Templeton Peck

Templeton "Face" Peck
The A-Team character
Portrayed by	Tim Dunigan (pilot) Dirk Benedict (rest of series) Bradley Cooper (2010 film)
In-universe information
Title	Lieutenant

Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck, (often referred to simply as "Face") is a fictional character in the 1980s action/adventure television series, The A-Team played by Dirk Benedict. Tim Dunigan played this role in the pilot episode, but reputedly he was thought to look too young to be a believable Vietnam veteran,, and he was much taller than the rest of the cast. He was replaced by Benedict for the rest of the show's run. The character of Face appeared on The A-Team from 1983 until its cancellation in 1986.

Suave, smooth-talking, and hugely successful with women, Peck serves as the team's con man and scrounger, able to get his hands on just about anything they need. Effectively second in command behind Hannibal (although Murdock outranks him), he is the one who arranges for supplies, equipment, and sensitive information using numerous scams and hustles. He is also the team member who usually organizes the fees for their services, which has given him an aptitude with numbers, as demonstrated in "Members Only."

Tim Dunigan as "Faceman"in the 1983 pilot episode "Mexican Slayride"

In the pilot episode it is revealed in a discussion with an elderly priest that Peck spent his youth at a Los Angeles orphanage run by the Catholic Church. It was later revealed in future episodes that he was raised an orphan and is Catholic and may have once considered the priesthood. In the episode "Family Reunion" (fifth season), it was revealed that Peck is the son of former presidential advisor and convicted criminal A.J. Bancroft. However, Peck only finds out about this after Bancroft's death.

Peck is the most timid of the A-Team, generally attempting to avoid conflict. His interests tend towards more cultural facets, such as country clubs, art purchasing, and wine tasting.

2010 Film

Bradley Cooper as Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the 2010 The A-Team film

In the 2010 film, Peck was played by comic actor Bradley Cooper. As in the TV series, Face is depicted as a smooth talking ladies man, but is also shown having a relationship with Captain Charisa Sosa (played by Jessica Biel), who pursues the A-Team after they escape from prison. Throughout the film, Face matures from a womanizing joker to a calculating professional - to the point that, in the film's climax, he, not Hannibal, plans the A-Team's legal redemption (a decision B. A. regretted).

Benedict had a small cameo, which he reportedly regretted.

In other countries

• In some Spanish-speaking countries, his nickname is "Fas", coming from Fascinador ("fascinater") as it was stated in the pilot episode dubbed "Operation A.T." and "Black Day at Bad Rock" among many, many others.
• In Spain, his nickname was "Fénix" ("Phoenix").
• In Italy he was called "Sberla" ("Slap").
• In Brazil, his nickname was "Cara-de-Pau" ("cheeky", literally "Wooden face").
• In Poland, "Buźka" ("Cute Face"), similarly to its Hungarian counterpart, Szépfiú.
• In France,"futé" which holds for "smart".
• In Russia, his name was "Krasavchik", which stands for "handsome".
• In Korea, his name was "멋쟁이", which stands for "handsome and stylish".