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Peter Elliott (British actor)
For the British actor, stunt performer, singer, and diver, see Peter J. Elliott.
Peter Elliott (born ) is a British actor best known for playing apes and other non-human characters in film and television.
Early life
Elliott grew up in Hertfordshire; one parent was a woodwork teacher.[1] He was trained as a Method actor at East 15 Acting School.[2] His interests as an early-career performer were in highly physical forms of acting, doing acrobatics, martial arts, and boxing.[3]
Acting career
Elliott's specialization in ape roles began in , when he auditioned for the film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (released ).[1] Producers on the film, disappointed by a pre-production attempt to create ape movement using mime and animatronics, instead hired Elliott on the strength of a "very apelike" screen test.[4] Tasked with determining whether costumed human actors should be mixe
