Peter Youngblood Hills
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Peter Youngblood Hills | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Peter Youngblood Hills is an Anglo-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his supporting role of Sgt. Darrell "Shifty" Powers in HBO’s World War II mini-series, Band of Brothers.
Peter Youngblood Hills has been a professional actor since 1996. He started his career in acting with various music videos, TV commercials and theater before beginning a career in film.[citation needed] He has appeared in various films like The Beach and The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. His big break was when he appeared in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers.[1][better source needed]
He also appeared in a 2002 film, AKA with his Band of Brothers co-star Matthew Leitch. In 2003, he starred as Steve Warson in Michel Vaillant. In 2006, he starred in the Foyle's War Series 4 episode titled "Invasion". Hills had a brief cameo in The Wolf of Wall Street.[2]
Leonardo DiCaprio asked him to do the stylized cinematography for his environmental documentary The 11th Hour. It focused on the conservation and preservation of life.[3][citation needed]
Due to his role in Band of Brothers, his interests and personal life became focused on 'the recovery from war' which led to a 12-year mentorship with Vietnam Veteran, Sensei and Interfaith Rev. Clifford Ishigaki.[4][better source needed]
