Peter Hermann is an American actor, producer and writer. He is married to actress Mariska Hargitay, with whom he has three children.
Early life and education
Hermann was born in New York City to German parents but moved to Germany when he was two months old. He lived in Germany until he was 10, and did not learn English until he returned to the United States. He attended Yale University.
Career
Hermann had brief stints on a variety of television shows that include the soap operaGuiding Light, the ABC Family show Beautiful People and the Lifetimeoriginal seriesAngela's Eyes. Since 2002 he has had a recurring role as defense attorney Trevor Langan on '. He has made appearances in several commercials, such as the anti-tobacco "Fair Enough" ads, and has been the face for Persil ProClean detergent since the late 2010s. In 2006, he starred as Jeremy Glick in the feature filmUnited 93. Hermann was in the Broadway premiere of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber, and featuring fellow ' cast memberStephanie March. It began performances on February 15, 2007, in preparation for a March 11 opening; its final Broadway performance was on June 24, 2007. He also guested on 30 Rock during its first season, and starred in ABC's mid-season replacement seriesCashmere Mafia as Davis Draper. In 2011, he appeared in the Broadway playWar Horse, and made occasional appearances as Erin Reagan's ex-husband John "Jack" Boyle on Blue Bloods. Since August 2015, he has been starring on Younger. In March 2018, HarperCollins published Hermann's children's bookIf the S in Moose Comes Loose.
Personal life
While appearing on , Hermann met lead actress Mariska Hargitay, whom he married on August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California. They have a son, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, who was born on June 28, 2006. Hargitay and Hermann adopted a baby girl, Amaya Josephine, in April 2011. In October 2011, the couple adopted a baby boy, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann, who was born in mid-2011.
