Peter Jason
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 July 1944 · Hollywood, California, USA
- Died
- 20 February 2025
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Edward Ostling (July 22, 1944 - February 20, 2025), also known as Peter Jason, was an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television shows and eighty films. He played Con Stapleton in the series Deadwood. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game Fallout 2. Jason starred in supporting roles for the films 48 Hrs. and Arachnophobia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Jason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 144
- 2026Back of Book as Roy Watkins
- 2026The Cowboy Killer as Paul
- 2025Christmas at Mistletoe Manor as Louis
- 2024Barney & Herb as Herb
- 2022We Are Gathered Here Today as Henry Stone
- 2021Deep in the Forest as Mark Goodman
- 2020The Assent as Father Lambert
- 2019Deadwood: The Movie as Con Stapleton
- 2019Heavenly Deposit as Steven
- 2018The Other Side of the Wind as Grover
- 2018Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live as Self
- 2018Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness as Self
- 2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self
- 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Senator Sherwood
- 2018High & Outside: A Baseball Noir as Harold
- 2018Get Married or Die as Frank
- 2017The Nth Ward as Jeffrey
- 2017The Terror of Hallow's Eve as Dr. Hamilton
- 2016Sister Cities as Dr. Timmins
- 2016It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned as Self
- 2016Hail, Caesar! as Director
- 2014Return to Zero as Gerry
- 2014Merkin Penal as Sargent Sacrifice
- 2013Willow Creek as Ranger Troy Andrews
- 2013Queen City as Bernie Donovan
- 2013Robosapien: Rebooted as Admiral Victor
- 2012Heal Thyself as Dennis Hill
- 2011Annie Claus Is Coming to Town as Santa
- 2011From the Head as Jim
- 2011Hopelessly in June as Frankie Flowers
- 2011Son of Morning as Ned Jensen
- 2011Little Murder as Captain
- 2011Valley of the Sun as Myron McGill
- 2010How to Make Love to a Woman as Mr. Conners
- 2009Falling Up as John O'Shea
- 2009Mending Fences as Hank Bentley
- 2008Crash and Burn as Winston Manny
- 2008The Man Who Came Back as The Warden
- 2007Moving McAllister as Mr. Robinson
- 2007Claire as Harry Bannion
- 2007Planet Raptor as Sgt. Pappy Mathis
- 2007Harpies as Vorian
- 2007Richard III as Ringside Announcer
- 2006Big John as Self
- 2006The Christmas Card as Richard
- 2006The Enigma with a Stigma as Bill Herman
- 2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Lt. Hamilton
- 2005American Black Beauty as Mayor Bart Williams
- 2005Kicking & Screaming as Clark
- 2005Alien Apocalypse as President Demsky
- 2005Frostbite as Colonel Jaffe
- 2005Confessions of an Action Star as (uncredited)
- 2004Surviving Christmas as Suit
- 2004Patients as Callie's Dad
- 2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- 2004Raptor Island as The Captain
- 2004Hair High as Coach (voice)
- 2004John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self
- 2004Employee of the Month as Bill Gartin
- 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Ron Grantski
- 2003Detonator as U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg
- 2003Seabiscuit as Reporter Max
- 2002Live from Baghdad as Stu
- 2002Adaptation. as Defense Attorney
- 2002Almost a Woman as Mr. Fuller
- 200213th Child as Coroner
- 2002Undisputed as Oakland TV Announcer
- 2002The Rose Technique as Detective Atwood
- 2002Hard Cash as The Counter Boss
- 2001Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self
- 2001Ghosts of Mars as Engineer McSimms
- 2001Cahoots as Eddie
- 2001Out of the Wilderness as Judge Battle
- 2000Murder in the Mirror as Clark Snowdon
- 2000Mystery Kids as Monte Harrington
- 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie as Coach Creagar (voice)
- 1997Java Heads: The Movie
- 1997Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer as Mr. Sheehy
- 1997Dante's Peak as Norman Gates
- 1996Valley Girls as Cop
- 1996The Glimmer Man as Millie’s Father
- 1996Escape from L.A. as Duty Sergeant
- 1995Wild Bill as Dave McCandless
- 1995Rage as Griggs
- 1995Mortal Kombat as Master Boyd
- 1995Congo as Mr. Janus
- 1995Village of the Damned as Ben Blum
- 1995The Demolitionist as Higgins
- 1995In the Mouth of Madness as Mr. Paul
- 1994Deconstructing Sarah as Cliff
- 1993Body Bags as Gent
- 1993Working with Orson Welles as Himself
- 1990Marked for Death as Pete Stone
- 1990Arachnophobia as Henry Beechwood
- 1990The Hunt for Red October as Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
- 1989Johnny Handsome as Mr. Bonet
- 1989Jack in the Box as Reese
- 1989From the Dead of Night
- 1988They Live as Gilbert
- 1988Alien Nation as Fedorchuk
- 1988Red Heat as TV Announcer
- 1988Sunset as Frank Coe
- 1987Laguna Heat as Chief Hanover
- 1987Prince of Darkness as Dr. Paul Leahy
- 1987Party Camp as Sarge
- 1987The Betty Ford Story as Counselor
- 1986Heartbreak Ridge as Major G.F. Devin
- 1986Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
- 1986Amazing Stories as Commander
- 1986Eat or Be Eaten
- 1985Izzy & Moe as Bartender
- 1985Command 5 as Warden Bryan
- 1985Brewster's Millions as Chuck Fleming
- 1985A Reason to Live as Dick Biheller
- 1984Impulse as Man in Truck
- 1984Oxford Blues as Mr. De Angelo
- 1984Dreamscape as Babcock
- 1984The Karate Kid as Soccer Coach
- 1984Streets of Fire as Ardmore Cop Harry
- 1984Mister Roberts as Chief Johnson
- 1984Angel as The John
- 1983Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land as Schultie
- 198248 Hrs. as Cowboy Bartender
- 1982Trick or Treats as Malcolm O'Keefe
- 1982Some Kind of Hero as Honcho #1
- 1982Butterfly as Allen
- 1981Splendor in the Grass as Coach
- 1981Mommie Dearest as Pepsi Executive #4
- 1981Nice Dreams as Det. Drooler
- 1981Texas Lightning as Frank Whitman
- 1981Beyond the Universe
- 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Lt. Micklin
- 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as TV Reporter
- 1980The Long Riders as The Pinkertons
- 1980Angel on My Shoulder
- 1980The Baltimore Bullet as Bert
- 1979Disaster on the Coastliner as LeBoux
- 1979The Illegal
- 1978The Driver as Commuter
- 1978With This Ring as Dirk
- 1970Rio Lobo as Lt. Ned Forsythe
- 1968Shadow on the Land as Man at Airport (uncredited)
- 1967A Bell for Adano as Duty Officer
Production 2
- 2011Hopelessly in June · co-producer
- 1995Village of the Damned · casting director