Peter Weller

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.

Career Overview

Peter Weller has 112 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Star Trek Into Darkness, RoboCop, RoboCop 2. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 112
Birth Date: 1947-06-24 00:00:00
Birth Place: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Collection (2 titles)
RoboCop (2 titles)
Star Trek (1 titles)
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection (1 titles)
Screamers Collection (1 titles)
Women & Men (1 titles)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Nancy Allen (2 collaborations)
Dan O'Herlihy (2 collaborations)
Robert DoQui (2 collaborations)
Felton Perry (2 collaborations)
Angie Bolling (2 collaborations)
Leeza Gibbons (2 collaborations)
Mario Machado (2 collaborations)
Wanda De Jesus (2 collaborations)
Randall Oliver (2 collaborations)
Ariel Winter (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (91 credits)
- The Adventures of Cliff Booth
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Bang
  Morgan Cutter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Exterminate All Rational Thought
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
  
  - Lava Actually (2025) ... Dr. Stern (voice) actor actors
  
  - In the Heist (2024) ... Dr. Stern (voice) actor actors
  
  2023
- Rabbit Hole
  
  - Gilgamesh (2023) ... Distinguished Man actor actors
  
  - The Playbook (2023) ... Distinguished Man actor actors
  
  - Tom (2023) ... Distinguished Man actor actors
  
  - The Person in Your Ear (2023) ... Distinguished Man (voice) actor actors
  
  2023
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  
  - The Viewing (2022) ... Lionel Lassiter actor actors
  
  2022
- The Movies That Made Us
  
  - Robocop (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  2019
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows
  Brujt (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- MacGyver
  
  - Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason (2021) ... Elliot Mason actor actors
  
  - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch (2020) ... Elliot Mason actor actors
  
  - Mason + Cable + Choices (2019) ... Elliot Mason actor actors
  
  2016
- The Tao of Buckaroo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- It's Better in Italian
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Skin Trade
  Costello
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Repentance
  Meyer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- The Last Ship
  
  - Detect, Deceive, Destroy (2017) ... Dr. Paul Vellek actor actors
  
  - Lazaretto (2017) ... Dr. Paul Vellek actor actors
  
  - Feast (2017) ... Dr. Paul Vellek actor actors
  
  - Tempest (2017) ... Dr. Paul Vellek actor actors
  
  - Allegiance (2017) ... Dr. Paul Vellek actor actors
  
  2014
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Star Trek Into Darkness
  Admiral Alexander Marcus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
  Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
  Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Dragon Eyes
  Mr. V
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Longmire
  
  - No Greater Character Endorsement (2017) ... actor actors
  
  - Burned Up My Tears (2017) ... Lucian Connally actor actors
  
  - Fever (2017) ... Lucian Connally actor actors
  
  - Four Arrows (2015) ... Lucian Connally actor actors
  
  - Wanted Man (2014) ... Lucian Connally actor actors
  
  2012
- Forced To Fight
  Danny G.
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
  Self - Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Once Fallen
  Eddie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- God of War: Unearthing the Legend
  Host
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Hawaii Five-0
  
  - Hookman (2013) ... Curt Stoner actor actors
  
  2010
- Sons of Anarchy
  
  - Papa's Goods (2014) ... Charles 'Charlie' Barosky actor actors
  
  - Some Strange Eruption (2014) ... Charles 'Charlie' Barosky actor actors
  
  - Playing with Monsters (2014) ... Charles 'Charlie' Barosky actor actors
  
  - Toil and Till (2014) ... Charles 'Charlie' Barosky actor actors
  
  - A Mother’s Work (2013) ... Charles 'Charlie' Barosky actor actors
  
  2008
- Fringe
  
  - White Tulip (2010) ... Alistair Peck actor actors
  
  2008
- Dating Vietnam
  Jack Newton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Prey
  Tom Newman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Hard Easy
  Ed Koster
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire
  Host
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Psych
  
  - Yang 3 in 2D (2010) ... Yin / Karl Rotmensen actor actors
  
  2006
- Dexter
  
  - The Big One (2010) ... actor actors
  
  - Hop a Freighter (2010) ... actor actors
  
  - In the Beginning (2010) ... actor actors
  
  - Teenage Wasteland (2010) ... actor actors
  
  - Take It! (2010) ... actor actors
  
  2006
- The Poseidon Adventure
  Captain Paul Gallico
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Rome: Engineering an Empire
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Undiscovered
  Wick Treadway
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- House
  
  - Post Mortem (2012) ... Dr. Penza actor actors
  
  2004
- The Order
  Driscoll
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Monk
  
  - Mr. Monk and the Actor (2006) ... Actor Playing Stottlemeyer actor actors
  
  2002
- Styx
  Nelson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
  Himself (archive)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- 24
  
  - Day 5: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. (2006) ... Christopher Henderson actor actors
  
  - Day 5: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. (2006) ... Christopher Henderson actor actors
  
  - Day 5: 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. (2006) ... Christopher Henderson actor actors
  
  - Day 5: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. (2006) ... Christopher Henderson actor actors
  
  - Day 5: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. (2006) ... Christopher Henderson actor actors
  
  2001
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  
  - Terra Prime (2) (2005) ... John Frederick Paxton actor actors
  
