Peter Strauss Net Worth

What is Peter Strauss's Net Worth?

Peter Strauss is an American actor who has a net worth of $7 million. Peter Strauss is known for his many starring roles in television films and miniseries, including "Rich Man, Poor Man," "The Jericho Mile," "Masada," "Brotherhood of the Rose," and "Men Don't Tell." He also starred in the short-lived 1990s crime drama series "Moloney." On the big screen, Strauss has appeared in such films as "Hail, Hero!," "Soldier Blue," "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone," and "XXX: State of the Union."

Early Life and Education

Peter Strauss was born on February 20, 1947 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York into a Jewish family. He was educated at Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York before attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Strauss graduated from the latter in 1969.

Peter Strauss in 1981 (Photo by Jean-Louis URLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Television Career

Strauss debuted on television in 1970 in an episode of the short-lived legal drama series "The Young Lawyers." He followed that with multiple-episode appearances on "Medical Center" and "The Streets of San Francisco," as well as guest roles on such shows as "Young Dr. Kildare," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barnaby Jones," and "Hawaii Five-O." In 1973, Strauss appeared in his first television film, "The Man Without a Country." He had his career breakthrough in early 1976 starring opposite Nick Nolte in the ABC miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man," based on the novel by Irwin Shaw. For his performance, Strauss received both Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. He reprised his role in the sequel "Rich Man, Poor Man Book II," earning another Golden Globe nomination. Strauss went on to portray Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in the 1977 television film "Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy." In 1979, he starred as a prison inmate and distance runner in Michael Mann's acclaimed television film "The Jericho Mile," for which he won the Emmy. After starring in the television film "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1980, Strauss earned another Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Eleazar Ben Yair in the 1981 miniseries "Masada," co-starring Peter O'Toole. The same year, he was in the television film "A Whale for the Killing."

Strauss gave Golden Globe-nominated performances in the 1983 television film "Heart of Steel" and the 1985 miniseries "Kane & Abel." He also starred in the 1985 miniseries "Tender is the Night," based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final novel. In 1986, Strauss starred in Tony Richardson's television film "Penalty Phase." Over the remainder of the decade, he was in the television films "Under Siege," "Proud Men," and "Peter Gunn" and the miniseries "Brotherhood of the Rose." Strauss began the 1990s with the television film "83 Hours 'Til Dawn." He continued appealingly mostly in TV movies after that, including "Trial: The Price of Passion," "Men Don't Tell," "Reunion," "The Yearling," and "Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story." For "Men Don't Tell," he earned his fifth career Golden Globe nomination. In 1996, Strauss began playing the titular character in the CBS crime drama series "Moloney," which was ultimately canceled in 1997 after a single season. During this time, he got into voice acting, voicing characters in such animated series as "The Incredible Hulk," "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters," "Duckman," and "Biker Mice from Mars." In the final two years of the decade, Strauss starred in the television film "My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story" and the miniseries "Joan of Arc" and "Seasons of Love."

At the dawn of the new millennium, Strauss starred in the television film "A Father's Choice." He subsequently appeared in the 2001 television film "Murder on the Orient Express," a modern-day reimagining of the Agatha Christie novel. The following year, Strauss starred as Dr. Isaac Braun in the short-lived series "Body & Soul." He went on to appear in the television film "111 Gramercy Park" and in episodes of "Law & Order" and "Killer Instinct"; he also lent his voice to the revival of the animated series "Biker Mice from Mars." After appearing in the television film "The Way" in 2006 and an episode of the ABC series "Dirty Sexy Money" in 2007, Strauss served as the narrator of the Showtime sketch comedy series "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union" from 2008 to 2010. In the latter year, he had guest roles on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Royal Pains," and was in the television film "Jack's Family Adventure." Strauss didn't have another major role on television until 2014, when he was in the television film "Sugar Daddies." After an even longer break, he had a guest role on the ABC medical drama series "Grey's Anatomy" in 2020.

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Film Career

Strauss made his big-screen debut in the 1969 film "Hail, Hero!," based on the novel by John Weston. He was in another literary adaptation the next year, "Soldier Blue," based on the novel "Arrow in the Sun" by T.V. Olsen. In 1971, Strauss starred in the Italian action-adventure film "Sergeant Klems," released as "Man of Legend" in the United States. Later in the decade, he had a supporting role in Elia Kazan's period drama "The Last Tycoon," starring Robert De Niro. In the 1980s, Strauss voiced Justin in the animated fantasy film "The Secret of NIMH" and starred as Wolff in the science-fiction action film "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone." His credits in the 1990s included the action thriller "Nick of Time" and the crime film "Keys to Tulsa." In the early '00s, he voiced Moses in a series of children's short films entitled "Kids' Ten Commandments." After that, Strauss played fictional US president James Sanford in the action film "XXX: State of the Union." He next appeared in the 2007 romcom "License to Wed." Following a long break from the big screen, Strauss returned in 2016 with a role in the romantic adventure drama "Drawing Home." He went on to portray Holocaust survivor Lothar Hermann in the historical thriller "Operation Finale," which came out in 2018.

Personal Life

Strauss wed his first wife, Beverly Paulding, in 1973; they divorced in 1979. He was subsequently married to Nicole Fons from 1983 until their divorce in 1994. Strauss married his third wife, actress Rachel Ticotin, on New Year's Eve in 1998. He has two children.

While he was filming the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" at Malibou Lake in California, Strauss fell in love with the area and purchased a ranch nearby. He lived at the ranch until 1983, when he sold it to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. In 1987, it was purchased by the National Park Service and renamed Peter Strauss Ranch Park.

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