Acting
Peter Weller
Born 1947-06-24
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
Department: 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.
Known For
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Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
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House
2004
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Dexter
2006
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RoboCop
1987
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Under the Dome
2013
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Sons of Anarchy
2008
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The Strain
2014
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Fringe
2008
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Hawaii Five-0
2010
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24
2001
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (127 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Bang | Morgan Cutter | Movie | 2025 |
 | RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Exterminate All Rational Thought | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | Rabbit Hole | Distinguished Man (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
| Rabbit Hole | Distinguished Man | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Dr. Stern (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Lionel Lassiter | TV Series | 2022 |
 | In Search of Tomorrow | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Movies That Made Us | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Magnum P.I. | Director | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Forever | The Traveler | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Mayans M.C. | Director | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Brujt (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Mr. Mercedes | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2017 |
 | MacGyver | Elliot Mason | TV Series | 2016 |
| MacGyver | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Game of Silence | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Rush Hour | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Outsiders | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Shades of Blue | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
| The Tao of Buckaroo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 | |
 | It's Better in Italian | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Skin Trade | Costello | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Strain | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Last Ship | Dr. Paul Vellek | TV Series | 2014 |
| The Last Ship | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Repentance | Meyer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Sleepy Hollow | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Under the Dome | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Admiral Alexander Marcus | Movie | 2013 |
 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 | Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 | Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Longmire | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2012 |
| Longmire | Lucian Connally | TV Series | 2012 |
| Longmire | Director | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Dragon Eyes | Mr. V | Movie | 2012 |
 | Forced To Fight | Danny G. | Movie | 2011 |
 | Franklin & Bash | Bert Mazzani | TV Series | 2011 |
 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | Once Fallen | Eddie | Movie | 2010 |
 | Hawaii Five-0 | Curt Stoner | TV Series | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Writer | TV Series | 2010 |
 | God of War: Unearthing the Legend | Host | Movie | 2010 |
 | Fringe | Alistair Peck | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Sons of Anarchy | Charles 'Charlie' Barosky | TV Series | 2008 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Director | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Prey | Tom Newman | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Hard Easy | Ed Koster | Movie | 2006 |
 | Dexter | Stan Liddy | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Psych | Yin / Karl Rotmensen | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Egypt: Engineering an Empire | Host | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Poseidon Adventure | Captain Paul Gallico | Movie | 2005 |
 | Rome: Engineering an Empire | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Engineering an Empire | Himself / Host | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Undiscovered | Wick Treadway | Movie | 2005 |
 | House | Dr. Penza | TV Series | 2004 |
| House | Director | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Handler | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Las Vegas | Director | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Order | Driscoll | Movie | 2003 |
 | Monk | Actor Playing Stottlemeyer | TV Series | 2002 |
| Monk | Director | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Odyssey 5 | Chuck Taggart | TV Series | 2002 |
| Odyssey 5 | Director | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | 24 | Christopher Henderson | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Styx | Nelson | Movie | 2001 |
 | Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' | Himself (archive) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Star Trek: Enterprise | John Frederick Paxton | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Contaminated Man | Joseph Müller | Movie | 2000 |
 | Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula | Father Stefan | Movie | 2000 |
 | ivans xtc. | Don West | Movie | 2000 |
 | Shadow Hours | Stuart Chappell | Movie | 2000 |
 | Falling Through | Lou | Movie | 2000 |
 | Diplomatic Siege | Steve Parker | Movie | 1999 |
 | Tower of the First Born | John Shannon | Movie | 1998 |
 | Gold Coast | Director | Movie | 1997 |
| Gold Coast | Executive Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | End of Summer | Theo Remmington | Movie | 1997 |
 | Top of the World | Ray Mercer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Decoy | Baxter | Movie | 1995 |
 | Beyond the Clouds | Husband | Movie | 1995 |
 | Mighty Aphrodite | Jerry Bender | Movie | 1995 |
 | Screamers | Colonel Hendricksson | Movie | 1995 |
 | Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Uncredited | Movie | 1994 |
 | The New Age | Peter Witner | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Substitute Wife | Martin Hightower | Movie | 1994 |
 | Partners | Doctor | Movie | 1993 |
| Partners | Director | Movie | 1993 |
| Partners | Teleplay | Movie | 1993 |
 | Sunset Grill | Ryder Hart | Movie | 1993 |
 | Fifty/Fifty | Jake Wyer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Naked Making Lunch | Self | Movie | 1992 |
 | Naked Lunch | Bill Lee | Movie | 1991 |
 | Road to Ruin | Jack Sloan | Movie | 1991 |
 | RoboCop 2 | RoboCop | Movie | 1990 |
 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Hobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks") | Movie | 1990 |
 | Rainbow Drive | Mike Gallagher | Movie | 1990 |
 | Celebrity Guide to Wine | Self | Movie | 1990 |
 | Cat Chaser | George Moran | Movie | 1989 |
 | Leviathan | Steven Beck | Movie | 1989 |
 | Shakedown | Roland Dalton | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Tunnel | Juan Pablo Castell | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Dancing Princesses | The Soldier | Movie | 1987 |
 | RoboCop | Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop | Movie | 1987 |
 | Apology | Rad Hungate | Movie | 1986 |
 | A Killing Affair | Baston Morris | Movie | 1985 |
 | Firstborn | Sam | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Buckaroo Banzai | Movie | 1984 |
 | Of Unknown Origin | Bart Hughes | Movie | 1983 |
 | Two Kinds of Love | Joe Farley | Movie | 1983 |
 | Kentucky Woman | Deke | Movie | 1983 |
 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Soldier | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Shoot the Moon | Frank Henderson | Movie | 1982 |
 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Steven Routledge | Movie | 1980 |
 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Joe Le Fors | Movie | 1979 |
 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Peter | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Lou Grant | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Silence | Red Sash | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Man Without a Country | Lt. Fellows | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |