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Peter Falk (born September 16, 1927 of Jewish,
Russian, Hungarian and Polish ancestry) is an
American actor. He is a descendent of Miksa Falk,
who was the editor of the liberal Hungarian
newspaper, the Pester Lloyd.

He was nominated for best supporting actor twice
for Murder Inc, and Pocketful of Miracles.

He is best known for the title role in the
long-running TV series Columbo, a shabby,
seemingly slow-witted police detective. Columbo
inevitably solved his cases through close
attention to tiny inconsistencies in a suspect's
story, hounding them until they confessed.
Columbo's signature technique was to exit the
scene of an interview, only to stop in the doorway
to ask "just one more thing" of a suspect, which
always brought to light the key inconsistency. The
role won him 5 Emmies and a Golden Globe.

Falk is also loved for his brilliant performance
in the high-brow comedy, The In-Laws. Falk played
a crazed CIA agent who dupes his in-law, a New
York City dentist, into joining a scheme to rob
the U.S. Treasury. He also gave a memorable
performance opposite Gena Rowlands in director
John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence.

His right eye was surgically removed at the age of
three because of cancer.

Notable film/TV appearances:
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
* The Great Race (1965)
* A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 
* Murder by Death (1976)
* The Cheap Detective (1978)
* The In-Laws (1979)
* Wings of Desire (1987) (Der Himmel über Berlin)
* The Princess Bride (1987)
* Corky Romano (2001)
* Shark Tale (2004) (voice actor)

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