- Source of Wealth: Screenwriting, Producing, Directing
- Age: 61
- Birth Place: Scituate, Massachusetts, United States
- Marital Status: Married Leslie Tolan
- Full Name: Peter James Tolan III
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: July 5, 1958
- Ethnicity: American
- Occupation: Screenwriter, director, producer
- Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Children: Beatrice Tolan, Peter Jr. Tolan, Ben Tolan
American television director, producer and screenwriter Peter Tolan’s net worth is approximately $8 million dollars. He was born in Scituate Massachusetts where he was schooled. It was in high school that he realized his talent and was a perennial favorite in their high school dramatic productions. He later left to pursue his career in Hollywood where he formed a theater group by the name YPST which performed Broadway Musicals.
His career started by writing for short-lived sitcoms Carol and company after which he went on to write for the hit series Murphy Brown. He also succeeded in the film industry and wrote a hit comedy Analyze this.
Tolan is now married to Leslie Tolan who is an editor and they have one daughter Beatrice and two sons Peter Jr and John.