Peter Gallagher
Department: Acting
Biography
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).
Known For
American Beauty
1999
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
While You Were Sleeping
1995
sex, lies, and videotape
1989
Short Cuts
1993
Malice
1993
Center Stage
2000
One December Night
2021
Mr. Deeds
2002
The Player
1992
High Spirits
1988
Adam
2009
House on Haunted Hill
1999
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
1996
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Protection
2001
Brave New World
1998
The Underneath
1995
Mother's Boys
1993
The Idolmaker
1980
Burlesque
2010
Dreamchild
1985
Perfume
2001
GasHole
2010
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
Conviction
2010
Center Stage: Turn It Up
2008
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
Last Dance
1996
The War Boys
2009
Buying a Landslide
1992
Summer Lovers
1982
Other Voices
2000
Feast of All Saints
2001
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
White Mile
1994
How to Deal
2003
My Little Girl
1986
Watch It
1993
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
Skag
1980
Brotherhood of Murder
1999
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
2001
Cafe Society
1997
Jesus Christ Superstar
2000
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022
Virtual Obsession
1998
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1987
Everybody Just Stay Calm
1994
Milena
1991
Late for Dinner
1991
Step Up Revolution
2012
Johnny Skidmarks
1998
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
In a Relationship
2015
The Great Irish Famine
1996
Humane
2024
Broadway: The Next Generation
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Terrible Joe Moran
1984
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
Center Stage: On Pointe
2016
Cruel Intentions
2016
The Last Debate
2000
Bob Roberts
1992
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
Robert Altman's Players
1992
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
After
2019
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Stepdaddy
2019
Palm Springs
2020
Love and Lies
1990
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
Cannes Man
1996
Cupid & Cate
2000
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
2018
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
2002
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Submission
2018
A Tale of Two Wives
2003
DeTour
2015
TOVAH
2026
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Family Guy
1999
Shark
2006
Californication
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The View
1997
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Tamron Hall
2019
The O.C.
2003
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Fallen Angels
1993
Skag
1980
The Secret Lives of Men
1998
Page to Screen
2002
Truth Be Told
2019
Good Day Live
2001
An Inconvenient Woman
1991
Covert Affairs
2010
Whitney
2011
Titanic
1996
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
New Girl
2011
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
Fallen Angels
1993
The Gathering
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grace and Frankie
2015
Mr. Mayor
2021
Man Seeking Woman
2015
The Conners
2018
Reboot
2022
Stars in the House
2020
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Togetherness
2015
The Gifted
2017
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020
The Good Wife
2009
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Cruel Intentions
—
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
The Owl House
2020
Tony Awards
1956