Editing Peter Gallagher (section)

== Early life ==
Gallagher was born in New York City. His mother, Mary Ann ([[Given name|née]] O'Shea), was a [[bacteriologist]], and his father, Thomas Francis Gallagher, Jr., was an advertising executive.<ref>[http://www.petergallagher.com/background.php "Peter Gallagher background"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125215754/http://www.petergallagher.com/background.php |date=November 25, 2011 }}. Official website. Retrieved April 5, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/19/classified/paid-notice-deaths-gallagher-thomas-f.html| title=Paid Notice: Deaths GALLAGHER, THOMAS F.| date=November 19, 1999| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/09/classified/paid-notice-deaths-gallagher-mary-ann-nee-o-shea.html|title=Paid Notice: Deaths GALLAGHER, MARY ANN (NEE O'SHEA)| date=June 9, 2004| newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Gallagher is the youngest of their three children. He is of [[Irish Catholic]] background<ref>[http://www.petergallagher.com/news.htm "Peter Gallagher – News"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824045326/http://www.petergallagher.com/news.htm |date=August 24, 2010 }}. (March 2007). Official website. Retrieved September 21, 2007.</ref> and was raised in [[Armonk, New York]]. Gallagher graduated from [[Tufts University]], where he was active in theater, appearing in such shows as [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' and singing with the all-male ''[[a cappella]]'' group the [[Beelzebubs]]. He studied acting at the [[William Esper Studio]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 9, 2018|title=Notable Alumni |url=https://esperstudio.com/notable-alumni/|access-date=February 16, 2021 |publisher=The William Esper Studio |language=en-US}}</ref> and with [[Mira Rostova]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grode |first=Eric |date=2009-02-06 |title=Mira Rostova, Coach to Montgomery Clift, Dies at 99 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/movies/06rostova.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>