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Peter Weller

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 24, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Peter Frederick Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. He is best known for his roles as the title character in the first two RoboCop films and Buckaroo Banzai in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. He received an Academy Award nomination for his direction for the 1993 short Partners, in which he also acted. He also hosted the show Engineering an Empire on the History channel. He played Stan Liddy in the 5th Season of the Showtime original series, Dexter.

Known For

Acting
2025BangMorgan Cutter
2023Exterminate All Rational ThoughtSelf
2023Rabbit HoleDistinguished Man (voice)
2023Rabbit HoleDistinguished Man
2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDr. Stern (voice)
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesLionel Lassiter
2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)
2018ForeverThe Traveler
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsBrujt (voice)
2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Self (archive footage)
2016MacGyverElliot Mason
2015The Tao of Buckaroo
2015It's Better in ItalianNarrator (voice)
2014Skin TradeCostello
2014RepentanceMeyer
2014The Real History of Science FictionHimself
2014The Last ShipDr. Paul Vellek
2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdmiral Alexander Marcus
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsBruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
2012Dragon EyesMr. V
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
2012Longmire
2012LongmireLucian Connally
2011Forced To FightDanny G.
2011Franklin & BashBert Mazzani
2010Once FallenEddie
2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf - Narrator
2010God of War: Unearthing the LegendHost
2010Hawaii Five-0Curt Stoner
2008FringeAlistair Peck
2008Sons of AnarchyCharles 'Charlie' Barosky
2007PreyTom Newman
2007Dating VietnamJack Newton
2006Egypt: Engineering an EmpireHost
2006The Hard EasyEd Koster
2006Dexter
2006PsychYin / Karl Rotmensen
2005UndiscoveredWick Treadway
2005The Poseidon AdventureCaptain Paul Gallico
2005Rome: Engineering an EmpireSelf
2005Engineering an EmpireHimself / Host
2004HouseDr. Penza
2003The OrderDriscoll
2003The Handler
2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelf
2002MonkActor Playing Stottlemeyer
2002Odyssey 5Chuck Taggart
2001StyxNelson
2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself
2001Star Trek: EnterpriseJohn Frederick Paxton
200124Christopher Henderson
2000ivans xtc.Don West
2000Contaminated ManJoseph Müller
2000Shadow HoursStuart Chappell
2000Dark Prince: The True Story of DraculaFather Stefan
2000Falling ThroughLou
1999Diplomatic SiegeSteve Parker
1998Tower of the First BornJohn Shannon
1997Top of the WorldRay Mercer
1997End of SummerTheo Remmington
1995Mighty AphroditeJerry Bender
1995DecoyBaxter
1995ScreamersColonel Hendricksson
1995Beyond the CloudsHusband
1994The New AgePeter Witner
1994The Substitute WifeMartin Hightower
1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeUncredited
1993Fifty/FiftyJake Wyer
1993Sunset GrillRyder Hart
1993PartnersDoctor
1992Naked Making LunchSelf
1991Naked LunchBill Lee
1991Road to RuinJack Sloan
1990RoboCop 2RoboCop
1990Rainbow DriveMike Gallagher
1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelf
1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionHobie
1989Cat ChaserGeorge Moran
1989LeviathanSteven Beck
1988ShakedownRoland Dalton
1988The TunnelJuan Pablo Castell
1987RoboCopOfficer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
1987The Dancing PrincessesThe Soldier
1986ApologyRad Hungate
1985A Killing AffairBaston Morris
1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBuckaroo Banzai
1984FirstbornSam
1983Of Unknown OriginBart Hughes
1983Kentucky WomanDeke
1983Two Kinds of LoveJoe Farley
1982Shoot the MoonFrank Henderson
1982Faerie Tale TheatreThe Soldier
1980Just Tell Me What You WantSteven Routledge
1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysJoe Le Fors
1978Mourning Becomes ElectraPeter
1977Lou Grant
1975The SilenceRed Sash
1973The Man Without a CountryLt. Fellows
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
-The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Production
1997Gold CoastExecutive Producer
Directing
2018Mayans M.C.Director
2018Magnum P.I.Director
2017Mr. MercedesDirector
2016Rush HourDirector
2016Game of SilenceDirector
2016OutsidersDirector
2016Shades of BlueDirector
2016MacGyverDirector
2014The Last ShipDirector
2014The StrainDirector
2013Under the DomeDirector
2013Sleepy HollowDirector
2012LongmireDirector
2010Hawaii Five-0Director
2008Sons of AnarchyDirector
2004HouseDirector
2003Las VegasDirector
2002MonkDirector
2002Odyssey 5Director
1997Gold CoastDirector
1993PartnersDirector
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
Writing
2010Hawaii Five-0Writer
1993PartnersTeleplay