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Peter MacNicol

Actor

Peter MacNicol

Born April 10, 1954 in Dallas, Texas, USA36 films

Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).

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Addams Family Values posterFirst watchAddams Family Values19937.0as Gary GrangerSiblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia.View film

Essential films

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Ghostbusters II poster6.6Ghostbusters II1989Battleship poster5.9Battleship2012Bean poster6.5Bean1997Sophie's Choice poster7.3Sophie's Choice1982Dracula: Dead and Loving It poster6.1Dracula: Dead and Loving It1995Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright poster7.5Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright2013The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie poster7.5The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie2024Balto: Wolf Quest poster6.4Balto: Wolf Quest2002

Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. TBAFlossDr. Rivus
  2. 2026Home DeliveryHoward Evans
  3. 2025ShellDr. Thaddeus Brand
  4. 2024The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes MovieThe Invader (voice)
  5. 2023Our (Almost Completely True) Love StoryPsycho Date
  6. 2013Scooby-Doo! Stage FrightDewey Ottman (voices)
  7. 2012BattleshipSecretary of Defense
  8. 2012Game ChangeRick Davis
  9. 2008The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the LizardOtto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
  10. 2005Stuart Little 3: Call of the WildTroopmaster (voice)
  11. 2004Breakin' All the RulesPhilip Gascon
  12. 2002Balto: Wolf QuestMuru (voice)
  13. 2001Recess: School's OutFenwick (voice)
  14. 2000The Pooch and the PauperLiberty (voice)
  15. 1999Snowden's ChristmasSnowden (voice)
  16. 1999Olive, the Other ReindeerFido (voice)
  17. 1999Baby GeniusesDan
  18. 1999The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the RescueNarrator (voice)
  19. 1998Silencing MaryLawrence Dixon
  20. 1997BeanDavid Langley
  21. 1996Mojave MoonTire Repairman
  22. 1996Abducted: A Father's LoveRoy Dowd
  23. 1995Dracula: Dead and Loving ItThomas Renfield
  24. 1994Radioland MurdersSon Writer
  25. 1994RoswellLewis Rickett
  26. 1993Addams Family ValuesGary Granger
  27. 1992HousesitterMarty
  28. 1992Hard PromisesStuart
  29. 1990By Dawn's Early LightSedgwick
  30. 1989American Blue NoteJack Solow
  31. 1989Ghostbusters IIJanosz Poha
  32. 1986HeatCyrus Kinnick
  33. 1986Johnny BullJoe Kovacs
  34. 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversMartin
  35. 1982Sophie's ChoiceStingo
  36. 1981DragonslayerGalen