Seth Peterson

Dark-haired, with All-American good looks and a mischievous air, actor Seth Peterson had a bankable youthful allure that hovered between "aw shucks" affability and smirky sophistication. The duality of the actor's appeal no doubt helped to land guest roles on the teen series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox) and "Clueless" (ABC), and a featured part in the high school graduation party comedy feature "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998), where he played a student manning the bash's beer supply with an appropriate pose of derisive teenage confidence. Peterson was much more ingratiating in the role that would serve as his breakthrough, Robbie Hansen, the scheming but well-meaning younger brother of Dr Sydney Hansen (Melina Kanakaredes), on the hit NBC drama "Providence" (1999-2002). The victim of his own half-realized schemes, Robbie, a capable bartender but unwise gambler, often found himself out of money and in hot water on the show. Peterson pulled off this fairly complex character very well, providing comic relief when hatching bizarre plans, and becoming believably daunted when they fail, sometimes opening up to show a shaken young man afraid that his life of contrivance is quickly leading nowhere.

The Bronx-born actor who spent his childhood shuttling between his divorced parents who lived on opposite coasts, gradually built his TV profile, from bit roles sitcoms like "Arsenio" (ABC) and "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" (The WB) before guest starring in a memorable 1998 installment of the NBC FBI drama "The Profiler", playing a convicted murderer whose father captures hostages to be released on the condition that his son be freed. On the big screen, he was featured as a doomed fighter pilot that comes to his end following a foolish battle with "Godzilla" (1998) and was featured in the direct-to-video thriller "Captured" (1999). Following the end of "Providence" in 2002, Peterson continued to work steadily as a guest actor on various television series. His next major role came with the recurring part of Nate Westen, the con artist younger brother of disgraced CIA operative Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) in the espionage thriller "Burn Notice" (USA 2007-2013).