PETE PAPAGEORGE
SAG-AFTRA
Contact: (301) 758-5225 (c)
Height: 6'
Suit size: 42L
Weight: 192
Shoe: 13
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Security Clearance
Email: pgpapageorge@verizon.net
2010 Gold Peer Award Winner - Voiceover for "I Am the Guard""- National Guard
2009 Bronze Peer Award Winner - On-Camera for "Violence in the Workplace"- USPS
VIDEO REEL- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AzNxrYuFuQ
VO REELS -
FALLOUT 3/Voiceover Performer/ Twenty-two characters voiced
PRODUCER'S HANDY DANDY Profile: http://producershandydandy.com/tal/talent_info.php?&username=PetePapageorge
Condensed Voiceover Reel (2:00), sampling various styles of VO: http://www.petepapageorge.com/song/1
FILM/ROLE/PRODUCER
Sollers Point/Gilbert/Le Bureau
Urban Ghost/Lead Role/Mr. Klein/Sophie Productions
Shot in the Heart/Prison Guard/HBO Films
The Corner/Drug Addict/HBO Films
Riders/Passenger/Doug Sadler/Productions
A Dirty Shame/Blind Man/John Waters Productions
TELEVISION
The District/Kiosk Guy/CBS Productions
House of Cards (Season 1)/Charlie/KTK Productions
Covert Affairs/Spy/USA Network
WEBISODE
The Night Shift/Dobey/Wreckless Endeavor
Hard Fix (pilot)/Lead Role/Declan Kelly/Rubacam Productions
INDUSTRIAL
"The Reception"/Russian Officer/DIA
SIPC PSA/Citizen/Sage Communications
Multicraft Exposure/Electrician/MetaMedia Productions
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace/Workers (2) MetaMedia Productions
Workplace Violence/Mail Processor/USPS/Aaron E. Shirley
TSA Training/Passenger/Rock Creek Productions
Industrial/Attacker/MetaMedia Productions
Industrial/3-Star General/U.S. Army
Industrial/Thief/ Homeland Security
STAGE
WIPAC Piano Competition (2013) Master of Ceremonies WIPAC
The Elephant Man Carr-Gomm (staged reading) Evan Crump, Director
Jim Bridger: An American Original Jim Bridger (staged reading) Mary Lincer, Playwright
Paradise in the Shadow Tariq (staged reading) Ted Groll, Playwright
As You Like It/Jaques/GW University, DC
Carnival (musical)/Paul/GW University, DC
Look Homeward, Angel/Ben Gant/GW University, DC
Long Day's Journey into Night/Jamie Tyrone/Olivet College, MI
The Fantastiks (musical)/Old Shakespearean Actor/Olivet College, MI
TRAINING SKILLS
Cold Reads/Audition w/Cheryl Felicia Rhoads (2014
Scene Study/Cold Read workshops w/Kristofer Kauff (2014)
Principles of Acting/Acting for the Camera @Studio Boh (2013)
TelePrompTer
Actors' Center Improv workshops w/Mario Baldessari
SAG Improv workshops w/Gary Austin, Ken Raskin
Professional Singer/Guitarist
Bass/Baritone range
SAG-AFTRA Conservatory workshops (1999-2014 - numerous)
Geoffrey Soffer audition workshops
Role Player (2004-present)
TELEPROMPTER
Recording Studio Engineer
B.A. English Literature, GWU
Pete Papageorge discovered the guitar at age 14, and the love of his life changed from baseball to music. At 16, he played electric bass in an R&B band in the DC area. Along the way, he learned to play the piano and drums.
Originally from Arlington, VA, Pete graduated from the George Washington University with a B.A. in English Literature. While there, he was active in theater. Senior year, he had leading roles in both productions offered; Paul in the musical, Carnival; and Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It, which was given a rock treatment. That year, Pete received an award for Outstanding Dramatic Contribution.
Pete played in bands in college and a variety of music including R&B, R&R, pop, and folk. After college, he continued to play in bands, including a 15-month stint as lead guitarist with Washington, DC folk singer legend Donal Leace (recently inducted into the WAMA Hall of Fame), as well as nine months with R&B singer Big Al Downing. He was also involved in numerous studio projects including a single with Donal for Atlantic Records, an album with Quincy Mattisson (member of Otis Redding's road band and also The Winstons), as well as recording with his own groups.
Since 1982, Pete's earned his living as a solo performer in the Washington, DC area singing & playing acoustic guitar. His repertoire covers a wide variety of music which includes country, folk, pop, R&B, R&R, blues, Irish, as well as his own songs.
Pete started playing at the Irish Times in September, 1985, a restaurant near Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (see "Events" tab). A CD, Pete Papageorge - Best of Live - At the Irish Times is currently available at www.cdbaby.com. Pete wrote "The Kickball Song," aka, "Everybody Loves Kickball," which is a favorite with kickballers everywhere.
In May 1988, Pete wrote a song in collaboration with Dr. Joe Waldbaum, a podiatrist-turned- performer from NYC, entitled "I Grew Up Getting Beat On By Leon" which was released as a single and which charted in Cash Box. Pete also wrote "Theme for Gailie," an instrumental which aired on The Weather Channel the month of December, 1998. Pete's been nominated four times (1998, 1993, 1992, &1991) as Most Promising Male Songwriter by the Tennessee Songwriters Association International (TSAI), Nashville, TN. In 1991, he established BMI-affiliated music publishing company, Once in a Lifetime Music.
In addition to music, Pete has acted in Film & TV and has been involved in voiceover work. His latest film is "Sollers Point," which tells the story of Keith (McCaul Lombardi), a small-time drug dealer under house arrest at the home of his father, played by Jim Belushi in Baltimore. He was also featured in "A Dirty Shame," a movie on sexual addiction, by John Waters, where he plays a blind, sex addict. Recent projects include work in Jackie, Shock & Awe, The Night Shift (webisode). Pete played the lead role in a movie short entitled, "Urban Ghost," by Terry Michael King; a dog handler in the Disney movie, "Tuck Everlasting." Other movies include "Step Up 2," "Get Smart," "The Invasion," "Syrianna," "Ladder 49," "Hannibal,"Traffic,"Along Came A Spider," and "Murder at 1600"; on HBO,"A Shot in the Heart" and "The Corner"; and on TV, "The District," "America's Most Wanted","The Young Americans", and "Homicide-The Movie."
Most recently, Pete voiced twenty-two characters for the hit videogame, "FALLOUT 3." He's also the voice of Gustabo for "THE AMF WORLD BOWLING TOUR" videogame. He's voiced commercials and narrations for clients including the U.S. Army, CIA, DOD, ICE NEA, Verizon, and the American Red Cross. He's also narrated children's books for the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Association and narrated The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, which is now a CD available for purchase from the Commuter Library (800/643-0295).
Additional voiceover samples can be heard at www.producershandydandy.com.