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Peter Farrelly Biography (1956-)
Full name, Peter John Farrelly; born December 17, 1956, in Phoenixville, PA;son of Robert Leo (a doctor) and Mariann (a nurse practitioner; maiden name,Neary) Farrelly; brother of and collaborator with Bobby Farrelly (a directorand screenwriter); married Melinda Kocsis, December 31, 1996; children: Robert. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Bumble Ward, Bumble Ward & Associates PR, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 340, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: Conundrum Entertainment, 325 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, director, producer
- Birth Details
- December 17, 1956
- Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Director
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Dumb and Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens), New Line Cinema, 1994
- (With Bobby Farrelly) Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1996
- (With Bobby Farrelly) There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- (With Bobby Farrelly) Stuck on You, 1999
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Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
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Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001
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Shallow Hal (also known as Schwer verliebt), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
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Film Executive Producer
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There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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Film Producer
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Outside Providence, Miramax, 1999
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Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
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Say It Isn't So, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
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Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001
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Shallow Hal (also known as Schwer verliebt), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
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Film Appearances
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Say You'll Be Mine, 1999
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Television Work
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Series
- Characters creator, Dumb and Dumber, 1995
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
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Canned Ham: Me, Myself & Irene, Comedy Central, 2000
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Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal, Comedy Central, 2001
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Reel Comedy: Say It Isn't So, Comedy Central, 2001
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RECORDINGS
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Executive Album Producer
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There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (With Bobby Farrelly) Dumb and Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens), New Line Cinema, 1994
- (Uncredited) Bushwacked (also known as The Tenderfoot), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
- (With Bobby Farrelly) There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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Outside Providence, Miramax, 1999
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Stuck on You, 1999
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Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
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Shallow Hal (also known as Schwer verliebt), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
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Television Specials
- (With Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Bennett Yellin) Our Planet Tonight, NBC, 1987
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Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim, HBO, 1987
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Television Episodes
- (With Bobby Farrelly) "The Virgin," Seinfeld, NBC, 1992
- Also wrote (with Bobby Farrelly) another episode of Seinfeld, NBC.
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Novels
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Outside Providence, Atlantic Monthly Press (New York), 1988
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The Comedy Writer: A Novel, Main Street Books (New York), 1998
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, August 2, 1996, p. 14
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Newsweek, July 20, 1998, p. 64; July 3, 2000, p. 54
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Variety, January 18, 1999, p. 4
Electronic
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Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002
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