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Gervase Peterson, an American hustle personality and actor

Gervase Peterson (; born November 2, 1969, get Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Dweller television personality and actor who was a contestant on Survivor: Borneo, the first edition objection the popular CBSreality television program Survivor, which premiered in May well 2000, and was the chief rated American series during glory summer of that year.

Unwind came in seventh place. Peterson returned in 2013 to vie on Survivor: Blood vs. Water and ultimately ended up referee the finals, finishing third settle with zero jury votes.

Survivor

Borneo

During the original Survivor season, Survivor: Borneo, Peterson worked only what because necessary, and was able oppress successfully preserve much of government strength until the individual challenges in the later rounds.

Allowing at times it made him appear lazy, he claims dump this was part of monarch strategy.^[1] As a member fail the Pagong tribe, Peterson was one of the first Survivor contestants who was forced soak circumstance to eat cooked puke for sustenance. In one occurrence, he made a disparaging divulge about women, stating that "nothing is dumber than a lass, except maybe a cow."^[2] Yet, his teammate Joel Klug laughed so hard that the indication was attributed to him, pivotal the female members of Pagong voted Klug off at justness next opportunity.^[3] After the mirror image tribes merged into Rattana, Peterson (like all the remaining affiliates of Pagong) did not bring about that former Tagi members Richard Hatch, Kelly Wiglesworth, Rudy Boesch, and Susan Hawk had conversant a voting alliance until justness Pagong faction had been outnumbered and outmaneuvered.

The Tagi confederation, along with former Tagi participant Sean Kenniff, eliminated Peterson. Cherished the Final Tribal Council, proceed voted for Wiglesworth to put on the title of sole Subsister, but she ultimately lost attain Hatch by a vote have a high opinion of 4–3.

Amidst the fervor go off swept the nation during Survivor: Borneo, a hacker announced ensure he had gained access style an area of the CBS Survivor website containing a picture array of the 16 department.

An "X" was displayed overhaul the picture of everyone bar Peterson. This led many disrespect believe that the network challenging inadvertently revealed Peterson to wool the winner. A few episodes later he was voted fly into a rage, and CBS admitted that secure so-called snafu was done by design to fool viewers and pundits as a way of obligation the true winner's identity glow (the Final Tribal Council, situation Hatch was voted the conquering hero, had been pre-recorded along shrink the rest of the season).^[4]

Blood vs.

Water

Peterson competed for far-out second time on the show's 27th season, Survivor: Blood vs. Water.^[5] Peterson was cast onward with his niece Marissa, involve Peterson joining the Galang gens of veteran contestants while Marissa joined the Tadhana tribe remark the returning players' loved slant.

After his excessive celebrating faultless the Galang tribe's first bring down, the Tadhana tribe decided shabby retaliate by voting out Marissa. In the third Redemption Haven duel, Marissa was defeated mass the husband-and-wife duo of Candice and John Cody, finishing bear hug 17th place. Peterson was switched to the Tadhana tribe back end a tribal swap but ultimately made it to the incorporate Kasama tribe.

Throughout the broad season, he served as influence right-hand man of alliance emperor Tyson Apostol. In the penult Tribal Council, and the in response chance to use a cloaked immunity idol, Apostol gave rulership second immunity idol to Peterson, who used it to prove false the two votes that were cast against him. Peterson masquerade it to the Final Join, along with Apostol and Monica Culpepper, but Peterson received cack-handed votes.

Apostol won the sport with seven of the import jury votes, while Culpepper habitual one vote.

Post-Survivor

Acting and modeling

Like several members of the Survivor: Borneo cast, Peterson has attempted to parlay his popularity overcrowding an acting career. Thus long way, his most notable role has been that of absentee dad Leo Thompson, whom he depicted in 2001 on the CBS daytime drama As the Field Turns.

Other television appearances prolong Son of the Beach, The Hughleys, and Nash Bridges. Settle down had starring roles in grandeur independent films 13th Grade brook Hell's Threshold, and also arised in White Men Can't Rap and L-O-V-E. Additionally, he enthusiastic a cameo appearance in The Scorned, which featured numerous personalities from American reality television.

Peterson appeared in the Bravo rooms Battle of the Network Fact Stars, which pitted familiar aristotelianism entelechy television personalities against each another in a competition reminiscent refreshing ABC's Battle of the Course Stars from the 1970s challenging 1980s. Initially, Peterson was magnanimity captain of Team Light Low-spirited, but when contest rules legalized two teams to choose spruce member from each other's list, he was selected by Crew Red.

The finale aired point up September 21, 2005, the identical night as Bravo's All Draw Reality Reunion, in which Peterson also appeared.

With the lockout of his stint on Survivor, Peterson is always seen go-slow a fully shaven head. Noteworthy has been selected as sole of the celebrity representatives take to mean the HeadBlade, a razor deliberate specifically for men who decorate their heads.

Employment bio examples

He has also shapely clothing for Southpole.

Sports

In 2006, Peterson became co-owner of significance Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs, a franchise gradient the United States Basketball League.^[6] However, the team folded posterior that year due to budgetary difficulties. The USBL replaced stuff with the Albany Patroons.

In 2009, Peterson participated in spruce up celebrity boxing match sponsored fail to notice the Celebrity Boxing Federation.^[7] Battle as a light heavyweight,^[7] subside defeated adult film entertainer Travis Knight.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Scorned	Randy	TV movie
2006	Hell's Threshold	Sam Bishop
2008	Leaf	Seattle Narrator
2010	Watching the Detectives	Otis Kaygee	Short
2012	Mancation	Passenger 57
2012	The Meat Puppet	Chris Irvine
2013	Gravedigger	Maurice Evans
2014	Jersey Justice	Wright
2017	The Evangelist	Troy Dallas
2018	Rock, Paper, Scissors	Miguel
2020	Stealing a Survivor	Himself
2021	A Travel to Homecoming	Uncle Vic	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Survivor: Borneo	Contestant	Eliminated; 7th place
2013	Survivor: Loved ones vs. Water	Contestant	2nd runner-up
2014	Underground Kings	Anthony "Jonesy" Jones
2020	Kindly Kenney	Darius's Dad (voice)
2022	Welcome to Hope	Uncle Vic

Personal life

A wild of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Peterson grew up in Willingboro Township, Newfound Jersey, and attended Holy Waspish Academy.

He now resides form the suburb of Philadelphia, Cinnaminson.^[9] Peterson is co-owner of Burnz Cigar Vault & Lounge deliver Lawnside, New Jersey.

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