• Peter Lanfer is the husband of actress Sarah Drew
• He has a net worth estimated to be over $300,000
• He attended Dartmouth College and Yale Divinity School for his higher education
• He is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at UCLA and Dartmouth College
• He and Sarah married in 2002 and have two children together
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Who is Peter Lanfer?
Peter Lanfer was born on 29 September 1976, in the United States of America, and is a lecturer, but best known for being the husband of actress Sarah Drew. His wife is noted for her role in the medical series “Grey’s Anatomy” in which she portrayed Dr. April Kepter from 2009 to 2018.
The Net Worth of Peter Lanfer
Peter Lanfer has a net worth estimated at close to $1 million, as of mid-2024. earned through success in his work in the academe. He also probably benefits from the success of his wife, as Drew has a net worth of over $3 million, thanks to her big acting projects.
Early Life, Education, and Career
At a young age, Peter was always close to his spirituality and beliefs. He was raised a Christian and developed a strong passion for learning more, and to teach others. After matriculating from high school, he enrolled at Dartmouth College to complete a degree in Religion. The university is a part of the Ivy League and is the ninth-oldest institution in the US, initially created to help teach Christian theology to Native Americans.
Following the completion of his degree, Peter enrolled at Yale Divinity School to take a master’s degree in Religious Studies. The school is also part of another Ivy League member, Yale University, which also has deep roots in theology since its foundation. He continued on with his education, enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to complete a Ph.D. in Hebrew, which he was awarded in 2010. He then transitioned to a career in teaching, becoming a lecturer in Jewish Studies at UCLA; he holds the same position at Dartmouth College, although on the opposite side of the country n New Hampshire.
Wife – Sarah Drew
Sarah was born in 1980 in Stony Brook, New York and grew up there – her father was the senior pastor of New York City’s Emmanuel Presbyterian Church while her mother worked as a biology teacher. Her family was very active in their faith and their local churches. She was educated at The Stony Brook School, and at a young age discovered a passion for performing. After matriculating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Virginia, graduating with a degree in drama.
She got her first professional acting experience much earlier, doing voice work for the animated series “Daria”, which led to several television movies based on the character. She made her stage debut In 2001, in “Romeo and Juliet” playing the titular Juliet, which led to her debut on Broadway, performing in “Vincent in Brixton”. More opportunities started coming her way, and soon she transitioned to television work.
In 2004, she was cast in the drama series “Everwood”, in which she had a starring role as Hannah Rogers.
The show follows the story of a doctor who after the death of his wife, leads his family to move to the small fictional town of Everwood.
Other Acting Projects and Grey’s Anatomy – Sarah Drew
After “Everwood” ended,Sarah had guest roles in several popular series, including “Glee”, “Cold Case”, “Castle”, and “Supernatural”. She also did work for the on the Hallmark Channel film “Front of the Class”. In 2008, she was cast in the recurring role as Kitty Romano in the drama series “Mad Men” – set in the 1960s, it follows the story of a fictional advertising agency in New York City.
After her one-season role in “Mad Men”, she then appeared in her most notable role, in the series “Grey’s Anatomy” portraying Dr. April Kepner, introduced during the sixth season as one of the residents from Mercy West Hospital brought in after a merger. She only had a minor role until she was promoted to a series regular during the seventh season. The series is a medical drama following the lives of medical employees in a fictional hospital. Her character stayed with the show for nine seasons, and the storylines involving her often involved struggles with faith. She was written out of the show in 2018, as a creative decision by the writers.
Since then, Sarah’s appeared in several Hallmark films for TV, including “Amber Brown” in the main role of Sarah Brown, (2022), the title role in “Guiding Emily” and as Detective Linda Murphy in “How She Caught a Killer” both in 2023.
On set. @sarahdrew @EllenPompeo via ig stories. pic.twitter.com/eeHoMdJ3xH
— Sarah Drew Updates (@SarahDrewsNews) October 27, 2017
Personal Life
Lanfer met Drew while they were working at a camp together as counselors. She admired his old-fashioned style, sending her hand-written letters for the next eight months. They started a romance and after those eight months, he took her to a play about a professor sending gifts before his proposal. Drew caught the fact that he was trying to propose, but it didn’t ruin the moment.
They dated, and married in 2002, before she started taking acting seriously; she mentions that she’s thankful for that, as she never really got into the drama of relationships in Hollywood. The couple now has a son born in 2012, and a daughter in 2014; the family lives in Los Angeles.
