Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Known for
Acting
Born
June 24, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH poster

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH

Movie · as Gus Booth

2025
Bang poster

Bang

Movie · as Morgan Cutter

2023
Exterminate All Rational Thought poster

Exterminate All Rational Thought

Movie · as Self

2023
Rabbit Hole poster

Rabbit Hole

TV · as Distinguished Man (voice) · 1 ep

2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop poster

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV · as Dr. Stern (voice) · 2 eps

2022
In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow

Movie · as Self

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities poster

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

TV · as Lionel Lassiter · 1 ep

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2018
Forever poster

Forever

TV · as The Traveler · 2 eps

2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows poster

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Movie · as Brujt (voice)

2017
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' poster

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Elliot Mason · 3 eps

2015
The Tao of Buckaroo

The Tao of Buckaroo

Movie

2015
It's Better in Italian poster

It's Better in Italian

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
Skin Trade poster

Skin Trade

Movie · as Costello

2014
Repentance poster

Repentance

Movie · as Meyer

2014
The Real History of Science Fiction poster

The Real History of Science Fiction

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2014
The Last Ship poster

The Last Ship

TV · as Dr. Paul Vellek · 7 eps

2013
Star Trek Into Darkness poster

Star Trek Into Darkness

Movie · as Marcus

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Movie · as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Movie · as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

2012
Dragon Eyes poster

Dragon Eyes

Movie · as Mr. V

2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Movie · as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

2012
Longmire poster

Longmire

TV · as Lucian Connally · 1 ep

2011
Forced To Fight poster

Forced To Fight

Movie · as Danny G.

2011
Franklin & Bash poster

Franklin & Bash

TV · as Bert Mazzani · 1 ep

2010
Once Fallen poster

Once Fallen

Movie · as Eddie

2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within poster

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2010
God of War: Unearthing the Legend poster

God of War: Unearthing the Legend

Movie · as Host

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Curt Stoner · 1 ep

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Alistair Peck · 1 ep

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Charles 'Charlie' Barosky · 11 eps

2007
Prey poster

Prey

Movie · as Tom Newman

2006
Egypt: Engineering an Empire poster

Egypt: Engineering an Empire

Movie · as Host

2006
The Hard Easy poster

The Hard Easy

Movie · as Ed Koster

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · as Stan Liddy · 8 eps

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Yin / Karl Rotmensen · 1 ep

2005
Undiscovered poster

Undiscovered

Movie · as Wick Treadway

2005
The Poseidon Adventure poster

The Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Captain Paul Gallico

2005
Rome: Engineering an Empire poster

Rome: Engineering an Empire

Movie · as Self

2005
Engineering an Empire poster

Engineering an Empire

TV · as Himself / Host · 14 eps

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Dr. Penza · 1 ep

2003
The Order poster

The Order

Movie · as Driscoll

2003
The Handler poster

The Handler

TV · 1 ep

2002
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified poster

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

Movie · as Self

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer · 1 ep

2002
Odyssey 5 poster

Odyssey 5

TV · as Chuck Taggart · 20 eps

2001
Styx poster

Styx

Movie · as Nelson

2001
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' poster

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

Movie · as Himself (archive)

2001
Star Trek: Enterprise poster

Star Trek: Enterprise

TV · as John Frederick Paxton · 2 eps

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Christopher Henderson · 11 eps

2000
ivans xtc. poster

ivans xtc.

Movie · as Don West

2000
Contaminated Man poster

Contaminated Man

Movie · as Joseph Müller

2000
Shadow Hours poster

Shadow Hours

Movie · as Stuart Chappell

2000
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula poster

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

Movie · as Father Stefan

2000
Falling Through poster

Falling Through

Movie · as Lou

1999
Diplomatic Siege poster

Diplomatic Siege

Movie · as Steve Parker

1998
Tower of the First Born poster

Tower of the First Born

Movie · as John Shannon

1997
Top of the World poster

Top of the World

Movie · as Ray Mercer

1997
End of Summer poster

End of Summer

Movie · as Theo Remmington

1995
Mighty Aphrodite poster

Mighty Aphrodite

Movie · as Jerry Bender

1995
Decoy poster

Decoy

Movie · as Baxter

1995
Screamers poster

Screamers

Movie · as Colonel Hendricksson

1995
Beyond the Clouds poster

Beyond the Clouds

Movie · as Husband

1994
The New Age poster

The New Age

Movie · as Peter Witner

1994
The Substitute Wife poster

The Substitute Wife

Movie · as Martin Hightower

1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee poster

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Movie · as Uncredited

1993
Fifty/Fifty poster

Fifty/Fifty

Movie · as Jake Wyer

1993
Sunset Grill poster

Sunset Grill

Movie · as Ryder Hart

1993
Partners poster

Partners

Movie · as Doctor

1992
Naked Making Lunch poster

Naked Making Lunch

Movie · as Self

1991
Naked Lunch poster

Naked Lunch

Movie · as Bill Lee

1991
Road to Ruin poster

Road to Ruin

Movie · as Jack Sloan

1990
RoboCop 2 poster

RoboCop 2

Movie · as RoboCop

1990
Rainbow Drive poster

Rainbow Drive

Movie · as Mike Gallagher

1990
Celebrity Guide to Wine poster

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Movie · as Self

1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction poster

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Movie · as Hobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")

1989
Cat Chaser poster

Cat Chaser

Movie · as George Moran

1989
Leviathan poster

Leviathan

Movie · as Steven Beck

1988
Shakedown poster

Shakedown

Movie · as Roland Dalton

1988
The Tunnel poster

The Tunnel

Movie · as Juan Pablo Castell

1987
RoboCop poster

RoboCop

Movie · as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

1987
The Dancing Princesses poster

The Dancing Princesses

Movie · as The Soldier

1986
Apology poster

Apology

Movie · as Rad Hungate

1985
A Killing Affair poster

A Killing Affair

Movie · as Baston Morris

1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension poster

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Movie · as Buckaroo Banzai

1984
Firstborn poster

Firstborn

Movie · as Sam

1983
Of Unknown Origin poster

Of Unknown Origin

Movie · as Bart Hughes

1983
Kentucky Woman poster

Kentucky Woman

Movie · as Deke

1983
Two Kinds of Love poster

Two Kinds of Love

Movie · as Joe Farley

1982
Shoot the Moon poster

Shoot the Moon

Movie · as Frank Henderson

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as The Soldier · 1 ep

1980
Just Tell Me What You Want poster

Just Tell Me What You Want

Movie · as Steven Routledge

1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days poster

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Movie · as Joe Le Fors

1978
Mourning Becomes Electra poster

Mourning Becomes Electra

TV · as Peter · 5 eps

1977
Lou Grant poster

Lou Grant

TV · 1 ep

1975
The Silence poster

The Silence

Movie · as Red Sash

1973
The Man Without a Country poster

The Man Without a Country

Movie · as Lt. Fellows

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep