Peter Christian Hansen was born in Chicago, IL. After graduating from St. Olaf College with a BA in History and Latin, he decided to pursue a career in the theater and now lives and works in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN.

In film, Peter is best known for his work in The Public Domain (2015) and Project Eden: Vol. I (2017).

Peter works extensively on stage as an actor including appearances at the Guthrie Theater in Freud's Last Session, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Clybourne Park, Dollhouse and many more, as well as with such Minneapolis/St. Paul companies as The Jungle Theater, Mixed Blood, Ten Thousand Things and Gremlin Theatre, where he also serves as Artistic Director. He won an Ivey Award in 2011 for his performance as Pale in Burn This and again in 2013 for Clybourne Park.