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Peter Weller
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 24, 1947 (78 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | |
| 2023 | Rabbit Hole (TV Series) · as Distinguished Man |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as Dr. Stern (voice) |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (TV Series) · as Lionel Lassiter |
| 2020 | JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Sergeant Hardcop |
| 2019 | Hand Rolled · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Forever (2018) (TV Series) · as The Traveler |
| 2017 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows · as Brujt (voice) |
| 2016 | MacGyver (2016) (TV Series) · as Elliot Mason |
| 2014 | Skin Trade · as Costello |
| 2014 | The Last Ship (TV Series) · as Dr. Paul Vellek |
| 2013 | Repentance · as Meyer |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness · as Admiral Alexander Marcus |
| 2013 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 · as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) |
| 2012 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 · as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) |
| 2012 | Longmire (TV Series) · as Lucian Connally |
| 2012 | Dragon Eyes · as Mr. V |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Alexander Marcus (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Forced to Fight · as Danny G. |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Bert Mazzani |
| 2010 | Once Fallen · as Eddie |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Hookman, Curt Stoner |
| 2008 | Fringe (TV Series) · as Alistair Peck |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) · as Charles 'charlie' Barosky |
| 2007 | Dating Vietnam · as Jack Newton |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy · as Ed Koster |
| 2006 | Egypt: Engineering an Empire · as Host |
| 2006 | Dexter (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Yin / Karl Rotmensen |
| 2005 | Man of God · as Rabbi |
| 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure · as Captain Paul Gallico |
| 2005 | Undiscovered · as Wick Treadway |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Dr. Penza |
| 2003 | The Handler (TV Series) |
| 2003 | The Order · as Driscoll |
| 2002 | Monk (TV Series) · as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer |
| 2002 | Odyssey 5 (TV Series) · as Chuck Taggart |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Christopher Henderson |
| 2001 | Styx · as Nelson |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) · as John Frederick Paxton |
| 2000 | Contaminated Man · as Joseph Müller |
| 2000 | Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula · as Father Stefan |
| 2000 | Ivans xtc. · as Don West |
| 2000 | Shadow Hours · as Stuart Chappell |
| 2000 | The Sands of Time · as John Shannon |
| 2000 | Falling Through · as Lou |
| 1999 | Diplomatic Siege · as Steve Parker |
| 1997 | Top of the World · as Ray Mercer |
| 1997 | End of Summer · as Theo Remmington |
| 1995 | Decoy · as Baxter |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite · as Jerry Bender |
| 1995 | Beyond the Clouds · as Husband |
| 1995 | Screamers · as Colonel Hendricksson |
| 1995 | Present Tense, Past Perfect · as Charles |
| 1994 | Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee · as Uncredited |
| 1994 | The New Age · as Peter Witner |
| 1994 | The Substitute Wife · as Martin Hightower |
| 1993 | Partners · as Doctor |
| 1993 | Sunset Grill · as Ryder Hart |
| 1992 | Fifty/Fifty · as Jake Wyer |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch · as Bill Lee |
| 1991 | Road to Ruin · as Jack Sloan |
| 1990 | Rainbow Drive · as Mike Gallagher |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 · as Robocop |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction · as Hobie |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser · as George Moran |
| 1989 | Leviathan · as Steven Beck |
| 1988 | Shakedown · as Roland Dalton |
| 1988 | The Tunnel · as Juan Pablo Castell |
| 1987 | RoboCop · as Officer Alex J. Murphy / Robocop |
| 1986 | Apology · as Rad Hungate |
| 1986 | A Killing Affair · as Baston Morris |
| 1984 | Firstborn · as Sam |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension · as Buckaroo Banzai |
| 1983 | Of Unknown Origin · as Bart Hughes |
| 1983 | Two Kinds of Love · as Joe Farley |
| 1983 | Kentucky Woman · as Deke |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as The Soldier |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon · as Frank Henderson |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want · as Steven Routledge |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days · as Joe Le Fors |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) |
| 1975 | The Silence · as Red Sash |
| 1973 | The Man Without a Country · as Lt. Fellows |