Person
Peter Weller
Acting · Born 1947-06-24 · Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Known for
House
Dr. Penza
The Last Ship
Dr. Paul Vellek
Dexter
2006
Hawaii Five-0
Curt Stoner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
24
Christopher Henderson
Monk
Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
Sons of Anarchy
Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
Psych
Yin / Karl Rotmensen
Fringe
Alistair Peck
Filmography
- 2026The Adventures of Cliff Booth
- 2025BangMorgan Cutter
- 2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf
- 2023Exterminate All Rational ThoughtSelf
- 2023Rabbit HoleDistinguished Man (voice)
- 2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDr. Stern (voice)
- 2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesLionel Lassiter
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Magnum P.I.Director
- 2018ForeverThe Traveler
- 2018Mayans M.C.Director
- 2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsBrujt (voice)
- 2017Mr. MercedesDirector
- 2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Self (archive footage)
- 2016MacGyverElliot Mason
- 2016Game of SilenceDirector
- 2016Rush HourDirector
- 2016OutsidersDirector
- 2016Shades of BlueDirector
- 2015The Tao of Buckaroo
- 2015It's Better in ItalianNarrator (voice)
- 2014Skin TradeCostello
- 2014The StrainDirector
- 2014The Last ShipDr. Paul Vellek
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionHimself
- 2014RepentanceMeyer
- 2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsBruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
- 2013Sleepy HollowDirector
- 2013Under the DomeDirector
- 2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdmiral Alexander Marcus
- 2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
- 2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
- 2012Longmire
- 2012Dragon EyesMr. V
- 2011Forced To FightDanny G.
- 2011Franklin & BashBert Mazzani
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf - Narrator
- 2010Once FallenEddie
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Curt Stoner
- 2010God of War: Unearthing the LegendHost
- 2008FringeAlistair Peck
- 2008Sons of AnarchyCharles 'Charlie' Barosky
- 2007Dating VietnamJack Newton
- 2007PreyTom Newman
- 2006The Hard EasyEd Koster
- 2006Dexter
- 2006PsychYin / Karl Rotmensen
- 2006Egypt: Engineering an EmpireHost
- 2005The Poseidon AdventureCaptain Paul Gallico
- 2005Rome: Engineering an EmpireSelf
- 2005Engineering an EmpireHimself / Host
- 2005UndiscoveredWick Treadway
- 2004HouseDr. Penza
- 2003The Handler
- 2003Las VegasDirector
- 2003The OrderDriscoll
- 2002MonkActor Playing Stottlemeyer
- 2002Odyssey 5Chuck Taggart
- 2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelf
- 200124Christopher Henderson
- 2001StyxNelson
- 2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself (archive)
- 2001Star Trek: EnterpriseJohn Frederick Paxton
- 2000Contaminated ManJoseph Müller
- 2000Dark Prince: The True Story of DraculaFather Stefan
- 2000ivans xtc.Don West
- 2000Shadow HoursStuart Chappell
- 2000Falling ThroughLou
- 1999Diplomatic SiegeSteve Parker
- 1998Tower of the First BornJohn Shannon
- 1997Gold CoastDirector
- 1997End of SummerTheo Remmington
- 1997Top of the WorldRay Mercer
- 1995DecoyBaxter
- 1995Beyond the CloudsHusband
- 1995Mighty AphroditeJerry Bender
- 1995ScreamersColonel Hendricksson
- 1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeUncredited
- 1994The New AgePeter Witner
- 1994The Substitute WifeMartin Hightower
- 1993PartnersDoctor
- 1993Sunset GrillRyder Hart
- 1993Fifty/FiftyJake Wyer
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
- 1992Naked Making LunchSelf
- 1991Naked LunchBill Lee
- 1991Road to RuinJack Sloan
- 1990RoboCop 2RoboCop
- 1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionHobie
- 1990Rainbow DriveMike Gallagher
- 1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelf
- 1989Cat ChaserGeorge Moran
- 1989LeviathanSteven Beck
- 1988ShakedownRoland Dalton
- 1988The TunnelJuan Pablo Castell
- 1987The Dancing PrincessesThe Soldier
- 1987RoboCopOfficer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
- 1986ApologyRad Hungate
- 1985A Killing AffairBaston Morris
- 1984FirstbornSam
- 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBuckaroo Banzai
- 1983Of Unknown OriginBart Hughes
- 1983Two Kinds of LoveJoe Farley
- 1983Kentucky WomanDeke
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreThe Soldier
- 1982Shoot the MoonFrank Henderson
- 1980Just Tell Me What You WantSteven Routledge
- 1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysJoe Le Fors
- 1978Mourning Becomes ElectraPeter
- 1977Lou Grant
- 1975The SilenceRed Sash
- 1973The Man Without a CountryLt. Fellows
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
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