# Peter Vack

Peter S. Brown (born September 19, 1986), better known his stage name Peter Vack, is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He is known for portraying Jason Strider in the MTV comedy series I Just Want My Pants Back (2011–2012), and Alex Merriweather in the Amazon Video comedy-drama series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2015). Vack also voiced antagonist Gary Smith in the Rockstar Games video game Bully. In 2017 he released his feature directorial debut, Assholes.

## Early life

Vack was born in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City to Jane (née Spivack) and Ronald Brown, a movie producer and writer. He has a younger sister, Betsey, an actress, director, and writer. Vack is Jewish.
Raised in New York City, he attended Riverdale Country School and graduated from Professional Children's School. Vack graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied Theater.

## Career

Vack made his acting debut in the short film Dear Diary (1996), which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Vack has guest-starred in single episodes of Hope & Faith (2004), Third Watch (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005), Ghost Whisperer (2009) and Cold Case (2010). He also played a lead acting role in a music video for the song, 'Love in the Old Days', by James Franco's and Tim O'Keefe's band, Daddy.
From 2011 until its cancellation the following year, he portrayed Jason Strider in the short-lived MTV television series I Just Want My Pants Back. He co-starred as Alex Merriweather in the Amazon Video comedy-drama series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2015), alongside Lola Kirke, Malcolm McDowell and Bernadette Peters.
In 2020, Vack gave an in-depth interview on popular podcast The Ion Pod.
In 2024, Vack released "www.RachelOrmont.com" a feature film he wrote and directed; described as a "technosatire about growing up in captivity" starring Betsey Brown, Chloe Cherry, and Dasha Nekrasova.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Dear Diary | Peter | Short film |
| 1997 | A Bedtime Story | Son | Short film |
| 2005 | A Perfect Fit | Ernie | |
| 2006 | The Treatment | Ted | |
| 2006 | Love/Death/Cobain | Doug Mortimer | Short film |
| 2010 | Consent | Joshua | |
| 2011 | A November | Boyfriend | Short film; also writer |
| 2011 | God Don't Make the Laws | Joey Larch | |
| 2012 | Commentary | Pierce Phoenix Reagan | |
| 2012 | Kiss of the Damned | Adam | |
| 2013 | CBGB | Legs McNeil | |
| 2013 | Send | N/A | Writer, director and producer |
| 2014 | Fort Tilden | Benji | |
| 2014 | I Believe in Unicorns | Sterling | |
| 2014 | Swelter | Madsen | |
| 2015 | 6 Years | Will | |
| 2015 | The Intern | ATF Creative Team | |
| 2015 | Lace Crater | Michael | |
| 2016 | Slash | Mike Holloway | |
| 2017 | M.F.A. | Luke | |
| 2017 | The Price | Alex Mueller | |
| 2017 | Assholes | Adam Shapiro | Writer, director, producer |
| 2017 | Child Psychology | Peter | Short film |
| 2017 | Good People | Thorn | Short film |
| 2017 | Everything is Free | Christian | |
| 2018 | After Everything | Young Cancer Survivor | |
| 2018 | The Great Pretender | Adrian | |
| 2019 | Brittany Runs a Marathon | Ryan | |
| 2019 | Ma | Priest | |
| 2019 | Jake and Kyle Get Wedding Dates | Cousin Ricky (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2019 | Someone Great | Matt Lasher | |
| 2020 | PVT Chat | Jack | |
| 2021 | Actors | Peter/Petra | |
| 2023 | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Thomas | |
| 2024 | Replay | Julian | |
| 2024 | www.RachelOrmont.com | N/A | Writer, director |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | As the World Turns | Casey Hughes | Unknown episodes |
| 2004 | Hope & Faith | Rodney | Episode: "Madam President" |
| 2004 | Third Watch | Danny's Partner | Episode: "Family Ties: Part 1" |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Owen | Episode: "Hooked" |
| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer | Paul Jett | Episode: "Do Over" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Lee Mavoides '89 | Episode: "Almost Paradise" |
| 2011–2012 | I Just Want My Pants Back | Jason Strider | 12 episodes |
| 2014 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Andreas | Episode: "Couples" |
| 2014–2015 | Mozart in the Jungle | Alex Merriweather | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Asher Sutton | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Homeland | Clint | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | The Bold Type | Patrick Duchand | Season 3 |
| 2020 | Love Life | Jim | Main role |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Bully | Gary Smith | Main antagonist of the game |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2010 | New York VisionFest Award | Breakthrough Performance | Consent | Won |
| 2014 | SXSW Grand Jury Award | Narrative Short | Send | Nominated |