Peter Weller
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Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, director and history lecturer.
He is best known for his roles as the title character in the first two RoboCop films, the title character in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as well as Naked Lunch. 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.
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Filmography
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Actor
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Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1973 | The Man Without a Country | Lt. Fellows | Television film |
| 1975 | The Silence | Red Sash | Television film |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Joe Le Fors | |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Steven Routledge | |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon | Frank Henderson | |
| 1983 | Kentucky Woman | Deke Cullover | Television film |
| Two Kinds of Love | Joe Farley | Television film | |
| Of Unknown Origin | Bart Hughes | Paris Film Festival for Best Actor | |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Buckaroo Banzai | |
| Firstborn | Sam | ||
| 1986 | A Killing Affair | Baston Morris | |
| Apology | Rad Hungate | Television film | |
| 1987 | RoboCop | Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| 1988 | The Tunnel | Juan Pablo Castel | |
| Shakedown | Roland Dalton | ||
| 1989 | Leviathan | Steven Beck | |
| Cat Chaser | George Moran | ||
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Hobie | Television film |
| RoboCop 2 | RoboCop | ||
| Rainbow Drive | Mike Gallagher | Television film | |
| 1991 | Road to Ruin | Jack Sloan | |
| Naked Lunch | Bill Lee | Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |
| 1992 | Fifty/Fifty | Jake Wyer | |
| 1993 | Partners | Doctor | Short television film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| Sunset Grill | Ryder Hart | ||
| 1994 | The Substitute Wife | Martin Hightower | Television film |
| The New Age | Peter Witner | ||
| Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Uncredited | Television film | |
| 1995 | Present Tense, Past Perfect | Charles | Short television film |
| Beyond the Clouds | Husband | ||
| Screamers | Joe Hendricksson | ||
| Mighty Aphrodite | Jerry Bender | ||
| Decoy | Baxter | ||
| 1997 | End of Summer | Theo Remmington | Television film |
| 1998 | Top of the World | Ray Mercer | |
| The Sands of Time | John Shannon | Television film | |
| 1999 | Diplomatic Siege | Steve Mitchell | |
| 2000 | Shadow Hours | Stuart Chappell | |
| Falling Through | Lou | ||
| Contaminated Man | Joseph Müller | ||
| Ivans Xtc | Don West | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male | |
| Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula | Father Stefan | Television film | |
| 2001 | Styx | Nelson | |
| 2003 | The Order | Driscoll | |
| 2005 | Man of God | Rabbi | |
| Undiscovered | Wick Treadway | ||
| The Poseidon Adventure | Captain Paul Gallico | Television film | |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Ed Koster | |
| 2007 | Prey | Tom Newman | |
| Dating Vietnam | Jack Newton | ||
| 2010 | Once Fallen | Eddie | |
| 2012 | Dragon Eyes | Mr. V | Post-production |
| The Dark Knight Returns | Bruce Wayne/Batman | Animated film | |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Post-production |
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TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | Lou Grant | Donald Stryker | Episode: 1.5 "Nazi" |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Peter | Miniseries |
| 1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Soldier | Episode: 6.3 "The Dancing Princesses" |
| 2002–2003 | Odyssey 5 | Chuck Taggart | Season 1: Episodes 1-19 |
| 2003 | The Handler | Gerard | Episode: 1.4 "Body of Evidence" |
| 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | John Frederick Paxton | Episodes: 4.20 "Demons", Template:Break 4.21 "Terra Prime"Template:  |
| 2005–2007 | Engineering an Empire | Host | Documentary series |
| 2006 | 24 | Christopher Henderson | Season 5: 10.23 Episode |
| Monk | Actor Playing Stottlemeyer | Episodes: 5.1 "Mr. Monk and the Actor" | |
| 2010 | Fringe | Alistair Peck | Episode: 2.18 "White Tulip" |
| Dexter | Stan Liddy | Episodes: Season 5 (8 episodes) | |
| Psych | Professor Karl Rotmensen/Yin | Episode: 5.16 "Yang 3 in 2D" | |
| 2012 | House | Surgeon (also directed) | Episode: 8.20 "Post Mortem" |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV series) | Curt Stoner / Director | Episode: 3.15 "Hookman" |
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Award nominations
- (1988) Saturn Award for Best Actor – RoboCop
- (1992) Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Naked Lunch
- (1993) Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film – Partners
- (2002) Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male – Ivans XTC
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