Peter Hermann Biography

Fast Facts

• Family moved to Germany when he was two months old, but returned to the U
• S
• when he was 10
• After college, taught in Los Angeles, New York and Barcelona as a charter member of Teach for America
• Worked as a fact checker for Vanity Fair magazine
• Met wife Mariska Hargitay in 2002 on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where he plays defense attorney Trevor Langan
• Is a board member of the Joyful Hearts Foundation, which was founded by his wife in 2006 to help sexual-assault survivors
• Portrayed heroic flight passenger Jeremy Glick in 2006's United 93
• Part of the original Broadway cast of War Horse, which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2011
• Is an avid photographer