Donald Petrie is an American film director and actor.
Life and career Petrie was born in New York City, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr.
Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute.
Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.
Filmography Film Mystic Pizza (1988) Opportunity Knocks (1990) Grumpy Old Men (1993) The Favor (1994) Richie Rich (1994) The Associate (1996) My Favorite Martian (1999) Miss Congeniality (2000) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Welcome to Mooseport (2004) Just My Luck (2006) (also producer) My Life in Ruins (2009) Atlantic Gold (2013) Little Italy (2018) The Last Resort (2027)
TV movies Why on Earth? (1988) Turner & Hooch (1990) Country Estates (1993)
TV series Year Title Episode(s) 1985 MacGyver "Trumbo's World" Amazing Stories "Mr. Magic" 1985–1988 The Equalizer "Desperately" "Dead Drop" "Shades of Darkness" "Tip on a Sure Thing" "Riding the Elephant" 1986 CBS Schoolbreak Special "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" Downtown "Pilot" 1986–1987 L.A. Law "The Venus Butterfly" "The Douglas Fur Ball" 1987 Private Eye "Nicky the Rose" The Oldest Rookie "At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand" "Blue Flu" "Expert Witness" 1992 The Heights "Talk to an Angel" "On the Nickel" Picket Fences "Remembering Rosemary" 1995 Chicago Hope "Rise from the Dead" 1997 Players "Con Job" 1999 Snoops "Blood Lines" 2000 Opposite Sex "Pilot" 2015 Chicago Med "Mistaken" "Reunion" "Hearts" "On Shaky Ground" "What You Don't Know" 2017 Chicago Justice "Fake" "Double Helix" "Lily's Law" 2018 The Kominsky Method "Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges" "Chapter 7. A String Is Attached" 2019 Chicago P.D. "Good Men"
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