Peter Weller

Acting · b. 1947 · Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

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

Full biography

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

7.4

RoboCop

1987 · Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

8.4

Sons of Anarchy

2008 · Series · Charles 'Charlie' Barosky

6.0

RoboCop 2

1990 · RoboCop

7.8

2001 · Series · Christopher Henderson

7.7

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

7.9

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

7.0

Naked Lunch

1991 · Bill Lee

6.2

Screamers

1995 · Colonel Hendricksson

6.0

Leviathan

1989 · Steven Beck

6.0

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984 · Buckaroo Banzai

5.8

Prey

2007 · Tom Newman

5.3

Dragon Eyes

2012 · Mr. V

Directed22

7.5

Magnum P.I.

2018 · Series · Director

8.0

Mayans M.C.

2018 · Series · Director

7.1

Mr. Mercedes

2017 · Series · Director

7.3

MacGyver

2016 · Series · Director

6.5

Outsiders

2016 · Series · Director

7.2

Shades of Blue

2016 · Series · Director

5.2

Rush Hour

2016 · Series · Director

5.2

Game of Silence

2016 · Series · Director

6.9

The Last Ship

2014 · Series · Director

7.5

The Strain

2014 · Series · Director

7.4

Sleepy Hollow

2013 · Series · Director

7.1

Under the Dome

2013 · Series · Director

7.7

Longmire

2012 · Series · Director

7.7

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Series · Director

8.4

Sons of Anarchy

2008 · Series · Director

8.6

House

2004 · Series · Director

7.0

Las Vegas

2003 · Series · Director

7.9

Monk

2002 · Series · Director

All acting credits85

6.6

Bang

2025 · Morgan Cutter

7.5

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023 · Series · Dr. Stern (voice)

7.1

Rabbit Hole

2023 · Series · Distinguished Man (voice)

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

2022 · Series · Lionel Lassiter

6.4

Forever

2018 · Series · The Traveler

3.6

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017 · Brujt (voice)

7.3

MacGyver

2016 · Series · Elliot Mason

The Tao of Buckaroo

2015

It's Better in Italian

2015 · Narrator (voice)

6.9

The Last Ship

2014 · Series · Dr. Paul Vellek

6.1

Skin Trade

2014 · Costello

4.8

Repentance

2014 · Meyer

7.3

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013 · Admiral Alexander Marcus

7.9

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

8.1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

2013 · Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

7.7

Longmire

2012 · Series

7.7

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012 · Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

5.3

Dragon Eyes

2012 · Mr. V

In development

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Nov 25

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

2026