Richard Henry Sellers, més conegut com a Peter Sellers, CBE (Southsea, 8 de setembre de 1925 − Londres, 24 de juliol de 1980) va ser un comediant anglès.

Nascut en el bressol d'una família d'artistes de vodevil, va iniciar la seva carrera en el grup còmic The Goon Show (un show de la cadena de ràdio BBC, emès entre 1951 i 1960). Després de convertir-se en estrella local al Regne Unit durant els anys 50, Sellers arribaria a la fama internacional en el següent decenni, coronant com una de les cares de comèdia més populars de la pantalla gran.

理查德·亨利·谢勒，CBE（Richard Henry Sellers，1925年9月8日－1980年7月24日），为人熟知的是他艺名彼得·塞勒斯（Peter Sellers），是位演技极为精湛的得奖影星、喜剧演员，自1950年代至1980年此30年演出电影几乎部部叫好又叫座，最著名代表作是嘲讽冷战年代核战氛围的黑色喜剧电影（他一人分饰戏中三角）《奇爱博士》，与闹剧笑片经典《粉红豹》里扮傻癫侦探、口齿不清的法语腔英文“克鲁梭”探长（竖领风衣拿支放大镜、两撇八字胡搞笑形象），与演出虚构角色、19世纪华裔美国留辫子吊眼睛、卷曲长指甲侦探《傅满洲》，每次演出白人笑声不断但是唐人街华人抗议声也不断；名利双收之余，与当时英美影坛几位女影星八卦新闻绯闻不断。

Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980), known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, for playing three different characters in Dr. Strangelove, as Clare Quilty in Lolita, and as the man-child and TV-addicted Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, Being There. Leading actress Bette Davis once remarked of him, "He isn't an actor—he's a chameleon." Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German, as well as British regional accents), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers' private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, and had three children from the first two marriages.

An enigmatic figure, he often claimed to have no identity outside the roles that he played, but he left his own portrait since, "he obsessively filmed his homes, his family, people he knew, anything that took his fancy right to the end of his life—intimate film that remained undiscovered until long after his death in 1980." The director Peter Hall has said: "Peter had the ability to identify completely with another person, and think his way physically, mentally and emotionally into their skin. Where does that come from? I have no idea. Is it a curse? Often. I think it's not enough though in this business to have talent. You have to have talent to handle the talent. And that I think Peter did not have."

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Peter Sellers, CBE (* 8. September 1925 als Richard Henry Sellers in Portsmouth; † 24. Juli 1980 in London), war ein britischer Komiker und Filmschauspieler. Der Spezialist für Auftritte in den unterschiedlichsten Rollen und Verkleidungen wurde spätestens als trotteliger Inspektor Clouseau in der Filmreihe Der rosarote Panther bekannt.

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