Biography

Peacocke was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Canada, and holds citizenship of both the United States and Canada. He graduated from Université de Caen, France, then attended Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1983. He later studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts between 1983 and 1984. Peacocke married British citizen Amanda Pieris in the 2010s. Peacocke is well-known in the Canadian television industry, and has directed episodes of Madison, Cold Squad, Blue Murder, Traders and Made in Canada. He has won two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Direction of a television series (for Made in Canada in 2002 and Rent-a-Goalie in 2007) and a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program - Rent-a-Goalie in 2008). He has directed more than 140 episodes of over twenty-five different television series, including Rookie Blue, Heartland, The Border, M.V.P. (which he also produced), Rent-a-Goalie, Show Me Yours, The Eleventh Hour, Blue Murder (on which he also served as creative consultant), Mutant X, Made in Canada, Cold Squad, Amazon, Traders, North of 60, The Rez, Black Harbour, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Jake and the Kid, Madison, Beast Wars: Transformers, The Odyssey, and Schitt's Creek. He also directed the four-hour television mini-series, Canada Russia '72, for which he received a Best Director Gemini Award nomination. He has appeared as an actor numerous times, in episodes of Rent-a-Goalie, Traders, Madison, and Canada Russia '72, in which he played the captain of the Soviet hockey team, Victor Kuzkin.

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Filmography

View Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek

Schitt's Creek

2015Series
7.8
View Haven
Haven

Haven

2010Series
7.5
View Rookie Blue
Rookie Blue

Rookie Blue

2010Series
7.6
View Saving Hope
Saving Hope

Saving Hope

2012Series
7.0
View Dark Matter
Dark Matter

Dark Matter

2015Series
6.8
View Good Witch
Good Witch

Good Witch

2015Series
7.7
View SurrealEstate
SurrealEstate

SurrealEstate

2021Series
6.7
View Jake and The Kid
Jake and The Kid

Jake and The Kid

1995Series0
View When Hope Calls
When Hope Calls

When Hope Calls

2019Series
8.5
View The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

1990Film
5.8
View After the Promise
After the Promise

After the Promise

1987Film
7.6
View 'Twas the Text Before Christmas
'Twas the Text Before Christmas

'Twas the Text Before Christmas

2023Film
6.4