Peter Sipla

Peter Sipla was born in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville to Emil Thomas Tom Sipla and Maritza Natalia Wong Sipla On his grandfathers side the Sipla clan is from the BohemianCzech neighborhoods in central Wisconsin On his grandmothers side the Stafford family are of British and Dutch descent and have been in Warrenville since 1858 when Dorus Stafford was the local leather tanner Peters greatuncle William T Bill Stafford became the newly incorporated citys first Mayor in 1967 Civic duty and service was a part of Peters upbringing coming from a family of firemen nurses policemen roofers carpenters and social organization members who were very active in local events and the growth of the city Peters mother is of ChinesePanamanian ancestry growing up in Colon Panama with four siblings two parents and their grandfather who lived to 103 years old Growing up in a household filled with Latin music fostered a love of music and percussion Peter first stepped onto the stage in a community recital at the age of six in a tap number with his mother and older sister A greater appreciation for the theater was inevitable due to the endless stream of movie musicals his sister watched in their home At the age of fourteen he began to perform in community theater with his sister and father Peter juggled rehearsals for shows percussion ensembles choirs and drumline throughout his high school career and went on to study Theater Performance and Music Performance at North Central College in Naperville where he performed in 14 mainstage productions and discovered his love of dialect and voice work His first foray into television was on a two week contract filming an episode of Chicago Fire for NBC in 2016 as Hundley one of the neerdowell replacement firefighters After that he went on to small roles in Foxs neXt 2020 and was part of the first day of shooting for HBOMaxs hit show Station Eleven 2021 On the silver screen Peter had the pleasure of working with the incomparable Tom Hanks in A Man Called Otto 2022 and was ecstatic to watch his widerelease theatrical debut surrounded by family On stage Peter has had the pleasure of working with Chicago Shakespeare Theater Paramount Theatre The Marriott Theatre Drury Lane Theatre the Lyric Opera of Chicago Writers Theatre City Theatre Merrimack Repertory Theatre TimeLine Theatre Victory Gardens Theater Porchlight Music Theater Next Theater Red Tape Theatre First Folio Theater Brightside Theatre Steel Beam Theatre and Disney Cruise Line to name few Peters voiceover work has been heard in hundreds of commercials and industrials