Peter Stickles


Peter Stickles is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the voyeuristic Caleb in the John Cameron Mitchell film Shortbus and as Damian, leader of a gay vampire cult, in the Here TV original series The Lair.

Career

Stickles was cast in Shortbus in 2003 from amongst some 400 actors who submitted audition tapes for the film, which was initially known as "Sex Film Project." No script had been written prior to casting and the story was built out of improvisational sessions once the cast was in place. The voyeuristic aspect of Caleb's character grew in part out of Stickles's own interests at the time. "I was exploring sex clubs at the time and not necessarily participating but watching from afar. I think John Cameron Mitchell was attracted to the idea of this whole voyeuristic aspect of the character.... How far would you go to touch somebody from afar?"
Stickles, along with others in the cast, was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Stickles stars in The Lair, which premiered on here! in June 2007. His character, Damian, is the leader of a gay vampire cult. The series, although not critically well-reviewed, was renewed for a second season which premiered in late 2008.
Stickles has appeared in a number of low-budget and direct-to-video horror films, including such titles as Meat Weed Madness and its sequel Meat Weed America, and has four films slated for release in 2008. He also appeared in the exercise video The Bedroom Workout for Men: Better Sex Through Exercise.

Personal life

Stickles is openly gay. He has been married to magician Michael Carbonaro since 2014.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNote
2000ShaftMickey Hunt
2000Strangers with CandyTrack Team FanTV series - Episode: "Blank Relay"
2004Personal SergeantStreet Punk
2005Dead SeriousHostage
2006ShortbusCaleb, the Stalker
2006Cemetery GatesHunter Belmont
20072 Minutes LaterVictor
2007The Girl Next DoorEMT
2007Sexina: Popstar P.I.Onski
2007Meat Weed AmericaBin Smokindirect-to-video
2007The LairDamian CourtenayTV series - 26 episodes
2008Eat Your Heart OutVincentSkinned Alive
2008EvilutionStanfa
2008Watch OutBrian
2009The Crystal Lake Massacres RevisitedV
2009The Conquest of the Silken BeaverPetersegment "Painting by Numbers"
2009George's InterventionBen
2010BearCityExecutive
2010The Brides of SodomDominic
2010The Black BoxNewscaster Bob Wilkins
2011Sunday on the Set with GeorgeUnknownshort
2011Gingerdead Man 3-D: Saturday Night CleaverJeffrey Dahmer
2011Alistair
2011PsychosomatikaSage
2011For Christ's SakePete Browning
2011I Want to Get MarriedJim
2011Showgirls 2: Penny's From HeavenGodhardt Brandt
2013The Trouble with BarryBarry Montenegrofeature
2014Best Day EverJames
2017Stage FrightKevin