Peter Gregory

The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

by Max Chafkin  · 14 Sep 2021  · 524pp  · 130,909 words

-up, Silicon Valley, which premiered earlier that year, he’d been lovingly portrayed by Christopher Evan Welch as an out-of-touch but brilliant investor. In an early scene, the Thiel character—who is known in the show as Peter Gregory and who shares Thiel’s affectless demeanor, his love for seasteading, and his disdain

How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

by Jimmy O. Yang  · 13 Mar 2018  · 190pp  · 59,892 words

show for ten seasons. Next to me was the late, great Christopher Evan Welch. The man was a master-class actor. I learned so much about comedy just from watching him at the table read. He portrayed the eccentric billionaire investor Peter Gregory. It was the first time I learned how silence could be just

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stand-up was my bachelor’s degree in comedy, Silicon Valley was my PhD. I didn’t just go to work; I went to school: Christopher Evan Welch’s masterful table read, TJ’s dazzling improvisations, the Four Amigos’ brilliance, everyone’s excellence in acting, costume design, camera work, props and everything else