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Peter Weller

Actor

Peter Weller

Born June 24, 1947 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA60 films

Peter Frederick Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer.

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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.

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Star Trek Into Darkness poster7.3Star Trek Into Darkness2013RoboCop poster7.4RoboCop1987Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 poster7.7Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 12012Naked Lunch poster7.0Naked Lunch1991RoboCop 2 poster6.0RoboCop 21990Mighty Aphrodite poster6.7Mighty Aphrodite1995Batman: The Dark Knight Returns poster8.1Batman: The Dark Knight Returns2013Screamers poster6.2Screamers1995

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. 2026THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
  2. 2025BangMorgan Cutter
  3. 2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsBrujt (voice)
  4. 2014Skin TradeCostello
  5. 2014RepentanceMeyer
  6. 2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsBruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
  7. 2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdmiral Alexander Marcus
  8. 2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
  9. 2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
  10. 2012Dragon EyesMr. V
  11. 2011Forced To FightDanny G.
  12. 2010Once FallenEddie
  13. 2007PreyTom Newman
  14. 2006The Hard EasyEd Koster
  15. 2005The Poseidon AdventureCaptain Paul Gallico
  16. 2005UndiscoveredWick Treadway
  17. 2003The OrderDriscoll
  18. 2001StyxNelson
  19. 2000Contaminated ManJoseph Müller
  20. 2000Dark Prince: The True Story of DraculaFather Stefan
  21. 2000ivans xtc.Don West
  22. 2000Shadow HoursStuart Chappell
  23. 2000Falling ThroughLou
  24. 1999Diplomatic SiegeSteve Parker
  25. 1998Tower of the First BornJohn Shannon
  26. 1997End of SummerTheo Remmington
  27. 1997Top of the WorldRay Mercer
  28. 1995DecoyBaxter
  29. 1995Beyond the CloudsHusband
  30. 1995Mighty AphroditeJerry Bender
  31. 1995ScreamersColonel Hendricksson
  32. 1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeUncredited
  33. 1994The New AgePeter Witner
  34. 1994The Substitute WifeMartin Hightower
  35. 1993PartnersDoctor
  36. 1993Sunset GrillRyder Hart
  37. 1993Fifty/FiftyJake Wyer
  38. 1991Naked LunchBill Lee
  39. 1991Road to RuinJack Sloan
  40. 1990RoboCop 2RoboCop
  41. 1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionHobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")
  42. 1990Rainbow DriveMike Gallagher
  43. 1989Cat ChaserGeorge Moran
  44. 1989LeviathanSteven Beck
  45. 1988ShakedownRoland Dalton
  46. 1988The TunnelJuan Pablo Castell
  47. 1987The Dancing PrincessesThe Soldier
  48. 1987RoboCopOfficer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
  49. 1986ApologyRad Hungate
  50. 1985A Killing AffairBaston Morris
  51. 1984FirstbornSam
  52. 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBuckaroo Banzai
  53. 1983Of Unknown OriginBart Hughes
  54. 1983Two Kinds of LoveJoe Farley
  55. 1983Kentucky WomanDeke
  56. 1982Shoot the MoonFrank Henderson
  57. 1980Just Tell Me What You WantSteven Routledge
  58. 1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysJoe Le Fors
  59. 1975The SilenceRed Sash
  60. 1973The Man Without a CountryLt. Fellows