Peter Ackerman began his varied career as an actor in the low budget movie Astronomy of Errors (2000).
[1] For the stage, Ackerman's debut play, Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, was performed Off-Broadway in New York and at Soho Repertory Theatre in London.
The play became an audio presentation for L.A. Theatre Works and appeared on member National Public Radio stations in North America.
He was commissioned by NPR to write another radio play, I’d Rather Eat Pants, which was broadcast as a short serial.
As a writer he was hired by 20th Century Fox to work on the animated film Ice Age where he became one of several screenwriters on the project.