Peter Elliott - Biography

Peter Elliott is the film industry's primary primate. He works both as a performer, in films like Missing Link (1988) and The L'île du Dr. Moreau (1996), and as a choreographer of other performers, as in Gorilles dans la brume (1988) and Congo (1995). He also teaches animal study at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. The gorilla expert in Congo (1995) is named Peter Elliott, and Michael Crichton has said he may have named him after Peter.