Peter Sagal

Peter Sagal

Peter Sagal is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and host of the National Public Radio game show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" He is originally from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, although he currently resides in a suburb of Chicago. Sagal attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sagal is a regular contributor to the "The New York Times Magazine"'s "True-Life Tales" column, beginning with a column entitled "He Goes Down Looking," which appeared in the August 6, 2006 issue. He was also a guest movie critic on the television show "Ebert & Roeper" in the December 2, 2006 episode. He has a column about running equipment in "Runner's World" and has also written for the "Chicago Tribune", "Houston Chronicle", and other publications.

His book, "" was published in October 2007 by HarperCollins. [cite web | url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061543708/The_Book_of_Vice/index.aspx | title=The Book of Vice By Peter Sagal | publisher=HarperCollins | accessdate=2007-10-16 ]

In April, 2007, his play "Denial" received its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Playhouse on the Lower East Side, receiving positive reviews.

Sagal is a marathoner, most recently completing the 2007 Boston Marathon. Sagal was also an extra in a Michael Jackson music video.cite web |url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101115 |title= Peter Sagal |work= NPR Biography ]

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External links

* [http://petersagal.com PeterSagal.com]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101115 NPR Biography]
*imdb name|id=0755969|name=Peter Sagal
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30911F9385B0C758CDDA10894DE404482 "He Goes Down Looking"]
* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/theater/reviews/24deni.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1177604704-13BVTlZ6MkjXkgPKoFtWWg&pagewanted=print New York Times Review of "Denial"]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15320313 Peter Sagal Interview] on "Fresh Air".
* [http://colinmarshall.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=332513 An interview with Peter Sagal on "The Marketplace of Ideas"]


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