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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-06-24 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Питер Уэллер
ピーター・ウェラー
پیتر ولر
پيتر ولر

Peter Weller

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.

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Acting

2023		RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
2023		Exterminate All Rational Thought as Self
2023		Rabbit Hole as Distinguished Man (voice)
2023		Rabbit Hole as Distinguished Man
2023		Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Dr. Stern (voice)

2022

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Lionel Lassiter

2019

The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)

2018

Forever as The Traveler

2017		Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Brujt (voice)
2017		Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' as Self (archive footage)

2016

MacGyver as Elliot Mason

2015

The Tao of Buckaroo

2014		Skin Trade as Costello
2014		The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
2014		Repentance as Meyer

2013		Batman: The Dark Knight Returns as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
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
2012		Longmire as Lucian Connally
2012		Dragon Eyes as Mr. V

2011		Forced To Fight as Danny G.
2011		Franklin & Bash as Bert Mazzani

2010		William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self - Narrator
2010		Once Fallen as Eddie
2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Hookman, Curt Stoner
2010		God of War: Unearthing the Legend as Host

2008		Fringe as Alistair Peck
2008		Sons of Anarchy as Charles 'Charlie' Barosky

2007		Dating Vietnam as Jack Newton
2007		Prey as Tom Newman

2006		The Hard Easy as Ed Koster
2006		Dexter
2006		Psych as Yin / Karl Rotmensen
2006		Egypt: Engineering an Empire as Host

2005		The Poseidon Adventure as Captain Paul Gallico
2005		Engineering an Empire as Himself / Host
2005		Undiscovered as Wick Treadway

2004

House as Dr. Penza

2003		The Handler
2003		The Order as Driscoll

2002		Monk as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
2002		Odyssey 5 as Chuck Taggart
2002		Buckaroo Banzai Declassified as Self

2001		24 as Christopher Henderson
2001		Styx as Nelson
2001		Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' as Himself
2001		Star Trek: Enterprise as John Frederick Paxton

2000		Contaminated Man as Joseph Müller
2000		Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula as Father Stefan
2000		Ivansxtc as Don West
2000		Shadow Hours as Stuart Chappell
2000		Falling Through as Lou

1999

Diplomatic Siege as Steve Parker

1998

Tower of the First Born as John Shannon

1997		End of Summer as Theo Remmington
1997		Top of the World as Ray Mercer

1995		Decoy as Baxter
1995		Beyond the Clouds as Husband
1995		Mighty Aphrodite as Jerry Bender
1995		Screamers as Colonel Hendricksson

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
1993		Fifty/Fifty as Jake Wyer

1992

Naked Making Lunch as Self

1991		Naked Lunch as Bill Lee
1991		Road to Ruin as Jack Sloan

1990		RoboCop 2 as RoboCop
1990		Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Hobie
1990		Rainbow Drive as Mike Gallagher
1990		Celebrity Guide to Wine as Self

1989		Cat Chaser as George Moran
1989		Leviathan as Steven Beck

1988		Shakedown as Roland Dalton
1988		The Tunnel as Juan Pablo Castell

1987		The Dancing Princesses as The Soldier
1987		RoboCop as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

1986

Apology as Rad Hungate

1985

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 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 as Peter

1977

Lou Grant

1975

The Silence as Red Sash

1973

The Man Without a Country as Lt. Fellows

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

Directing

2018		Magnum P.I. as Director
2018		Mayans M.C. as Director

2017

Mr. Mercedes as Director

2016		MacGyver as Director
2016		Game of Silence as Director
2016		Rush Hour as Director
2016		Outsiders as Director
2016		Shades of Blue as Director

2014		The Strain as Director
2014		The Last Ship as Director

2013		Sleepy Hollow as Director
2013		Under the Dome as Director

2012

Longmire as Director

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Director

2008

Sons of Anarchy as Director

2004

House as Director

2003

Las Vegas as Director

2002		Monk as Director
2002		Odyssey 5 as Director

1997

Gold Coast as Director

1993		Partners as Director
1993		Homicide: Life on the Street as Director

Production

1997

Gold Coast as Executive Producer

Writing

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Writer

1993

Partners as Teleplay