Peter Skagen

Acting

Peter Skagen

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Peter Skagen is a Canadian writer, stage and screen actor, best known for his book "How to Succeed in Hollywood without really Acting". He holds an MA in Film Production and Screenwriting from California State University, Northridge, USA.

Acting credits

Family Sins poster
5.8

Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children and she kept a woman enslaved and imprisoned in the basement for over twenty years until the woman's daughter managed to get to Rhode Island Attorney General David Morwitz and expose the horrors taking place in the Burt household.

Family Sins

2005

Monte Walsh poster
6.1

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.

Monte Walsh

2003

Roughing It poster
5.5

A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.

Roughing It

2002

Dead Again in Tombstone poster
5.0

The devil’s outlaw and reluctant servant, Guerrero returns from the dead again in this action-packed western which promises to be one hell of a ride. Guerrero is forced to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of Jackson Boomer and his gang of soldiers, but Jackson will stop at nothing to raise his comrades from the dead and bring the wrath of hell upon earth. Guerrero must use all his dark powers in order to defeat Jackson and find redemption…or die again trying.

Dead Again in Tombstone

2017

Jonesin' poster
NR

In a case of mistaken identity, country boy Deke Jones gets abducted and finds himself stuck in the city, and way out of his depth, between two somewhat incompetent gangs.

Jonesin'

2021

There's No Way Out poster
9.0

When two sisters emerge from the woods under mysterious circumstances, nurse Shannon River's life is upended as she decides to take them in under temporary foster care. She is plunged into a world of legal disputes and threats from their biological parents, as the secrets of the girls' past are slowly revealed. Together they will learn to navigate trust and fear, as they confront the demons of their past.

There's No Way Out

2025

Everybody Altogether Now poster
NR

12 short stories about the weird and wandering denizens of the city of Calgary, Canada. From a broken hearted immortal cowboy, to a teenage girl on the train, to an addict escaping his room. This experimental meditation on dreaming asks: Do we dream of the city, or does the city dream of us?

Everybody Altogether Now

2022

Circle of Steel poster
NR

When layoffs are announced at a remote oilfield office, team morale deteriorates with both humorous, and heartbreaking, results. With support, and often-questionable guidance from her co-workers, new engineer Wendy must navigate personal ethics and corporate industry within one of the world's most controversial industries.

Circle of Steel

2019

Haunting Melissa poster
8.0

Melissa mysteriously disappears when she seeks out the truth behind her mother's death in an isolated farmhouse.

Haunting Melissa

2013