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
- Rabbit Hole as Distinguished Man (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Dr. Stern (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
- Outsiders ... (Director)
- Rush Hour ... (Director)
- Shades of Blue ... (Director)
- Game of Silence ... (Director)
2015
2014
- The Strain ... (Director)
- The Last Ship as Dr. Paul Vellek
- Repentance as Meyer
- Skin Trade as Costello
- The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
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
- Dragon Eyes as Mr. V
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
2011
- Franklin & Bash as Bert Mazzani
- Forced To Fight as Danny G.
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Hookman, 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
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire as Host
- The Hard Easy as Ed Koster
2005
- Undiscovered as Wick Treadway
- The Poseidon Adventure as Captain Paul Gallico
- Rome: Engineering an Empire as Self
- Engineering an Empire as Himself / Host
2004
- House as Dr. Penza
2003
- Las Vegas ... (Director)
- The Order as Driscoll
- The Handler
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
- Ivansxtc as Don West
- Shadow Hours as Stuart Chappell
- Falling Through as Lou
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula as Father Stefan
- Contaminated Man as Joseph Müller
1999
- Diplomatic Siege as Steve Parker
1998
- Tower of the First Born as John Shannon
1997
- Gold Coast ... (Director)
- Top of the World as Ray Mercer
- End of Summer as Theo Remmington
1995
- Screamers as Colonel Hendricksson
- Mighty Aphrodite as Jerry Bender
- Decoy as Baxter
- Beyond the Clouds as Husband
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)
- Fifty/Fifty as Jake Wyer
- Partners as Doctor
- 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
- Celebrity Guide to Wine as Self
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Hobie
- Rainbow Drive as Mike Gallagher
1989
- Cat Chaser as George Moran
- Leviathan as Steven Beck
1988
- The Tunnel as Juan Pablo Castell
- Shakedown as Roland Dalton
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
- Firstborn as Sam
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Buckaroo Banzai
1983
- Kentucky Woman as Deke
- Of Unknown Origin as Bart Hughes
- Two Kinds of Love as Joe Farley
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