- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em24 de julho de 1980 · Lambeth, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido (ataque cardíaco)
- Nome de nascimentoRichard Henry Sellers
- Altura1,74 m
- Peter Sellers nasceu o 8 de setembro de 1925 em Hampshire, Inglaterra. Era ator e autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Muito Além do Jardim (1979), Dr. Fantástico (1964) e A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa (1963). Foi casado com Lynne Frederick, Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry, Britt Ekland e Anne Hayes. Morreu o 24 de julho de 1980 em Lambeth, Londres, Inglaterra.
- CônjugesLynne Frederick(18 de fevereiro de 1977 - 24 de julho de 1980) (sua morte)Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry(24 de agosto de 1970 - 27 de setembro de 1974) (divorciado (a))Britt Ekland(19 de fevereiro de 1964 - 18 de dezembro de 1968) (divorciado (a), 1 criança)Anne Hayes(15 de setembro de 1951 - 7 de março de 1963) (divorciado (a), 2 crianças)
- Crianças
- PaisWilliam SellersAgnes Doreen Sellers
- Often played multiple characters
- His ability to change his voice and appearance
- Often infused his comic characters with an undercurrent of deep melancholy
- Often ad-libbed some of the most memorable lines his characters say in his films
- Before his death, he spoke very highly of Steve Martin and Robin Williams; both considered that a great honor.
- He was one of the favorite actors of Elvis Presley who always had Sellers' Pink Panther films with him on the airplane while he was on tour.
- On 23 May 1980, only a few weeks before he died, he sent the following poignant telegram to Spike Milligan: "Dear Spike. I am desperate to have some real fun again with you and Harry [Secombe]. Please can we get together and write some more Goon Shows? We could place them anywhere. I don't want any money - I will work just for the sheer joy of being with you both again as we were. Love Peter".
- Sellers was the first male to appear on the cover of Playboy Magazine, in April 1964.
- First actor to be nominated for a single Academy Award for a film in which he portrayed three different characters: Dr. Fantástico (1964).
- If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.
- There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.
- To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.
- I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
- Women are more difficult to handle than men. It's their minds.
- Casino Royale (1967) - $1,000,000
- Dr. Fantástico (1964) - $1,000,000
- A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa (1964) - $90,000
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