Peter Weller

Acting

Peter Weller

Born June 24, 1947Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA113 credits

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

Bang
6.6

Bang

Movie

2025

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
7.9

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

TV

2023

Exterminate All Rational Thought

Exterminate All Rational Thought

Movie

2023

Rabbit Hole
7.1

Rabbit Hole

TV

2023

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
7.7

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV

2023

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

TV

2022

Filmography

Bang
2025Bangas Morgan CutterMovie
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopas SelfTV
Exterminate All Rational Thought
2023Exterminate All Rational Thoughtas SelfMovie
Rabbit Hole
2023Rabbit Holeas Distinguished Man (voice)TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosauras Dr. Stern (voice)TV
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiositiesas Lionel LassiterTV
The Movies That Made Us
2019The Movies That Made Usas Self (archive footage)TV
Magnum P.I.
2018Magnum P.I.DirectorTV
Forever
2018Foreveras The TravelerTV
Mayans M.C.
2018Mayans M.C.DirectorTV
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017Yamasong: March of the Hollowsas Brujt (voice)Movie
Mr. Mercedes
2017Mr. MercedesDirectorTV
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'as Self (archive footage)Movie
MacGyver
2016MacGyveras Elliot MasonTV
Game of Silence
2016Game of SilenceDirectorTV
Rush Hour
2016Rush HourDirectorTV
Outsiders
2016OutsidersDirectorTV
Shades of Blue
2016Shades of BlueDirectorTV
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2015The Tao of BuckarooMovie
It's Better in Italian
2015It's Better in Italianas Narrator (voice)Movie
Skin Trade
2014Skin Tradeas CostelloMovie
The Strain
2014The StrainDirectorTV
The Last Ship
2014The Last Shipas Dr. Paul VellekTV
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014The Real History of Science Fictionas HimselfTV
Repentance
2014Repentanceas MeyerMovie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returnsas Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)Movie
Sleepy Hollow
2013Sleepy HollowDirectorTV
Under the Dome
2013Under the DomeDirectorTV
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013Star Trek Into Darknessas Admiral Alexander MarcusMovie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)Movie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)Movie
Longmire
2012LongmireTV
Dragon Eyes
2012Dragon Eyesas Mr. VMovie
Forced To Fight
2011Forced To Fightas Danny G.Movie
Franklin & Bash
2011Franklin & Bashas Bert MazzaniTV
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Withinas Self - NarratorMovie
Once Fallen
2010Once Fallenas EddieMovie
Hawaii Five-0
2010Hawaii Five-0as Curt StonerTV
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
2010God of War: Unearthing the Legendas HostMovie
Fringe
2008Fringeas Alistair PeckTV
Sons of Anarchy
2008Sons of Anarchyas Charles 'Charlie' BaroskyTV
Dating Vietnam
2007Dating Vietnamas Jack NewtonMovie
Prey
2007Preyas Tom NewmanMovie
The Hard Easy
2006The Hard Easyas Ed KosterMovie
Dexter
2006DexterTV
Psych
2006Psychas Yin / Karl RotmensenTV
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006Egypt: Engineering an Empireas HostMovie
The Poseidon Adventure
2005The Poseidon Adventureas Captain Paul GallicoMovie
Rome: Engineering an Empire
2005Rome: Engineering an Empireas SelfMovie
Engineering an Empire
2005Engineering an Empireas Himself / HostTV
Undiscovered
2005Undiscoveredas Wick TreadwayMovie
House
2004Houseas Dr. PenzaTV
The Handler
2003The HandlerTV
Las Vegas
2003Las VegasDirectorTV
The Order
2003The Orderas DriscollMovie
Monk
2002Monkas Actor Playing StottlemeyerTV
Odyssey 5
2002Odyssey 5as Chuck TaggartTV
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002Buckaroo Banzai Declassifiedas SelfMovie
24
200124as Christopher HendersonTV
Styx
2001Styxas NelsonMovie
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'as HimselfMovie
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001Star Trek: Enterpriseas John Frederick PaxtonTV
Contaminated Man
2000Contaminated Manas Joseph MüllerMovie
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
2000Dark Prince: The True Story of Draculaas Father StefanMovie
ivans xtc.
2000ivans xtc.as Don WestMovie
Shadow Hours
2000Shadow Hoursas Stuart ChappellMovie
Falling Through
2000Falling Throughas LouMovie
Diplomatic Siege
1999Diplomatic Siegeas Steve ParkerMovie
Tower of the First Born
1998Tower of the First Bornas John ShannonMovie
Gold Coast
1997Gold CoastDirectorMovie
End of Summer
1997End of Summeras Theo RemmingtonMovie
Top of the World
1997Top of the Worldas Ray MercerMovie
Decoy
1995Decoyas BaxterMovie
Beyond the Clouds
1995Beyond the Cloudsas HusbandMovie
Mighty Aphrodite
1995Mighty Aphroditeas Jerry BenderMovie
Screamers
1995Screamersas Colonel HendrickssonMovie
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Kneeas UncreditedMovie
The New Age
1994The New Ageas Peter WitnerMovie
The Substitute Wife
1994The Substitute Wifeas Martin HightowerMovie
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1993Partnersas DoctorMovie
Sunset Grill
1993Sunset Grillas Ryder HartMovie
Fifty/Fifty
1993Fifty/Fiftyas Jake WyerMovie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirectorTV
Naked Making Lunch
1992Naked Making Lunchas SelfMovie
Naked Lunch
1991Naked Lunchas Bill LeeMovie
Road to Ruin
1991Road to Ruinas Jack SloanMovie
RoboCop 2
1990RoboCop 2as RoboCopMovie
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990Women and Men: Stories of Seductionas HobieMovie
Rainbow Drive
1990Rainbow Driveas Mike GallagherMovie
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990Celebrity Guide to Wineas SelfMovie
Cat Chaser
1989Cat Chaseras George MoranMovie
Leviathan
1989Leviathanas Steven BeckMovie
Shakedown
1988Shakedownas Roland DaltonMovie
The Tunnel
1988The Tunnelas Juan Pablo CastellMovie
The Dancing Princesses
1987The Dancing Princessesas The SoldierMovie
RoboCop
1987RoboCopas Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCopMovie
Apology
1986Apologyas Rad HungateMovie
A Killing Affair
1985A Killing Affairas Baston MorrisMovie
Firstborn
1984Firstbornas SamMovie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimensionas Buckaroo BanzaiMovie
Of Unknown Origin
1983Of Unknown Originas Bart HughesMovie
Two Kinds of Love
1983Two Kinds of Loveas Joe FarleyMovie
Kentucky Woman
1983Kentucky Womanas DekeMovie
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982Faerie Tale Theatreas The SoldierTV
Shoot the Moon
1982Shoot the Moonas Frank HendersonMovie
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980Just Tell Me What You Wantas Steven RoutledgeMovie
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979Butch and Sundance: The Early Daysas Joe Le ForsMovie
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978Mourning Becomes Electraas PeterTV
Lou Grant
1977Lou GrantTV
The Silence
1975The Silenceas Red SashMovie
The Man Without a Country
1973The Man Without a Countryas Lt. FellowsMovie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas SelfTV
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—The Adventures of Cliff BoothMovie