Peter Weller
Born: 1947-06-24 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Bang as Morgan Cutter
2023
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Dr. Stern (voice)
- Rabbit Hole as Distinguished Man (voice)
- RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
- Exterminate All Rational Thought as Self
2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Lionel Lassiter
2019
- The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Magnum P.I. ... (Director)
- Mayans M.C. ... (Director)
- Forever as The Traveler
2017
- Mr. Mercedes ... (Director)
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Brujt (voice)
- Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' as Self (archive footage)
2016
- MacGyver as Elliot Mason
- Shades of Blue ... (Director)
- Outsiders ... (Director)
- Rush Hour ... (Director)
- Game of Silence ... (Director)
2015
- It's Better in Italian as Narrator (voice)
- The Tao of Buckaroo
2014
- The Strain ... (Director)
- The Last Ship as Dr. Paul Vellek
- The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
- Skin Trade as Costello
- Repentance as Meyer
2013
- Sleepy Hollow ... (Director)
- Under the Dome ... (Director)
- Star Trek Into Darkness as Admiral Alexander Marcus
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
2012
- Longmire
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
- Dragon Eyes as Mr. V
2011
- Franklin & Bash as Bert Mazzani
- Forced To Fight as Danny G.
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Curt Stoner
- Once Fallen as Eddie
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self - Narrator
- God of War: Unearthing the Legend as Host
2008
- Sons of Anarchy as Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
- Fringe as Alistair Peck
2007
- Prey as Tom Newman
- Dating Vietnam as Jack Newton
2006
- Dexter
- Psych as Yin / Karl Rotmensen
- The Hard Easy as Ed Koster
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire as Host
2005
- The Poseidon Adventure as Captain Paul Gallico
- Engineering an Empire as Himself / Host
- Undiscovered as Wick Treadway
- Rome: Engineering an Empire as Self
2004
- House as Dr. Penza
2003
- Las Vegas ... (Director)
- The Handler
- The Order as Driscoll
2002
- Monk as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
- Odyssey 5 as Chuck Taggart
- Buckaroo Banzai Declassified as Self
2001
- 24 as Christopher Henderson
- Star Trek: Enterprise as John Frederick Paxton
- Styx as Nelson
- Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' as Himself
2000
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula as Father Stefan
- ivans xtc. as Don West
- Shadow Hours as Stuart Chappell
- Contaminated Man as Joseph Müller
- Falling Through as Lou
1999
- Diplomatic Siege as Steve Parker
1998
- Tower of the First Born as John Shannon
1997
- Top of the World as Ray Mercer
- Gold Coast ... (Director)
- End of Summer as Theo Remmington
1995
- Mighty Aphrodite as Jerry Bender
- Screamers as Colonel Hendricksson
- Beyond the Clouds as Husband
- Decoy as Baxter
1994
- The New Age as Peter Witner
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee as Uncredited
- The Substitute Wife as Martin Hightower
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street ... (Director)
- Partners as Doctor
- Fifty/Fifty as Jake Wyer
- Sunset Grill as Ryder Hart
1992
- Naked Making Lunch as Self
1991
- Naked Lunch as Bill Lee
- Road to Ruin as Jack Sloan
1990
- RoboCop 2 as RoboCop
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Hobie
- Rainbow Drive as Mike Gallagher
- Celebrity Guide to Wine as Self
1989
- Leviathan as Steven Beck
- Cat Chaser as George Moran
1988
- Shakedown as Roland Dalton
- The Tunnel as Juan Pablo Castell
1987
- RoboCop as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
- The Dancing Princesses as The Soldier
1986
- Apology as Rad Hungate
1985
- A Killing Affair as Baston Morris
1984
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Buckaroo Banzai
- Firstborn as Sam
1983
- Of Unknown Origin as Bart Hughes
- Two Kinds of Love as Joe Farley
- Kentucky Woman as Deke
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as The Soldier
- 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
1975
- The Silence as Red Sash
1973
- The Man Without a Country as Lt. Fellows