Peter Hermann (actor)

Peter Hermann is an American actor, producer and writer. He is married to actress Mariska Hargitay, with whom he has three children.

Hermann was born in New York City to German parents but moved to Germany when he was 2 months old. He lived in Germany until he was 10, and did not learn English until he returned to the United States. He attended Yale University.

Hermann had brief stints on a variety of television shows that include the soap opera, Guiding Light (1997–1998), the ABC Family show, Beautiful People (2006) and the Lifetime original series, Angela's Eyes (2006). Since 2002 he has had a recurring role as Trevor Langan, a defense attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

He has made appearances in several commercials, such as the anti-tobacco "Fair Enough" ads. In 2006, he starred as Jeremy Glick in the feature film, United 93.

Hermann was in the Broadway premiere of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber, and featuring fellow Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast member Stephanie March. It began performances on February 15, 2007, in preparation for a March 11 opening; its final Broadway performance was on June 24, 2007.

He also guested on 30 Rock during its first season, and starred in ABC's mid-season replacement series, Cashmere Mafia, as Davis Draper. As of 2011 he appears in the Broadway play War Horse.

While appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hermann met lead actress, Mariska Hargitay, whom he married on August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California. They have a son, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, who was born on June 28, 2006. Hargitay and Hermann adopted a baby girl, Amaya Josephine, in April 2011. In October 2011, the couple adopted a baby boy, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann, who had been born in mid-2011.