queer.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *On Swift Horses* (2025), Producer
- *Queer* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/queer.md)
- *Drift* (2024), Producer
- *Bones and All* (2022), Producer
- *Nomadland* (2021), as Peter · Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/nomadland.md)
- *Sublet* (2020), as David
- *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), as Isaac · Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/call-me-by-your-name.md)
- *Until We Could* (2014), Producer
- *John from Cincinnati* (2007), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Careless* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Something's Gotta Give* (2003), as Danny Benjamin — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/somethings-gotta-give.md)
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Josh Dalton
- *Ernest and Bertram* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Some of My Best Friends* (2001), series, as Terry
- *The Opposite of Sex* (1998), as Dr. Allen
- *The Love Bug* (1997), as Young Dr. Stumpfel
- *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), as Dr. Wagner
- *Cries from the Heart* (1994), as Jeff
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Joel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Cafe Americain* (1993), series, as Mark Durgin
- *Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story* (1992), as Peter
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Robert Benchley
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Doug Bridges / Reiser
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Barry Feldman
- *On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous*, Producer
- *Mike Nichols: A Life*, Producer
- *Leading Men*, Producer
- *The Fredy Hirsch Story*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Showing Call Me By Your Name @Berlin Film Festival 2017](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-dc475c3fe08d.jpg) Showing Call Me By Your Name @Berlin Film Festival 2017 — Franz Richter (User:FRZ), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Berlinale_8609_8610.jpg/1280px-Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Berlinale_8609_8610.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Spears](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-a6f9eca698f5.jpg) Peter Spears — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Peter_Spears_Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Press_Conference_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Peter_Spears_Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Press_Conference_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Spears at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-856fd0273df8.jpg) Peter Spears at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Peter_Spears_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Peter_Spears_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Spears](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-9202831ad1c7.jpg) Peter Spears — Image via TMDB
- ![Peter Spears](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-ee4234ccd9ef.jpg) Peter Spears — Image via TMDB
- ![Peter Spears](https://film.one/media/person/125687/gallery-98fc69183441.jpg) Peter Spears — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Picture (won), for *Nomadland*
- 2018: Best Picture (nominated), for *Call Me by Your Name*

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (won), for *Call Me by Your Name*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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