Salerio Solanio Lorenzo Gratiano "Gentlemen of Venice, and companions with Bassanio" Fashionable men of the Venetian Rialto, friends of Antonio and Bassanio Salerio Peter De Jersey acts on stage and screen, appearing most recently with the Royal National Theatre. Masterpiece Theatre viewers may recognize him as Mike in The Choir (1995). He is a skilled musician, athlete, and painter.