Peter Farrelly

Birthplace: Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Birthday: December 17, 1956

Half of arguably the second most-famous brother act in filmmaking (after the Coens), Peter Farrelly developed his comic chops competing for laughs around the family dinner table in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Together with his equally underachieving brother Bobby, he lived the slacker life to the hilt before moving to Los Angeles in 1985, landing a development deal with writing partner Bennett Yellin soon after. Bobby joined the process, and the brothers remained constantly employed, going from one deal to the next, though none of the movies ende…more

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Credits

Actor

Three Stooges' 75th Anniversary Special
Canned Ham: Me, Myself & Irene
Interviewee
Reel Comedy: Stuck on You
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
Interviewee
Reel Comedy: Say It Isn't So

Director

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Director

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Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-directed with brother Bobby a remake of "The Heartbreak Kid" starring Ben Stiller; also co-wrote
2005
Co-directed "Fever Pitch," based on a novel by Nick Hornby about british football adapted into a comedy about love and the Boston Red Soxs
2003
Directed Greg Kinnear and Matt Damon as conjoined twins in "Stuck on You", also produced and wrote
2001
Produced, Directed and Wrote with brother Bobby "Shallow Hal", which starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black
2001
Worked again with brother Bobby on the animated film "Osmosis Jones"