  - Demons (1) (2005) ... John Frederick Paxton actor actors
  
  2001
- Contaminated Man
  Joseph Müller
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
  Father Stefan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- ivans xtc.
  Don West
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Shadow Hours
  Stuart Chappell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Falling Through
  Lou
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Diplomatic Siege
  Steve Parker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Tower of the First Born
  John Shannon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- End of Summer
  Theo Remmington
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Top of the World
  Ray Mercer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Decoy
  Baxter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Beyond the Clouds
  Husband
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Mighty Aphrodite
  Jerry Bender
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Screamers
  Colonel Hendricksson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- The New Age
  Peter Witner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- The Substitute Wife
  Martin Hightower
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Partners
  Doctor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Sunset Grill
  Ryder Hart
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Fifty/Fifty
  Jake Wyer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Naked Making Lunch
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Naked Lunch
  Bill Lee
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Road to Ruin
  Jack Sloan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- RoboCop 2
  RoboCop
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
  Hobie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Rainbow Drive
  Mike Gallagher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Celebrity Guide to Wine
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Cat Chaser
  George Moran
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Leviathan
  Steven Beck
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Shakedown
  Roland Dalton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- The Tunnel
  Juan Pablo Castell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- The Dancing Princesses
  The Soldier
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- RoboCop
  Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Apology
  Rad Hungate
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- A Killing Affair
  Baston Morris
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Firstborn
  Sam
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  Buckaroo Banzai
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Of Unknown Origin
  Bart Hughes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Two Kinds of Love
  Joe Farley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Kentucky Woman
  Deke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Shoot the Moon
  Frank Henderson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre
  
  - The Dancing Princesses (1987) ... The Soldier actor actors
  
  1982
- Just Tell Me What You Want
  Steven Routledge
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
  Joe Le Fors
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Lou Grant
  
  - Nazi (1977) ... actor actors
  
  1977
- The Silence
  Red Sash
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- The Man Without a Country
  Lt. Fellows
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  
  - Episode 3 (1992) ... Self actor actors
  
  1962
directing (18 credits)
- Magnum P.I.
  
  - Whispers of Death (2021) ... director directing
  
  - Cry Murder (2021) ... director directing
  
  - A World of Trouble (2020) ... director directing
  
  - Blood Brothers (2019) ... director directing
  
  - Die He Said (2018) ... director directing
  
  2018
- Mayans M.C.
  
  - Tohil (2019) ... director directing
  
  - Rata/Ch’o (2018) ... director directing
  
  2018
- Mr. Mercedes
  
  - Ándale (2018) ... director directing
  
  2017
- MacGyver
  
  - Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason (2021) ... director directing
  
  - Guts + Fuel + Hope (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Skyscraper - Power (2018) ... director directing
  
  2016
- Shades of Blue
  
  - A House Divided (2017) ... director directing
  
  - Fracture (2017) ... director directing
  
  2016
- The Last Ship
  
  - Courage (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Somos la Sangre (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Warriors (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Endgame (2017) ... director directing
  
  - Tempest (2017) ... director directing
  
  2014
- The Strain
  
  - Last Rites (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Occultation (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Runaways (2014) ... director directing
  
  2014
- Under the Dome
  
  - But I'm Not (2015) ... director directing
  
  - The Red Door (2014) ... director directing
  
  2013
- Sleepy Hollow
  
  - I, Witness (2015) ... director directing
  
  2013
- Longmire
  
  - Party's Over (2013) ... director directing
  
  - The Worst Kind of Hunter (2012) ... director directing
  
  2012
- Hawaii Five-0
  
  - I hoʻolulu, hoʻohulei ʻia e ka makani (There Was a Lull, and Then the Wind Began to Blow About) (2020) ... director directing
  
  - Ukuli‘i ka pua, onaona i ka mau‘u (Tiny is the Flower, Yet It Scents the Grasses Around It) (2019) ... director directing
  
  - Hewa ka lima (The Hand Is at Fault) (2019) ... director directing
  
  - Ikiiki i ka la o Keawalua (Depressed with the Heat of Kealwalua) (2019) ... director directing
  
  - Aia i Hi‘ikua, i Hi‘ialo (Is Borne on the Back, Is Borne in the Arms) (2018) ... director directing
  
  2010
- Sons of Anarchy
  
  - Suits of Woe (2014) ... director directing
  
  - What a Piece of Work Is Man (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Some Strange Eruption (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Aon Rud Persanta (2013) ... director directing
  
  - Los Fantasmas (2013) ... director directing
  
  2008
- House
  
  - Post Mortem (2012) ... director directing
  
  2004
- Las Vegas
  
  - A Cannon Carol (2007) ... director directing
  
  2003
- Monk
  
  - Mr. Monk, Private Eye (2006) ... director directing
  
  2002
- Gold Coast
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Partners
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  
  - White Lies (1996) ... director directing
  
  - Hate Crimes (1995) ... director directing
  
  1993
production (1 credits)
- Gold Coast
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1997
writing (2 credits)
- Hawaii Five-0
  
  - Ka Noʻeau (The Painter) (2014) ... writer writing
  
  2010
- Partners
  
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1993