Peter Weller
Known for acting · Born 24 June 1947 · 79 · Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
123 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
Sons of Anarchy
2008
House
2004
Hawaii Five-0
2010
RoboCop
1987
Under the Dome
2013
The Strain
2014
The Last Ship
2014
RoboCop 2
1990
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
MacGyver
2016
Monk
2002
Acting (100)
2026THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTHFilm
2025BangMorgan CutterFilm
2023Rabbit HoleDistinguished Man (voice), Distinguished Man · 3 episodesSeries
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDr. Stern (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2023Exterminate All Rational ThoughtSelfFilm
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesLionel LassiterSeries
2022In Search of TomorrowSelfFilm
2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)Series
2018ForeverThe Traveler · 2 episodesSeries
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsBrujt (voice)Film
2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Self (archive footage)Film
2016MacGyverElliot Mason · 3 episodesSeries
2015The Tao of BuckarooFilm
2015It's Better in ItalianNarrator (voice)Film
2014The Last ShipDr. Paul Vellek · 7 episodesSeries
2014Skin TradeCostelloFilm
2014RepentanceMeyerFilm
2014The Real History of Science FictionHimselfSeries
2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdmiral Alexander MarcusFilm
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)Film
2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsBruce Wayne / Batman (voice)Film
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)Film
2012Longmire, Lucian Connally · 6 episodesSeries
2012Dragon EyesMr. VFilm
2011Franklin & BashBert MazzaniSeries
2011Forced To FightDanny G.Film
2010Hawaii Five-0Curt StonerSeries
2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf - NarratorFilm
2010Once FallenEddieFilm
2010God of War: Unearthing the LegendHostFilm
2008Sons of AnarchyCharles 'Charlie' Barosky · 11 episodesSeries
2008FringeAlistair PeckSeries
2007PreyTom NewmanFilm
2006DexterStan Liddy · 8 episodesSeries
2006PsychYin / Karl RotmensenSeries
2006The Hard EasyEd KosterFilm
2006Egypt: Engineering an EmpireHostFilm
2005The Poseidon AdventureCaptain Paul GallicoFilm
2005UndiscoveredWick TreadwayFilm
2005Engineering an EmpireHimself / Host · 14 episodesSeries
2005Rome: Engineering an EmpireSelfFilm
2004HouseDr. PenzaSeries
2003The OrderDriscollFilm
2003The HandlerSeries
2002MonkActor Playing StottlemeyerSeries
2002Odyssey 5Chuck Taggart · 20 episodesSeries
2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelfFilm
200124Christopher Henderson · 11 episodesSeries
2001Star Trek: EnterpriseJohn Frederick Paxton · 2 episodesSeries
2001StyxNelsonFilm
2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself (archive)Film
2000Dark Prince: The True Story of DraculaFather StefanFilm
2000ivans xtc.Don WestFilm
2000Contaminated ManJoseph MüllerFilm
2000Shadow HoursStuart ChappellFilm
2000Falling ThroughLouFilm
1999Diplomatic SiegeSteve ParkerFilm
1998Tower of the First BornJohn ShannonFilm
1997Top of the WorldRay MercerFilm
1997End of SummerTheo RemmingtonFilm
1995Mighty AphroditeJerry BenderFilm
1995ScreamersColonel HendrickssonFilm
1995Beyond the CloudsHusbandFilm
1995DecoyBaxterFilm
1994The New AgePeter WitnerFilm
1994The Substitute WifeMartin HightowerFilm
1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeUncreditedFilm
1993Fifty/FiftyJake WyerFilm
1993Sunset GrillRyder HartFilm
1993PartnersDoctorFilm
1992Naked Making LunchSelfFilm
1991Naked LunchBill LeeFilm
1991Road to RuinJack SloanFilm
1990RoboCop 2RoboCopFilm
1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionHobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")Film
1990Rainbow DriveMike GallagherFilm
1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelfFilm
1989LeviathanSteven BeckFilm
1989Cat ChaserGeorge MoranFilm
1988ShakedownRoland DaltonFilm
1988The TunnelJuan Pablo CastellFilm
1987RoboCopOfficer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCopFilm
1987The Dancing PrincessesThe SoldierFilm
1986ApologyRad HungateFilm
1985A Killing AffairBaston MorrisFilm
1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBuckaroo BanzaiFilm
1984FirstbornSamFilm
1983Of Unknown OriginBart HughesFilm
1983Kentucky WomanDekeFilm
1983Two Kinds of LoveJoe FarleyFilm
1982Shoot the MoonFrank HendersonFilm
1982Faerie Tale TheatreThe SoldierSeries
1980Just Tell Me What You WantSteven RoutledgeFilm
1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysJoe Le ForsFilm
1978Mourning Becomes ElectraPeter · 5 episodesSeries
1977Lou GrantSeries
1975The SilenceRed SashFilm
1973The Man Without a CountryLt. FellowsFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
Directing (23)
2018Mayans M.C.DirectorSeries
2018Magnum P.I.DirectorSeries
2017Mr. MercedesDirectorSeries
2016MacGyverDirectorSeries
2016Shades of BlueDirectorSeries
2016OutsidersDirectorSeries
2016Rush HourDirectorSeries
2016Game of SilenceDirectorSeries
2014The StrainDirectorSeries
2014The Last ShipDirectorSeries
2014TyrantDirectorSeries
2013Under the DomeDirectorSeries
2013Sleepy HollowDirectorSeries
2012LongmireDirectorSeries
2010Hawaii Five-0Director, WriterSeries
2008Sons of AnarchyDirectorSeries
2004HouseDirectorSeries
2003Las VegasDirectorSeries
2002MonkDirectorSeries
2002Odyssey 5DirectorSeries
1997Gold CoastDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirectorSeries
1993PartnersDirector, TeleplayFilm