
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
—

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