Person
Peter Riegert
Acting · Born 1947-04-11 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On television, he is best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on The Sopranos.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chauncey Zeirko
Family Guy
Max Weinstein (voice)
Law & Order
Jerold Dixon
Seinfeld
James Kimbrough
The Sopranos
Assemblyman Ronald Zellman
The Good Wife
Judge Harvey Winter
One Tree Hill
August Kellerman
Succession
Roger Pugh
M*A*S*H
1972
Damages
The Executive
Filmography
- 2023Harlan Coben's ShelterAlan Bolitar
- 2023ExtrapolationsBen Zucker
- 2020Talking SopranosSelf
- 2019Extra InningsPete
- 2018SuccessionRoger Pugh
- 2016American PastoralLou Levov
- 2015Show Me a HeroOscar Newman
- 2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtArtie Goodman
- 2013At MiddletonBoneyard Sims
- 2013DadsDavid Sachs
- 2012Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The DarknessTevye
- 2011We Bought a ZooDelbert McGinty
- 2011Oka!Dr. Maguire
- 2011White Irish DrinkersWhitey
- 2010The Chosen OneBob
- 2009The Good WifeJudge Harvey Winter
- 2009Love Conquers PaulMr. Feigenbaum
- 2008LeveragePeter Blanchard
- 2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf
- 2008The ResponseColonel Jefferson
- 2008Starz Inside: In the GutterSelf
- 2008Cashmere Mafia
- 2007DamagesThe Executive
- 2006Surrender, DorothyMel
- 2004Back When We Were GrownupsZeb
- 2004King of the CornerLeo Spivak
- 2003One Tree HillAugust Kellerman
- 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateDonald 'Boon' Schoenstein
- 2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogLarry
- 2001Bleacher BumsDecker
- 2001The Beast
- 2001Club LandRabbi
- 2001By CourierDirector
- 2001BojanglesMarty
- 2000TrafficAttorney Michael Adler
- 2000In the WeedsBarry
- 2000Passion of MindDr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitChauncey Zeirko
- 1999Family GuyMax Weinstein (voice)
- 1999The SopranosAssemblyman Ronald Zellman
- 1998Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story
- 1998Jerry and TomStanley
- 1998Hi-LifeMinor
- 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Boone
- 1998Sports Night
- 1998The Baby DanceRichard Luckman
- 1997Face DownLt. Coop Cooper
- 1997North Shore FishPorker
- 1996InfinityMel Feynman
- 1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelf
- 1996Pie in the SkyDad Dunlap
- 1995An Element of TruthSidney Wiltz
- 1995Bleeding HeartsDoctor
- 1995ColdbloodedSteve
- 1995The Infiltrator
- 1994GypsyHerbie Sommers
- 1994The MaskMitch Kellaway
- 1993Barbarians at the GatePeter Cohen
- 1992Middle AgesWalter Cooper
- 1992Passed AwayPeter Syracusa
- 1992UtzMarius Fisher
- 1991OscarAldo
- 1991The Object of BeautyLawrence "Larry" Oates
- 1991The RunestoneCapt. Gregory Fanducci
- 1990Law & OrderJerold Dixon
- 1990Beyond the OceanEric
- 1990A Shock to the SystemRobert Benham
- 1989W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made DifficultW. Eugene Smith
- 1989SeinfeldJames Kimbrough
- 1989That's AdequateAdult Baby Elroy
- 1988Crossing DelanceySam Posner
- 1987The StrangerDr. Harris Kite
- 1987A Man in LoveMichael Pozner
- 1986News at ElevenEric Ross
- 1985The Twilight ZoneGus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
- 1984Ellis IslandJacob Rubinstein
- 1984The City GirlTim
- 1983The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)Self
- 1983Le Grand CarnavalWalter Giammanca, le boss américain
- 1983Local Hero"Mac" MacIntyre
- 1982Table Settings
- 1982National Lampoon's Movie MadnessJason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")
- 1979Chilly Scenes of WinterSam
- 1979AmericathonEric McMurkin
- 1978Animal HouseDonald 'Boon' Schoenstein
- 1972M*A*S*H
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameZeb
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