Peter Tedeschi
- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Peter Tedeschi is an actor, writer and producer with extensive stage
credits, as well as work behind and in front of the camera. He has a
Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from Carnegie Mellon University
and another from the Moscow Art Theatre Institute in Russia. He has a
Bachelor's Degree in journalism from Marquette University, where he
double majored in journalism and Spanish literature. All that training
put him in the unique position of being an all-around story-teller,
sometimes through non-fiction (journalism) and sometimes through
fiction (theater and film). The New York Times, The Village Voice and
Newsday have singled out his performances in and around New York. The
Russian press called him a "pure souled actor." On New York and
regional theater stages, he has played everything from the "obnoxious
and disliked" founding father John Adams (three times in 1776), to the
former slave owner who sees the light Phineas Fletcher (Uncle Tom's
Cabin), to Shakespeare's Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), to
Shakespeare's Polixenes (The Winter's Tale), and to a suicidal,
alcoholic actor (The Lower Depths). Despite those heady roles, he
actually seems to spend most of his time on stage doing comedy and
crazy farce. As a journalist, he's covered life-changing events like
war zones in Central America, Middle East Peace Talks, and the
September 11th attacks. He created Larry King Weekend on CNN and served
as senior producer of Larry King Live. He co-created, developed and
served as executive producer of Noticiero CNN and later CNN en Espanol
(CNN's Spanish-language service), he was also senior executive producer
of CNN Financial News, overseeing coverage of world economics.