Peter Weller
- Acting
- June 24, 1947 · 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
Filmography
- THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH · Gus Booth
- Bang · Morgan Cutter
- RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop · Self
- Exterminate All Rational Thought · Self
- Rabbit Hole · Distinguished Man (Voice), Distinguished Man
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · Dr. Stern (Voice)
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities · Lionel Lassiter
- In Search of Tomorrow · Self
- The Movies That Made Us · Self
- Magnum P.I. · Director
- Forever · The Traveler
- Mayans M.C. · Director
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows · Brujt (Voice)
- Mr. Mercedes · Director
- Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' · Self
- MacGyver · Elliot Mason, Director
- Game of Silence · Director
- Rush Hour · Director
- Outsiders · Director
- Shades of Blue · Director
- The Tao of Buckaroo
- It's Better in Italian · Narrator (Voice)
- Skin Trade · Costello
- The Strain · Director
- Tyrant · Director
- The Last Ship · Dr. Paul Vellek, Director
- The Real History of Science Fiction · Self
- Repentance · Meyer
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns · Bruce Wayne / Batman (Voice)
- Sleepy Hollow · Director
- Under the Dome · Director
- Star Trek Into Darkness · Admiral Alexander Marcus
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (Voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (Voice)
- Longmire · Lucian Connally, Director
- Dragon Eyes · Mr. V
- Forced To Fight · Danny G.
- Franklin & Bash · Bert Mazzani
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within · Self
- Once Fallen · Eddie
- Hawaii Five-0 · Curt Stoner, Director
- God of War: Unearthing the Legend · Host
- Fringe · Alistair Peck
- Sons of Anarchy · Charles 'Charlie' Barosky, Director
- Prey · Tom Newman
- The Hard Easy · Ed Koster
- Dexter · Stan Liddy
- Psych · Yin / Karl Rotmensen
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire · Host
- The Poseidon Adventure · Captain Paul Gallico
- Rome: Engineering an Empire · Self
- Engineering an Empire · Himself / Host, Presenter
- Undiscovered · Wick Treadway
- House · Dr. Penza, Director
- The Handler
- Las Vegas · Director
- The Order · Driscoll
- Monk · Actor Playing Stottlemeyer, Director
- Odyssey 5 · Chuck Taggart, Director
- Buckaroo Banzai Declassified · Self
- 24 · Christopher Henderson
- Styx · Nelson
- Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' · Self
- Star Trek: Enterprise · John Frederick Paxton
- Contaminated Man · Joseph Müller
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula · Father Stefan
- ivans xtc. · Don West
- Shadow Hours · Stuart Chappell
- Falling Through · Lou
- Diplomatic Siege · Steve Parker
- Tower of the First Born · John Shannon
- Gold Coast · Director, Executive producer
- End of Summer · Theo Remmington
- Top of the World · Ray Mercer
- Decoy · Baxter
- Beyond the Clouds · Husband
- Mighty Aphrodite · Jerry Bender
- Screamers · Colonel Hendricksson
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee · Uncredited
- The New Age · Peter Witner