Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas, USA

Biography

Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).

Known For

Filmography

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Floss poster

Floss

Movie · as Dr. Rivus

2026
Home Delivery poster

Home Delivery

Movie · as Howard Evans

2025
Shell poster

Shell

Movie · as Dr. Thaddeus Brand

2025
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · as Robert DeLancie · 1 ep

2024
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie poster

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Movie · as The Invader (voice)

2023
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story poster

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

Movie · as Psycho Date

2019
All Rise poster

All Rise

TV · as Albert Campbell · 9 eps

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Ishmael · 1 ep

2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure poster

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

TV · as Nigel the Advisor (voice), Nigel (voice) · 3 eps

2015
CSI: Cyber poster

CSI: Cyber

TV · as Simon Sifter · 13 eps

2014
Star Wars Rebels poster

Star Wars Rebels

TV · as Tseebo (voice) · 3 eps

2013
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright poster

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

Movie · as Dewey Ottman (voices)

2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

TV · as Professor Elliott Randolph · 2 eps

2012
Game Change poster

Game Change

Movie · as Rick Davis

2012
Battleship poster

Battleship

Movie · as Secretary of Defense

2012
The Mindy Project poster

The Mindy Project

TV · as Rabbi Adler · 1 ep

2012
Doc McStuffins poster

Doc McStuffins

TV · as Egghead (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as Jeff Kane · 9 eps

2011
Fairly Legal poster

Fairly Legal

TV · as Judge Smollet · 1 ep

2010
Young Justice poster

Young Justice

TV · as Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice), Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice), Professor Ivo (voice) · 1 ep

2010
G.I. Joe: Renegades poster

G.I. Joe: Renegades

TV · as Firefly (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien poster

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

TV · as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice) · 2 eps

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard poster

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard

Movie · as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man poster

The Spectacular Spider-Man

TV · as Otto Octavius (voice), Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice), Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice), Master Planner (voice), Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice) · 4 eps

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Robert Wolcott · 1 ep

2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild poster

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

Movie · as Troopmaster (voice)

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Larry Fleinhardt · 99 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Old Man Hanson (voice), Santa's Elf (voice), Angel (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Robert Stark · 7 eps

2004
Breakin' All the Rules poster

Breakin' All the Rules

Movie · as Philip Gascon

2004
Danny Phantom poster

Danny Phantom

TV · as Sidney Poindexter (voice) · 2 eps

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Dr. Sydney Field · 1 ep

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as David Clinton (voice) · 2 eps

2004
The Batman poster

The Batman

TV · as Langstrom (voice) · 3 eps

2003
The Lyon's Den poster

The Lyon's Den

TV · 1 ep

2002
Balto: Wolf Quest poster

Balto: Wolf Quest

Movie · as Muru (voice)

2001
Recess: School's Out poster

Recess: School's Out

Movie · as Fenwick (voice)

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Tom Lennox · 24 eps

2000
The Pooch and the Pauper poster

The Pooch and the Pauper

Movie · as Liberty (voice)

2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law poster

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

TV · as X the Eliminator (voice), X, the Eliminator (voice) · 8 eps

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

TV · as Major (voice) · 2 eps

1999
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue poster

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Baby Geniuses poster

Baby Geniuses

Movie · as Dan

1999
Olive, the Other Reindeer poster

Olive, the Other Reindeer

Movie · as Fido (voice)

1999
Snowden's Christmas poster

Snowden's Christmas

Movie · as Snowden (voice)

1998
Silencing Mary poster

Silencing Mary

Movie · as Lawrence Dixon

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Raju / Monkey (voice) · 1 ep

1998
CatDog poster

CatDog

TV · as Runt (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Bean poster

Bean

Movie · as David Langley

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as John Cage · 112 eps

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · 1 ep

1996
Mojave Moon poster

Mojave Moon

Movie · as Tire Repairman

1996
Abducted: A Father's Love

Abducted: A Father's Love

Movie · as Roy Dowd

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1995
Dracula: Dead and Loving It poster

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Movie · as Thomas Renfield

1994
Roswell poster

Roswell

Movie · as Lewis Rickett

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · as Son Writer

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Alan Birch · 30 eps

1993
Addams Family Values poster

Addams Family Values

Movie · as Gary Granger

1992
Housesitter poster

Housesitter

Movie · as Marty

1992
Hard Promises poster

Hard Promises

Movie · as Stuart

1992
The Powers That Be poster

The Powers That Be

TV · as Bradley Grist · 20 eps

1990
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as Sedgwick

1989
Ghostbusters II poster

Ghostbusters II

Movie · as Janosz Poha

1989
American Blue Note poster

American Blue Note

Movie · as Jack Solow

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime") · 1 ep

1988
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman poster

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

Movie · as Narrator

1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

TV · as Steve Cooper · 1 ep

1986
Heat poster

Heat

Movie · as Cyrus Kinnick

1986
Johnny Bull poster

Johnny Bull

Movie · as Joe Kovacs

1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers poster

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

Movie · as Martin

1982
Sophie's Choice poster

Sophie's Choice

Movie · as Stingo

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Martin · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Mario · 1 ep

1981
Dragonslayer poster

Dragonslayer

Movie · as Galen