Peter Dante

Dante's roles are usually alongside Jonathan Loughran and/or Allen Covert. He played Peter in Little Nicky. In Grandma's Boy he played Dante. He played a lawyer named Tommy in Adam Sandler's movie Big Daddy. He played the quarterback Gee Grenouille in The Waterboy and Murph "Murphy" in Mr. Deeds. He played a security guard in 50 First Dates.

Dante was an actor and producer for the film Grandma's Boy. In the film, Dante played a zany drug dealer with a pet chimpanzee, lion and elephant. He played a firefighter in the film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Danny Guiterrez in Strange Wilderness. He also played the role of Steve Spirou's son in Adam Sandler's 2012 film That's My Boy.

His final work with Sandler, was the 2013 Grown Ups 2.

On September 19, 2013, after the release of Grown Ups 2, Dante was checking into L.A. hotel. He got kicked out, after saying the n-word to the staffer. According to report, Dante was upset because he wanted a new key room, and was not happy that the staffer did not recognize him as an actor. Due to the incident, he has not appear any Happy Madison films since then. On September 19, 2020, Dante was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday at 9:40 A.M. with a felony charge after an altercation with his neighbor. He was booked in Los Angeles county jail and was released that night after posting a $50,000 bond. According to the reports, Dante was bothered by loud noises from construction work being done at a neighbor's residence and allegedly "threatened to kill" his neighbor and harm his wife and kids.[1] On January 4, 2022, Dante was caught for yelling a waitress, due to not have any service. He didn't get service, due to not wearing a mask during COVID-19.

Dante is also a musician and singer/songwriter. He recorded with Adam Sandler and Buck Simmonds. He is a member of the music group Rad Omen along with Dirt Nasty, DJ Troublemaker, Steven Laing and Benji Madden. In 2011 he released his debut album Peace, Love and Freedom. He also appeared in a music video with Afroman in 2015. As of 2020, his most popular songs are "Dirty Road" and "My Purple Tree And Me" a collaboration with indie artist Shadoe.

Dante spent a post-graduate year (1987-1988) at Fork Union Military Academy playing football and lacrosse.[2] He stated in an interview that "It was a good experience going down South".[3]

He is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he played lacrosse. He was an assistant coach for the lacrosse team at Loyola Marymount University for the 2011 season and has coached many club teams, including the Riptide lacrosse team, that made it to the state championships.[4]

• The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995, TV, 1 episode)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1995–96, TV, 3 episodes)
• The Wedding Singer as Dave's friend
• The Waterboy as Gee Grenouille
• Matters of Consequence as Peter
• Big Daddy as Tommy Grayton
• Little Nicky as Peter
• Mr. Deeds as Murph
• Eight Crazy Nights as Foot Locker guy (voice)
• El Santurario
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as himself
• Stuck On You as Officer J.J. Hill
• 50 First Dates as Security Guard
• Grandma's Boy as Dante
• The King of Queens (2007, TV, 1 episode)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry as a NYC fireman
• Strange Wilderness as Danny Gutierrez
• Costa Rican Summer as Dinger
• Just Go with It as Pick-Up Guy #2
• Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dante
• Renegade: Rebel Pilot
• Jack and Jill as Carol's Boyfriend
• That's My Boy as Dante Spirou
• Grown Ups 2 as Officer Peter Dante
• Typical Rick as Slim (2017, TV, 1 episode)
• Sugar and Toys as Peter from Bakersfield (voice) (2019, TV, episode 1)
• The Pizza Joint as Bill

• Peter Dante at IMDb