Peter Crafts

Peter Crafts was born in Everett Mass. He became an actor at age 44 when was cast by Martin Scorcese as "Jimmy the Drinker" in the "act accordingly" scene opposite Jack Nicholson in The Departed. In early 2005 he was prompted by longtime Robert Deniro stand-in and actor, John Polce, to audition in Boston. Polce is a Boston transplant who auditioned in LA in front of Ellen Lewis for the role of a cop (which he landed). She told him they were looking for "Irish toughs" . Polce informed her he grew up with the Crafts brothers and about 20 other Irish guys in Boston. 5 out of 6 Crafts brothers, along with about 20 others from their neighborhood went into CP Casting in Boston to audition for Ms Lewis. After 2 call backs and 2 meetings with Mr. Scorcese, Peter Crafts was cast in the first principal role he ever auditioned for. Beginner's luck? In any case Crafts was bitten by the acting bug. Along with building his small produce delivery business in the Boston area, he has fervently pursued