Peter Weller
Acting·June 24, 1947 — 79 years old·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.
Known For
Filmography · 112
2026The Adventures of Cliff Booth2025BangMorgan Cutter2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopTVSelf2023Exterminate All Rational ThoughtSelf2023Rabbit HoleTVDistinguished Man (voice) · Distinguished Man2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurTVDr. Stern (voice)2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesTVLionel Lassiter2019The Movies That Made UsTVSelf (archive footage)2018Magnum P.I.TVDirector2018ForeverTVThe Traveler2018Mayans M.C.TVDirector2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsBrujt (voice)2017Mr. MercedesTVDirector2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Self (archive footage)2016MacGyverTVElliot Mason · Director2016Game of SilenceTVDirector2016Rush HourTVDirector2016OutsidersTVDirector2016Shades of BlueTVDirector2015The Tao of Buckaroo2015It's Better in ItalianNarrator (voice)2014Skin TradeCostello2014The StrainTVDirector2014The Last ShipTVDr. Paul Vellek · Director2014The Real History of Science FictionTVHimself2014RepentanceMeyer2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsBruce Wayne / Batman (voice)2013Sleepy HollowTVDirector2013Under the DomeTVDirector2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdmiral Alexander Marcus2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)2012LongmireTVLucian Connally · Director2012Dragon EyesMr. V2011Forced To FightDanny G.2011Franklin & BashTVBert Mazzani2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf - Narrator2010Once FallenEddie2010Hawaii Five-0TVCurt Stoner · Director · Writer2010God of War: Unearthing the LegendHost2008FringeTVAlistair Peck2008Sons of AnarchyTVCharles 'Charlie' Barosky · Director2007PreyTom Newman2006The Hard EasyEd Koster2006DexterTVStan Liddy2006PsychTVYin / Karl Rotmensen2006Egypt: Engineering an EmpireHost2005The Poseidon AdventureCaptain Paul Gallico2005Rome: Engineering an EmpireSelf2005Engineering an EmpireTVHimself / Host2005UndiscoveredWick Treadway2004HouseTVDr. Penza · Director2003The HandlerTV2003Las VegasTVDirector2003The OrderDriscoll2002MonkTVActor Playing Stottlemeyer · Director2002Odyssey 5TVChuck Taggart · Director2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelf200124TVChristopher Henderson2001StyxNelson2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself (archive)2001Star Trek: EnterpriseTVJohn Frederick Paxton2000Contaminated ManJoseph Müller2000Dark Prince: The True Story of DraculaFather Stefan2000ivans xtc.Don West2000Shadow HoursStuart Chappell2000Falling ThroughLou1999Diplomatic SiegeSteve Parker1998Tower of the First BornJohn Shannon1997Gold CoastDirector · Executive Producer1997End of SummerTheo Remmington1997Top of the WorldRay Mercer1995DecoyBaxter1995Beyond the CloudsHusband1995Mighty AphroditeJerry Bender1995ScreamersColonel Hendricksson1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeUncredited1994The New AgePeter Witner1994The Substitute WifeMartin Hightower1993PartnersDoctor · Director · Teleplay1993Sunset GrillRyder Hart1993Fifty/FiftyJake Wyer1993Homicide: Life on the StreetTVDirector1992Naked Making LunchSelf1991Naked LunchBill Lee1991Road to RuinJack Sloan1990RoboCop 2RoboCop1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionHobie1990Rainbow DriveMike Gallagher1990Celebrity Guide to WineSelf1989Cat ChaserGeorge Moran1989LeviathanSteven Beck1988ShakedownRoland Dalton1988The TunnelJuan Pablo Castell1987The Dancing PrincessesThe Soldier1987RoboCopOfficer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop1986ApologyRad Hungate1985A Killing AffairBaston Morris1984FirstbornSam1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBuckaroo Banzai1983Of Unknown OriginBart Hughes1983Two Kinds of LoveJoe Farley1983Kentucky WomanDeke1982Faerie Tale TheatreTVThe Soldier1982Shoot the MoonFrank Henderson1980Just Tell Me What You WantSteven Routledge1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysJoe Le Fors1978Mourning Becomes ElectraTVPeter1977Lou GrantTV1975The SilenceRed Sash1973The Man Without a CountryLt. Fellows1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTVSelf