Name Peter Costa Role Film actor | Movies The Lemon Sisters | |
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Similar Rodney Allen Rippy, Corey Feldman, Danny Lloyd Nationality American | ||
Peter Costa is a former American child actor. Costa is best known for his many appearances on The Cosby Show, playing Rudy Huxtable's chubby friend Peter Chiara, whose signature trait was running out the door when a scary or disastrous situation occurs in the Huxtable house..
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In 1987, Costa was nominated for a Young Artist Award, "Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Long Running Series Comedy or Drama", for the role.
He made his first feature film appearance in the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid.
Costa made only one appearance on screen after The Cosby Show, in a small role in the 1990 film The Lemon Sisters.
Costa is currently a member of the bands Torrential Downpour, the Kreptaka Bar Band and PT Grimm. He plays percussion for these bands, which are based in northern New Jersey.
Costa In Torrential Downpour
Torrential Downpour was started by high school friends Peter Costa (drums) and Matt Cece (bass) in the late ‘90s. The lineup as of January 2023 includes PrKr (vocals) and Jay Volpe (guitar).
The band debuted its first full-length album in 2009, the eponymous Torrential Downpour. Other releases by Torrential Downpour include Connected Through (2011), instrumental EP Wire (2011), The Phaneron (2013), Truth Knowledge Vision (2014), and TwentyTwentyTwenty (2020). Truth Knowledge Vision received particularly strong praise for its uniquely complex and aggressive tune as well as its sci-fi influence.
According to the Crash Bang Boom drumming podcast on YouTube, as of 2020, Peter Costa is still in the band, lives in New York, and has two children. In the podcast, Costa talked about his 20 years in Torrential Downpour and the creation of their 2020 album.