Born in New York City, U.S., the multi-talented director, Peter Berg is also an actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has helmed movies like Very Bad Things (1998), The Rundown (2003), Friday Night Lights (2004), Hancock (2008), Battleship (2012), and Deepwater Horizon (2016). Berg has also played an important part in films such as Cop Land (1997), Corky Romano (2001), Collateral (2004), Smokin` Aces (2006) and Lions for Lambs (2007). His 2017 release as a director and writer included the drama thriller movie Patriots Day, which starred Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, and Michelle Monaghan in lead roles. In 2018, he once again joined hands with Wahlberg for Mile 22.