Peter Keleghan is a Canadian television actor, who has played roles in several popular Canadian comedy series.

Keleghan's best-known roles have been film industry CEO Alan Roy on Made in Canada

Made in Canada

Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....

, low-IQ news anchor Jim Walcott on The Newsroom

The Newsroom

The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....

, and Ranger Gord on The Red Green Show

The Red Green Show

The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC...

. He also had a role in the Canadian film Ginger Snaps, and was one of two actors who played George Costanza

George Costanza

George Louis Costanza is a character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld , played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" , "Lord of the Idiots" , and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time"...

's archnemesis Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

. He voices Scaredy Bat, a character in the series Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...

. He also appeared in the 1995 film Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect (1995 film)

Picture Perfect is a film by Feature Films for Families and was first telecast October 14, 1995 on ABC. It's about two families and Ernie Barrett , owner and CEO of Barrett's Natural Soda...

. He is the actor in the RBC Avion card TV commercials. Keleghan also appeared in a season 4 episode of Queer as Folk as fundraising organizer Jeffrey Pendergrass.

Keleghan now stars in the CBC show 18 to Life

18 to Life

18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010 on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.-Synopsis:...

, which premiered January 2010. He also appeared in the 2010 film GravyTrain

GravyTrain

GravyTrain is a 2010 Canadian comedy film directed by April Mullen who also produced the feature with Tim Doiron under the company name G-Train Productions.-Production:The film's 15-day shoot at Niagara Falls, Ontario used Red One camera technology...

. He also has a recurring role on Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...

, which airs on CityTV in Canada.

Peter earned his BA from York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

 in Toronto, Ontario.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Red Green Show The Red Green Show The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC...	Ranger Gord
1992	Cheers Cheers Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...	Kirby
1993	Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...	Lloyd Braun Lloyd Braun Lloyd Braun is a television and Internet media executive who currently runs the entertainment firm BermanBraun.-Early life and career:Braun earned his B.A. from Vassar College in 1980, and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1983...	one episode only
1995	Picture Perfect Picture Perfect (1995 film) Picture Perfect is a film by Feature Films for Families and was first telecast October 14, 1995 on ABC. It's about two families and Ernie Barrett , owner and CEO of Barrett's Natural Soda...	Agent Sloan
1996	The Newsroom The Newsroom The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....	Jim Walcott	1996–2005
1997	Ned's Newt Ned's Newt Ned's Newt is a Canadian/German cartoon series produced by Nelvana and TMO Film GmbH. The program aired from 1993 to 1996 in Germany, and on Teletoon from 1997 to 1998 in Canada. In the United States, the program aired on Fox Kids from 1998 to 1999, and was later rerun on Fox Family Channel...	Eric "Dad" Flemkin	voice
1998	Made in Canada Made in Canada Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....	Alan Roy, CEO	1998-2003
2000	Ginger Snaps Ginger Snaps Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian werewolf film directed by John Fawcett. The film focuses on two teenage sisters, Ginger and Brigitte Fitzgerald , who have a fascination with death. The title is a pun on the cookie Gingersnap. "Snap" also relates to losing one's self-control, or a quick, aggressive...	Mr. Wayne
2003	Eloise at the Plaza Eloise at the Plaza Eloise at the Plaza is a live-action film based on the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight...	Mr.Nye
2005	Slings & Arrows	Mr. Archer	recurring character, 2005-2006
2006	Ruby Gloom Ruby Gloom Ruby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...	Scardey Bat	voice
2008	Murdoch Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...	Terrence Meyers	2008-
2009	Willa's Wild Life Willa's Wild Life Willa's Wild Life is an animated television series that first aired on ABC2 in 2008, then on Qubo and Nickelodeon Canada in 2009. The show is based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. It is about a 9 year old girl named Willa who has some very unusual pets...	Dad	voice
	Leslie, My Name Is Evil Leslie, My Name Is Evil -Plot:Leslie is a troubled 1960s teenager who eventually becomes a follower of Charles Manson and is charged, convicted, and sentenced to death in the August, 1969, murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca...	Walter
2010	18 to Life 18 to Life 18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010 on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.-Synopsis:...	Ben Bellow
	GravyTrain GravyTrain GravyTrain is a 2010 Canadian comedy film directed by April Mullen who also produced the feature with Tim Doiron under the company name G-Train Productions.-Production:The film's 15-day shoot at Niagara Falls, Ontario used Red One camera technology...	Houston GravyTrain, Senior

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