John Richard Petersen

John Richard Petersen is an American actor born in Chicago, Illinois on August 15th, 1961. He is best known for playing bit roles in films and television programs. In the 1983 John Carpenter film Christine, he played a High school student. In 1984, Petersen played another high school student named John in Wes Craven's seminal classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Petersen's character was the boy reading Skakespere when Nancy Thompson falls asleep in English class.