Peter McRobbie
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Born | January 31, 1943 Hawick, Borders, Scotland |
Peter McRobbie (born January 31, 1943) is a Scottish-born, American-based character actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
McRobbie has more than 60 movies and television series to his credit. The movies include Spider-Man 2, World Trade Center, Sleepers, and Bullets over Broadway. He is also a regular on the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the original Law & Order series. It was on SVU that McRobbie has played perhaps his most famous role to date, Judge Walter Bradley. McRobbie also garnered wide attention for his portrayal of John C. Twist in the motion picture Brokeback Mountain (2005).
[edit] Personal life
McRobbie was born in Hawick, Borders, Scotland, the son of Mary Fleming (née Heigh), a writer, and William McRobbie, a storekeeper.[1] McRobbie, who emigrated to the United States with his family as a child, grew up in Milford, Connecticut and graduated from Yale University with a degree in theater. He also briefly served in the United States Army. McRobbie is married and the father of a daughter, Charlotte, born in 1977.