Peter Grosz is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 and television writer.

Grosz has worked as both an actor

Actor

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 and as a producer

Film producer

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. He is most recognizable for his "two guys" Sonic

Sonic Drive-In

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 commercials. Grosz is a graduate of Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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, where he worked with Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Seth Adam Meyers is an American actor and comedian. He currently serves as head writer for Saturday Night Live and hosts its news parody segment Weekend Update.-Early life:...

 of Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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. He worked as a writer for The Colbert Report from 2007 to 2010, where he has appeared on screen at least three times: once as the Time-Travelling Brandy Thief; once as a version of himself on September 23, 2008, and once on May 13, 2010 to interrupt Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.Colbert originally studied to be an...

's attempt to introduce guest band The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady

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, only to perform the introduction himself. In addition, the May 13, 2010 episode ended with Colbert wishing farewell to the Time-Travelling Brandy Thief; Grosz confirmed on his Facebook page that this was his last episode of the Colbert Report as a writer. Additionally the birth of his child was announced on the show on March 9, 2009.

Peter has also appeared as a panelist and guest host on the NPR show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me".

Filmography

• The Colbert Report (as writer)
• The Promotion (2007)
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
• The Weather Man
  The Weather Man
  The Weather Man is a 2005 American comedy-drama film, directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by Steve Conrad, it stars Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis and tells the story of a weatherman in the midst of a mid-life crisis....
  
   (2006)
• The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (episode 1, 2007, as consulting producer)
• Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

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