Peter Weller
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Naked Lunch
1991
A Killing Affair
1985
RoboCop 2
1990
RoboCop
1987
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Decoy
1995
Screamers
1995
Diplomatic Siege
1999
The Order
2003
ivans xtc.
2000
Fifty/Fifty
1993
Cat Chaser
1989
The New Age
1994
Prey
2007
Leviathan
1989
Of Unknown Origin
1983
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
Top of the World
1997
Once Fallen
2010
Shakedown
1988
Kentucky Woman
1983
Undiscovered
2005
Contaminated Man
2000
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
Shoot the Moon
1982
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
Tower of the First Born
1998
Firstborn
1984
Exterminate All Rational Thought
2023
Dragon Eyes
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
Apology
1986
Forced To Fight
2011
The Substitute Wife
1994
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
The Tunnel
1988
End of Summer
1997
Styx
2001
Road to Ruin
1991
Sunset Grill
1993
Rainbow Drive
1990
Naked Making Lunch
1992
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
2010
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006
Skin Trade
2014
The Tao of Buckaroo
2015
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
The Hard Easy
2006
Dating Vietnam
2007
Shadow Hours
2000
Two Kinds of Love
1983
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017
Beyond the Clouds
1995
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
2000
The Dancing Princesses
1987
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
Repentance
2014
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001
Partners
1993
Falling Through
2000
The Silence
1975
The Man Without a Country
1973
Bang
2025
Rome: Engineering an Empire
2005
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
—
It's Better in Italian
2015
Lou Grant
1977
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Monk
2002
Odyssey 5
2002
24
2001
Engineering an Empire
2005
The Handler
2003
Longmire
2012
Rabbit Hole
2023
Dexter
2006
Rabbit Hole
2023
Forever
2018
Psych
2006
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Franklin & Bash
2011
The Movies That Made Us
2019
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023
Fringe
2008
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Sons of Anarchy
2008
House
2004
MacGyver
2016
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
Longmire
2012
The Last Ship
2014