Peter van Daan — The Diary of Anne Frank Character Profile

About Peter van Daan

The van Daan family's adolescent son. He forms a close emotional bond and budding romance with Anne, serving as her primary confidant during the confinement.

Character Facts

Played by

Scott Jacoby

Appears in

The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Diary of Anne Frank

• Anne Frank (Melissa Gilbert)
• Otto Frank (Maximilian Schell)
• Edith Frank-Holländer (Joan Plowright)
• Jan Dussel (Clive Revill)
• Hermann van Daan (James Coco)
• Petronella van Daan (Doris Roberts)
• Margot Frank (Melora Marshall)
• Mr. Kraler (Erik Holland)
• Miep Gies (Anne Wyndham)