Peter Nelson

Peter Nelson (born September 10, 1959) (sometimes credited as Calvin Persson) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as the evil visitor youth leader Brian in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and the 1984 sequel, V: The Final Battle.

His film credits range include Purple Haze (1983), The Last Starfighter (1984), The Expendables (1989), Crime Zone (1989), Sounds of Silence (1989), Silk 2 (1989), Curfew (1989), Last Stand at Lang Mei (1989), and Die Hard 2 (1990), Final Vendetta (1996) and Double Team (1997). In 2001 he appeared in the film Delivering Milo. His most recent film appearance was in the Syfy movie Sharktopus as Commander Cox (credited under his alternate name Calvin Persson). Nelson has made guest appearances on TV shows such as The Facts of Life, Miami Vice and Kindred: The Embraced.

Filmography

Actor

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 1982 Purple Haze Matt Caulfield 1984 The Last Starfighter Jack Blake 1988 The Expendables Sterling 1988 Crime Zone 'Bone' 1989 Sounds of Silence Peter Mitchell 1989 Curfew John 1989 Silk 2 Tony 1989 Last Stand at Lang Mei Captain Wheeler 1990 Die Hard 2 Thompson 1996 Sweet Evil Larry 1997 Double Team CIA Agent 1998 Knock Off Biff 2001 Delivering Milo Reporter 2021 The Apprentice Museum Curator

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1983 V Brian 2 episodes 1983 The Facts of Life William Ogden Smith IV Episode: "Just My Bill" 1984 Newhart Marshall Coleman Episode: "Kirk Pops the Question" 1984 Celebrity Jeffie Crawford 2 episodes 1984 V The Final Battle Brian 3 episodes 1985 Space Millard Mott 3 episodes 1985–1986 The Paper Chase Tom Ford 17 episodes 1986 Dress Gray Barnes 2 episodes 1987 Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion Mark Television film 1989 Miami Vice Dan Shaw Episode: "Miami Squeeze" 1989 An Eight Is Enough Wedding Mark Television film 1996 Kindred: The Embraced Doctor Episode: "Romeo and Juliet" 2010 Sharktopus Commander Cox Television film 2014–2016 TripTank Karl / Ryan / Barista Ben 8 episodes; also creator, composer, and writer 2017 Man Seeking Woman Mark Episode: "Blood" 2020 The Boys Maeve's Dad Episode: "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men"

Producer +YearTitleNotes 1992 The Harvest Associate producer 1997 Double Team Associate producer; uncredited 1998 Knock Off Associate producer 1999 Simon Sez 2001 Metropolis Executive producer 2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Associate producer 2020 The Postcard Killings Producer 2020 Middleton Christmas Executive producer