Seth Peterson
Seth Peterson (born August 16, 1970) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Robbie Hansen from 1999 until 2002 on the television series Providence and Nate Westen on Burn Notice from 2007 through 2012.
Seth Peterson

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- Name
- Seth Peterson
- Born
- 16 August 1970
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · poet
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Seth Peterson (born August 16, 1970) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Robbie Hansen from 1999 until 2002 on the television series Providence and Nate Westen on Burn Notice from 2007 through 2012.
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• Name — Seth Peterson • Born — 16 August 1970 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S
Personal life
Personal life
Peterson was born in New York City to George Kanouse and Cheryl Peterson. He married actress Kylee Cochran on May 20, 2001. The couple have three children together.
Career
Career
In addition to being a series regular on Providence, Peterson had the recurring role of Nate Westen, the brother of lead character Michael Westen, on Burn Notice. He had leading roles in independent features Sedona (2011) and Hate Crime (2005). Other roles include the Hallmark Entertainment Movie of the Week: Hard Ground (2003), in which Peterson co-starred as Burt Reynolds's son Joshua; Godzilla (1998) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998). Notable television guest star roles include such series as NCIS (2003) playing Thomas Pierce in Season 9's episode "Devil's Triangle", Charmed (2003) playing The Beast/Derek in Season 6's episode "Little Monsters", CSI: NY (2004) in the role of Henry Willens in Season 4's episode "Boo" and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Perry Haber in Season 7's "Burn Out" on CBS.
Poetry
Poetry
Seth started writing poetry in his teen years and lost interest after a while. Shortly after he joined Twitter in March 2011, he was inspired to write and share his poetry again. On February 10, 2013, Seth became a published poet. His book, #Eclection, a top 20 bestseller on Amazon, contains 48 of his best poems written up to its publication date.
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