Kurt Yaeger is an American actor, writer, director, disability advocate, and professional athlete, who is also a below-the-knee amputee. Recent work includes varying roles on the CBS series NCIS, the HBO/Cinemax series Quarry, Netflix series Another Life, and many other television appearances.
Kurt gathered notoriety appearing in season five of the FX series Sons of Anarchy as Greg “the Peg” and in the Rudimental music video for the UK hit single “Waiting All Night” featuring vocals from Ella Eyre which has been viewed over 248 million times on Youtube.
He spent 3 1/2 months in the hospital, had 30 surgeries and 2 years in recovery which in his own word he says “set me up for success. I learned where the bottom is, and what I found was the love of my family, friends and all the reason for living I’d ever need.”
Kurt is also involved with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) Tri-Union global disability rights campaign called IAMPWD – Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People with Disabilities.
He previously served as a chairperson on the AFTRA Los Angeles Local Performers with Disabilities Committee. In this interview he talks about the systemic issues people with disabilities face getting acting roles and how finance is a key to unlock great inclusion.
