Since 2012, he's had a recurring role in HBO's "Veep," playing lobbyist Sidney Purcell. This year, he started co-starring in Comedy Central's "The President Show," in which he plays Vice... The character of Sidney Purcell is a caricature of the absolute worst of lobbyists. Terrible, shitty, unethical human being. The actor plays the role in a pitch perfect manner. The only other. Sidney Purcell (Peter Grosz) Purcell is such an abhorrent, ignorant, ruthlessly effective lobbyist you wonder how some real-life K Street firm hasn’t tried to hire Peter Grosz.
Sidney Purcell (Peter Grosz) Purcell is such an abhorrent, ignorant, ruthlessly effective lobbyist you wonder how some real-life K Street firm hasn’t tried to hire Peter Grosz.