Christopher Knight (actor)



Knight in October 2010

Born: Christopher Anton Knight; November 7, 1957 (age 66); 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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