About this episode

Peter Keleghan discusses his career and experiences in the entertainment industry, including his role on Seinfeld and various collaborations.

Gemini Award winning actor Peter Keleghan talks about playing the original Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld, bureaucracy preventing him from reprising that role in future episodes, taking over Mike Myers spot at Toronto’s Second City, his work on The Red Green Show and Murdoch Mysteries, working with George Clooney Jennifer Aniston Ted Danson Candice Bergen Jerry Seinfeld Michael Richards Jerry Stiller Steve Martin Hilary Duff, how at every Hollywood casting call he seemed to be up against Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, and keeping it all in the family with wife Leah Pinsent and father-in-law Gordon Pinsent! TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Applebaum

Guest: Peter Keleghan

Topics covered

• acting
• television
• comedy
• Hollywood
• family
• career

Keywords

• Peter Keleghan
• Seinfeld
• acting career
• Toronto
• comedy
• Hollywood casting
• The Red Green Show
• Murdoch Mysteries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto’s Second City

Books & works: The Red Green Show, Murdoch Mysteries, Seinfeld

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