Peter John DeLuise is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his
role as Officer Doug Penhall in the Fox TV series 21 Jump Street, and for directing and
writing episodes of science fiction television shows, particularly in the Stargate franchise.
Career DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 film
Hot Stuff.
He landed his best known acting role, as Officer Doug Penhall, in the 1987 Fox series 21 Jump
Street, alongside other promising actors including Johnny Depp.
His brother Michael came on the show in the fifth season where he played his younger brother,
Officer Joey Penhall.
DeLuise is also well known for his role as Dagwood on the NBC science fiction television
series SeaQuest DSV from 1994 to 1996.
DeLuise has made guest appearances on the television shows The Facts of Life, 21 Jump
Street spin-off Booker, Friends, Highlander: The Series, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda,
and Stargate SG-1.
In 1997, he began working on the series Stargate SG-1, serving as producer, writer, director,
and creative consultant.
He has appeared, normally as an extra, in every episode of the series he has directed.
He went on to work as executive producer, director and writer for the Stargate SG-1
spin-off Stargate Atlantis, and directed eight episodes of the spin-off Stargate Universe.
His father, Dom DeLuise, made a guest appearance in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Urgo", which
Peter directed.
Peter also made a cameo in the episode as the "Urgo" character transformed to be a young
man in a United States Air Force uniform.
DeLuise directed the CBC television series jPod, based on the novel of the same name
by Douglas Coupland, which debuted in January 2008 and directed the fantasy film Beyond
Sherwood Forest.
He made a brief cameo appearance alongside Johnny Depp in the 2012 film adaptation, 21
Jump Street.
Depp, DeLuise and Holly Robinson reprised their roles as Tom Hanson, Doug Penhall and
Judy Hoffs, respectively.
Selected filmography Actor
Hot Stuff Free Ride
Solarbabies Winners Take All
Listen to Me Children of the Night
Rescue Me aka Street Hunter The Silence of the Hams aka Il Silenzio dei
Prosciutti National Lampoon's Attack of the 5 Ft 2 Woman
The Shot Between the Sheets
Southern Heart Bloodsuckers
The Bar Smile of April
21 Jump Street Television
Happy The Facts of Life,
The Midnight Hour Diff'rent Strokes
Booker 21 Jump Street
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories Highlander: The Series
The Hat Squad Street Justice
Friends SeaQuest DSV
3rd Rock from the Sun The New Outer Limits
V.I.P.
Before I Say Goodbye Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Bloodsuckers Engaged to Kill
Stargate SG-1 To Love and Die
Robson Arms Painkiller Jane
Sanctuary Supernatural
Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Prep and Landing
Stargate Universe Sanctuary
Director 21 Jump Street
Silk Stalkings Southern Heart
The Net Hope Island
Higher Ground Romantic Comedy 101
V.I.P.
The New Outer Limits Jeremiah
Just Deal Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Stargate Atlantis Stargate SG-1
Blood Ties Painkiller Jane
jPod Kyle XY
Sanctuary Stargate Universe
16 Wishes Tower Prep
Zapped Producer
Jeremiah From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown
Stargate Atlantis Stargate SG-1
Writer Between the Sheets
Stargate Atlantis Stargate SG-1
Award nominations References
External links Peter DeLuise at the Internet Movie Database