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Peter Riegert

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Peter Riegert

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 11, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On television, he is best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on The Sopranos.

Known For

Acting
2023ExtrapolationsBen Zucker
2023Harlan Coben's ShelterAlan Bolitar
2020Talking SopranosSelf
2019Extra InningsPete
2018SuccessionRoger Pugh
2016American PastoralLou Levov
2015Show Me a HeroOscar Newman
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtArtie Goodman
2013At MiddletonBoneyard Sims
2013DadsDavid Sachs
2012Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The DarknessTevye
2011Oka!Dr. Maguire
2011White Irish DrinkersWhitey
2011We Bought a ZooDelbert McGinty
2010The Chosen OneBob
2009Love Conquers PaulMr. Feigenbaum
2009The Good WifeJudge Harvey Winter
2008The ResponseColonel Jefferson
2008Starz Inside: In the GutterSelf
2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf
2008Cashmere Mafia
2008LeveragePeter Blanchard
2007DamagesThe Executive
2007DamagesGeorge Moore
2006Surrender, DorothyMel
2004King of the CornerLeo Spivak
2004Back When We Were GrownupsZeb
2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateDonald 'Boon' Schoenstein
2003One Tree HillAugust Kellerman
2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogLarry
2001BojanglesMarty
2001Club LandRabbi
2001Bleacher BumsDecker
2001The Beast
2000In the WeedsBarry
2000Passion of MindDr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist
2000TrafficAttorney Michael Adler
1999Family GuyMax Weinstein (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitChauncey Zeirko
1999The SopranosAssemblyman Ronald Zellman
1998Jerry and TomStanley
1998Hi-LifeMinor
1998The Baby DanceRichard Luckman
1998Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story
1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Boone
1998Sports Night
1997Face DownLt. Coop Cooper
1997North Shore FishPorker
1996InfinityMel Feynman
1996Pie in the SkyDad Dunlap
1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelf
1995The Infiltrator
1995Bleeding HeartsDoctor
1995ColdbloodedSteve
1995An Element of TruthSidney Wiltz
1994The MaskMitch Kellaway
1993Barbarians at the GatePeter Cohen
1993GypsyHerbie Sommers
1992UtzMarius Fisher
1992Passed AwayPeter Syracusa
1992Middle AgesWalter Cooper
1991OscarAldo
1991The RunestoneCapt. Gregory Fanducci
1991The Object of BeautyLawrence "Larry" Oates
1990A Shock to the SystemRobert Benham
1990Beyond the OceanEric
1990Law & OrderJerold Dixon
1989That's AdequateAdult Baby Elroy
1989W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made DifficultW. Eugene Smith
1989SeinfeldJames Kimbrough
1988Crossing DelanceySam Posner
1987A Man in LoveMichael Pozner
1987The StrangerDr. Harris Kite
1986News at ElevenEric Ross
1985The Twilight ZoneGus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
1984The City GirlTim
1984Ellis IslandJacob Rubinstein
1983Local Hero"Mac" MacIntyre
1983Le Grand CarnavalWalter Giammanca, le boss américain
1983The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)Self
1982National Lampoon's Movie MadnessJason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")
1979Chilly Scenes of WinterSam
1979AmericathonEric McMurkin
1978Animal HouseDonald 'Boon' Schoenstein
1972M*A*S*H
1951Hallmark Hall of FameZeb
Directing
2004King of the CornerDirector
2001By CourierDirector
Writing
2004King of the CornerWriter