Christopher Knight (actor)
Knight in October 2010
Born: Christopher Anton Knight; November 7, 1957 (age 67); New York City, U.S.
Known for: Peter Brady in
The Brady Bunch,
The Brady Kids,
A Very Brady Christmas,
The Bradys
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957) is an American actor and businessman. He is best known for playing Peter Brady in the 1970s series
The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s.
Early life and work
Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Wilma and Edward Knight, an actor. Knight's father was born Edward Kozumplik, to parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while Knight's mother was Jewish.
Knight as middle son Peter on
The Brady Bunch in 1973
After the end of his Brady Bunch appearances, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows (
Happy Days,
The Love Boat), and occasional film roles (
Just You and Me, Kid,
Curfew,
Good Girls Don't,
The Doom Generation, and
Nowhere). He reunited with his former Brady costars in the holiday TV movie
A Very Brady Christmas (1988). Before the
Brady Bunch series, he had had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of
Mannix, in a 1967 episode called "Coffin for a Clown".
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