Donald Petrie

• Occupation — Film director, actor • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Years Active — 1976–present Donald Petrie is an American film director and actor.

Petrie was born in New York City, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute. Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.

Film • Mystic Pizza (1988) • Opportunity Knocks (1990) • Grumpy Old Men (1993) • The Favor (1994) • Richie Rich (1994) • The Associate (1996) • My Favorite Martian (1999) • Miss Congeniality (2000) • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) • Welcome to Mooseport (2004) • Just My Luck (2006) (also producer) • My Life in Ruins (2009) • Atlantic Gold (2013) • Little Italy (2018) • The Last Resort (2027) TV movies • Why on Earth? (1988) • Turner & Hooch (1990) • Country Estates (1993) TV series • Year — Title — Episode(s) • 1985 — MacGyver — "Trumbo's World" • Amazing Stories — "Mr. Magic" • 1985–1988 — The Equalizer — "Desperately" • "Dead Drop" • "Shades of Darkness" • "Tip on a Sure Thing" • "Riding the Elephant" • 1986 — CBS Schoolbreak Special — "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" • Downtown — "Pilot" • 1986–1987 — L.A. Law — "The Venus Butterfly" • "The Douglas Fur Ball" • 1987 — Private Eye — "Nicky the Rose" • The Oldest Rookie — "At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand" • "Blue Flu" • "Expert Witness" • 1992 — The Heights — "Talk to an Angel" • "On the Nickel" • Picket Fences — "Remembering Rosemary" • 1995 — Chicago Hope — "Rise from the Dead" • 1997 — Players — "Con Job" • 1999 — Snoops — "Blood Lines" • 2000 — Opposite Sex — "Pilot" • 2015 — Chicago Med — "Mistaken" • "Reunion" • "Hearts" • "On Shaky Ground" • "What You Don't Know" • 2017 — Chicago Justice — "Fake" • "Double Helix" • "Lily's Law" • 2018 — The Kominsky Method — "Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges" • "Chapter 7. A String Is Attached" • 2019 — Chicago P.D. — "Good Men"