Peter Weller

Known for: Acting

Born: 1947-06-24 (age 79)

From: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Filmography (99)

MOVIE
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
2026
MOVIE★ 6.6
Bang
2025
as Morgan Cutter
TV★ 7.9
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023
as Self
MOVIE
Exterminate All Rational Thought
2023
as Self
TV★ 7.1
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Distinguished Man (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Dr. Stern (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Lionel Lassiter
TV★ 7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.3
Forever
2018
as The Traveler
MOVIE★ 3.6
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Brujt (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.3
MacGyver
2016
as Elliot Mason
MOVIE
The Tao of Buckaroo
2015
MOVIE
It's Better in Italian
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Skin Trade
2014
as Costello
TV★ 6.9
The Last Ship
2014
as Dr. Paul Vellek
TV★ 7.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself
MOVIE★ 4.8
Repentance
2014
as Meyer
MOVIE★ 8.1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013
as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
as Admiral Alexander Marcus
MOVIE★ 7.9
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
TV★ 7.7
Longmire
2012
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dragon Eyes
2012
as Mr. V
MOVIE★ 4.6
Forced To Fight
2011
as Danny G.
TV★ 7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Bert Mazzani
MOVIE★ 6.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.2
Once Fallen
2010
as Eddie
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Curt Stoner
MOVIE★ 6.5
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
2010
as Host
TV★ 8.1
Fringe
2008
as Alistair Peck
TV★ 8.4
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
MOVIE★ 5.8
Prey
2007
as Tom Newman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Hard Easy
2006
as Ed Koster
TV★ 8.2
Dexter
2006
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Yin / Karl Rotmensen
MOVIE★ 8.0
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006
as Host
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Captain Paul Gallico
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rome: Engineering an Empire
2005
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Engineering an Empire
2005
as Himself / Host
MOVIE★ 4.7
Undiscovered
2005
as Wick Treadway
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Dr. Penza
TV★ 6.5
The Handler
2003
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Order
2003
as Driscoll
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
TV★ 6.4
Odyssey 5
2002
as Chuck Taggart
MOVIE★ 8.5
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002
as Self
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Christopher Henderson
MOVIE★ 4.2
Styx
2001
as Nelson
MOVIE★ 7.8
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001
as Himself (archive)
TV★ 7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as John Frederick Paxton
MOVIE★ 4.4
Contaminated Man
2000
as Joseph Müller
MOVIE★ 6.1
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
2000
as Father Stefan
MOVIE★ 5.4
ivans xtc.
2000
as Don West
MOVIE★ 4.9
Shadow Hours
2000
as Stuart Chappell
MOVIE★ 4.3
Falling Through
2000
as Lou
MOVIE★ 4.3
Diplomatic Siege
1999
as Steve Parker
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tower of the First Born
1998
as John Shannon
MOVIE★ 3.9
End of Summer
1997
as Theo Remmington
MOVIE★ 5.2
Top of the World
1997
as Ray Mercer
MOVIE★ 4.3
Decoy
1995
as Baxter
MOVIE★ 6.2
Beyond the Clouds
1995
as Husband
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Jerry Bender
MOVIE★ 6.2
Screamers
1995
as Colonel Hendricksson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
as Uncredited
MOVIE★ 5.6
The New Age
1994
as Peter Witner
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Substitute Wife
1994
as Martin Hightower
MOVIE★ 5.0
Partners
1993
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 4.3
Sunset Grill
1993
as Ryder Hart
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fifty/Fifty
1993
as Jake Wyer
MOVIE★ 7.3
Naked Making Lunch
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Naked Lunch
1991
as Bill Lee
MOVIE★ 4.7
Road to Ruin
1991
as Jack Sloan
MOVIE★ 6.0
RoboCop 2
1990
as RoboCop
MOVIE★ 4.4
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Hobie
MOVIE★ 5.0
Rainbow Drive
1990
as Mike Gallagher
MOVIE★ 8.5
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Cat Chaser
1989
as George Moran
MOVIE★ 6.0
Leviathan
1989
as Steven Beck
MOVIE★ 5.8
Shakedown
1988
as Roland Dalton
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Tunnel
1988
as Juan Pablo Castell
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Dancing Princesses
1987
as The Soldier
MOVIE★ 7.4
RoboCop
1987
as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
MOVIE★ 5.1
Apology
1986
as Rad Hungate
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Killing Affair
1985
as Baston Morris
MOVIE★ 6.1
Firstborn
1984
as Sam
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
as Buckaroo Banzai
MOVIE★ 5.8
Of Unknown Origin
1983
as Bart Hughes
MOVIE★ 7.5
Two Kinds of Love
1983
as Joe Farley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Kentucky Woman
1983
as Deke
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The Soldier
MOVIE★ 6.3
Shoot the Moon
1982
as Frank Henderson
MOVIE★ 4.5
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Steven Routledge
MOVIE★ 5.0
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
as Joe Le Fors
TV★ 5.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
as Peter
TV★ 7.3
Lou Grant
1977
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Silence
1975
as Red Sash
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Man Without a Country
1973
as Lt. Fellows
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self