Peter Weller
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.
Born: June 24, 1947
Place of Birth: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Spago restaurant maître d’ Bernard Erpicum hosts this program featuring Hollywood stars as they share tips for choosing the best wine for any occasion. Dudley Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Seagal, and Peter Weller are among the guests. Added advice is provided by Robert Loggia, Kelly LeBrock, Herbie Hancock, and Shelley Hack. Other topics covered include quickly ordering from a restaurant's lengthy wine list and selecting the proper stemware for home entertaining.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Rome: Engineering an Empire
Despite their personal short comings, many of the Roman Empires great engineering accomplishments were introduced during the reign of the Caesars. The tradition continued under Vespasian, builder of the Coliseum, Trajan, builder of the Forum, and Hadrian, builder and possibly the designer of the Pantheon. Finally, a decade later Caracalla built a bath complex/recreation center in an effort to secure his own reputation in history.
Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
A documentary found on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Special Edition DVD.
Dexter
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Fringe
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale. Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. They also served as a warning to all of Egypt's enemies-that the world's most advanced civilization could accomplish anything. This two-hour special uses cinematic recreations and cutting-edge CGI to profile the greatest engineering achievements of ancient Egypt, and the pharaohs and architects who were behind them. Includes Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Senusret's Nubian Superfortresses, Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Dier el-Bahari, Akhenaten's city at Amarna, and the temples of Ramesses the Great at Abu Simbel.
Filmography
as Morgan Cutter
as Distinguished Man (voice)
as Distinguished Man
as Dr. Stern (voice)
as Lionel Lassiter
as Self (archive footage)
as The Traveler
as Brujt (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Elliot Mason
as Costello
as Dr. Paul Vellek
as Himself
as Meyer
as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
as Admiral Alexander Marcus
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
as Lucian Connally
as Mr. V
as Danny G.
as Bert Mazzani
as Self - Narrator
as Eddie
as Curt Stoner
as Alistair Peck
as Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
as Jack Newton
as Tom Newman
as Ed Koster
as Yin / Karl Rotmensen
as Host
as Captain Paul Gallico
as Self
as Himself / Host
as Wick Treadway
as Dr. Penza
as Driscoll
as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
as Chuck Taggart
as Self
as Christopher Henderson
as Nelson
as Himself
as John Frederick Paxton
as Joseph Müller
as Father Stefan
as Don West
as Stuart Chappell
as Lou
as Steve Parker
as John Shannon
as Theo Remmington
as Ray Mercer
as Baxter
as Husband
as Jerry Bender
as Colonel Hendricksson
as Uncredited
as Peter Witner
as Martin Hightower
as Ryder Hart
as Jake Wyer
as Self
as Bill Lee
as Jack Sloan
as RoboCop
as Self
as Mike Gallagher
as George Moran
as Steven Beck
as Roland Dalton
as Juan Pablo Castell
as The Soldier
as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
as Rad Hungate
as Baston Morris
as Sam
as Buckaroo Banzai
as Bart Hughes
as Joe Farley
as Deke
as The Soldier
as Frank Henderson
as Steven Routledge
as Joe Le Fors
as Peter
as Red Sash
as Lt. Fellows