Peter Weller
Acting • Born 1947-06-24
Biography
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.
Filmography
102 credits
Naked Lunch
Movie • 1991
Bill Lee
A Killing Affair
Movie • 1985
Baston Morris
RoboCop
Movie • 1987
Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
RoboCop 2
Movie • 1990
RoboCop
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie • 1984
Buckaroo Banzai
Mighty Aphrodite
Movie • 1995
Jerry Bender
Decoy
Movie • 1995
Baxter
Screamers
Movie • 1995
Colonel Hendricksson
Diplomatic Siege
Movie • 1999
Steve Parker
The Order
Movie • 2003
Driscoll
Ivansxtc
Movie • 2000
Don West
Fifty/Fifty
Movie • 1993
Jake Wyer
Cat Chaser
Movie • 1989
George Moran
The New Age
Movie • 1994
Peter Witner
Prey
Movie • 2007
Tom Newman
Leviathan
Movie • 1989
Steven Beck
Of Unknown Origin
Movie • 1983
Bart Hughes
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Movie • 1979
Joe Le Fors
Top of the World
Movie • 1997
Ray Mercer
Once Fallen
Movie • 2010
Eddie
Shakedown
Movie • 1988
Roland Dalton
Kentucky Woman
Movie • 1983
Deke
Undiscovered
Movie • 2005
Wick Treadway
Contaminated Man
Movie • 2000
Joseph Müller
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Movie • 2010
Self - Narrator
Shoot the Moon
Movie • 1982
Frank Henderson
Star Trek Into Darkness
Movie • 2013
Admiral Alexander Marcus
Tower of the First Born
Movie • 1998
John Shannon
Firstborn
Movie • 1984
Sam
Exterminate All Rational Thought
Movie • 2023
Self
Dragon Eyes
Movie • 2012
Mr. V
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Movie • 2012
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Movie • 2013
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Apology
Movie • 1986
Rad Hungate
Forced To Fight
Movie • 2011
Danny G.
The Substitute Wife
Movie • 1994
Martin Hightower
Just Tell Me What You Want
Movie • 1980
Steven Routledge
The Tunnel
Movie • 1988
Juan Pablo Castell
End of Summer
Movie • 1997
Theo Remmington
Styx
Movie • 2001
Nelson
Road to Ruin
Movie • 1991
Jack Sloan
Sunset Grill
Movie • 1993
Ryder Hart
Rainbow Drive
Movie • 1990
Mike Gallagher
Naked Making Lunch
Movie • 1992
Self
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Movie • 1990
Self
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
Movie • 2010
Host
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Movie • 1994
Uncredited
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Movie • 1990
Hobie
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
Movie • 2006
Host
Skin Trade
Movie • 2014
Costello
The Tao of Buckaroo
Movie • 2015
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Movie • 2017
Brujt (voice)
The Hard Easy
Movie • 2006
Ed Koster
Dating Vietnam
Movie • 2007
Jack Newton
Shadow Hours
Movie • 2000
Stuart Chappell
Two Kinds of Love
Movie • 1983
Joe Farley
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Clouds
Movie • 1995
Husband
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Movie • 2002
Self
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Movie • 2013
Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Father Stefan
The Dancing Princesses
Movie • 1987
The Soldier
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie • 2005
Captain Paul Gallico
Repentance
Movie • 2014
Meyer
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Movie • 2001
Himself
Partners
Movie • 1993
Doctor
Falling Through
Movie • 2000
Lou
The Silence
Movie • 1975
Red Sash
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1973
Lt. Fellows
Bang
Movie • 2025
Morgan Cutter
Rome: Engineering an Empire
Movie • 2005
Self
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Movie
It's Better in Italian
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
John Frederick Paxton
Monk
TV • 2002
Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
Odyssey 5
TV • 2002
Chuck Taggart
24
TV • 2001
Christopher Henderson
Engineering an Empire
TV • 2005
Himself / Host
The Handler
TV • 2003
Longmire
TV • 2012
Rabbit Hole
TV • 2023
Distinguished Man (voice)
Dexter
TV • 2006
Rabbit Hole
TV • 2023
Distinguished Man
Forever
TV • 2018
The Traveler
Psych
TV • 2006
Yin / Karl Rotmensen
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Curt Stoner
Franklin & Bash
TV • 2011
Bert Mazzani
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
TV • 2023
Self
Fringe
TV • 2008
Alistair Peck
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
The Soldier
Mourning Becomes Electra
TV • 1978
Peter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
House
TV • 2004
Dr. Penza
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Elliot Mason
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
TV • 2022
Lionel Lassiter
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Dr. Stern (voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV • 2014
Himself
Longmire
TV • 2012
Lucian Connally
The Last Ship
TV • 2014
Dr. Paul Vellek