

Sprinter Markus Pöyhönen participated in the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars.
The following is a video of his rehearsal sessions for the show. He seemed to have a lot of fun, as did the whole crew...The world through the eyes of a Finn.



His self-portraits were widely published and sold, making Peter a gay household name and an international celebrity. He was also the subject of several Robert Mapplethorpe photographs and six drawings by Tom of Finland.

In the early 1970s, Peter moved to San Francisco and became a fixture on the streets, famous for his highly suggestive clothing and constant cruising. He collaborated with friend Richard Abel on a 16mm hard-core porn film entitled Nights in Black Leather (1972) in which he played the lead role. Peter's poster for the film was a sensation and helped make Nights in Black Leather an enormous underground hit.




THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN
a documentary
directed by Jim Tushinski
produced by Lawrence Helman & Jim Tushinski