Cast & creator
Peter Weller
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, House, House
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.
Also known as: Питер Уэллер, ピーター・ウェラー, پیتر ولر, پيتر ولر, Peter Frederick Weller
77
film credits
51
television credits
102
1962–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (128)
Showing 128 of 128 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
House
Dr. Penza
2004House
Director
2004
Hawaii Five-0
Curt Stoner
2010Hawaii Five-0
Director
2010Hawaii Five-0
Writer
2010
Dexter
Stan Liddy
2006
24
Christopher Henderson
2001
Monk
Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
2002Monk
Director
2002
Fringe
Alistair Peck
2008
Sons of Anarchy
Charles 'Charlie' Barosky
2008Sons of Anarchy
Director
2008
Psych
Yin / Karl Rotmensen
2006
Magnum P.I.
Director
2018
Star Trek: Enterprise
John Frederick Paxton
2001
Las Vegas
Director
2003
MacGyver
Elliot Mason
2016MacGyver
Director
2016
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
1993
The Last Ship
Dr. Paul Vellek
2014The Last Ship
Director
2014
The Strain
Director
2014
Longmire
2012Longmire
Lucian Connally
2012Longmire
Director
2012
Sleepy Hollow
Director
2013
Franklin & Bash
Bert Mazzani
2011
Lou Grant
1977
Under the Dome
Director
2013
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Dr. Stern (voice)
2023
Mayans M.C.
Director
2018
Mr. Mercedes
Director
2017
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Lionel Lassiter
2022
Star Trek Into Darkness
Admiral Alexander Marcus
2013
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Soldier
1982
Rush Hour
Director
2016
Outsiders
Director
2016
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2019
Rabbit Hole
Distinguished Man (voice)
2023Rabbit Hole
Distinguished Man
2023
Tyrant
Director
2014
Shades of Blue
Director
2016
RoboCop
Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
1987
The Handler
2003
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
2026
Odyssey 5
Chuck Taggart
2002Odyssey 5
Director
2002
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself
2014
Game of Silence
Director
2016
RoboCop 2
RoboCop
1990
Forever
The Traveler
2018
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
2012
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Self
2023
Bang
Morgan Cutter
2025
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Buckaroo Banzai
1984
Naked Lunch
Bill Lee
1991
Engineering an Empire
Himself / Host
2005
Mighty Aphrodite
Jerry Bender
1995
Leviathan
Steven Beck
1989
The Order
Driscoll
2003
The Poseidon Adventure
Captain Paul Gallico
2005
Skin Trade
Costello
2014
Screamers
Colonel Hendricksson
1995
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
2013
Beyond the Clouds
Husband
1995
Prey
Tom Newman
2007
Of Unknown Origin
Bart Hughes
1983
Dragon Eyes
Mr. V
2012
Gold Coast
Director
1997Gold Coast
Executive Producer
1997
Shakedown
Roland Dalton
1988
ivans xtc.
Don West
2000
Top of the World
Ray Mercer
1997
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter
1978
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Father Stefan
2000
Tower of the First Born
John Shannon
1998
Partners
Doctor
1993Partners
Director
1993Partners
Teleplay
1993
Fifty/Fifty
Jake Wyer
1993
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Joe Le Fors
1979
Just Tell Me What You Want
Steven Routledge
1980
Undiscovered
Wick Treadway
2005
Contaminated Man
Joseph Müller
2000
Repentance
Meyer
2014
Once Fallen
Eddie
2010
Shoot the Moon
Frank Henderson
1982
In Search of Tomorrow
Self
2022
The New Age
Peter Witner
1994
Two Kinds of Love
Joe Farley
1983
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Hobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")
1990
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Brujt (voice)
2017
Firstborn
Sam
1984
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Uncredited
1994
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self - Narrator
2010
Rainbow Drive
Mike Gallagher
1990
Cat Chaser
George Moran
1989
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Self
2002
Shadow Hours
Stuart Chappell
2000
Diplomatic Siege
Steve Parker
1999
The Hard Easy
Ed Koster
2006
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
Self (archive footage)
2017
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Self
1990
Falling Through
Lou
2000
End of Summer
Theo Remmington
1997
Sunset Grill
Ryder Hart
1993
The Man Without a Country
Lt. Fellows
1973
The Dancing Princesses
The Soldier
1987
Decoy
Baxter
1995
A Killing Affair
Baston Morris
1985
Forced To Fight
Danny G.
2011
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Himself (archive)
2001
Naked Making Lunch
Self
1992
It's Better in Italian
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Substitute Wife
Martin Hightower
1994
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
Host
2010
Kentucky Woman
Deke
1983
Apology
Rad Hungate
1986
The Tunnel
Juan Pablo Castell
1988
The Silence
Red Sash
1975
Rome: Engineering an Empire
Self
2005
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
Host
2006The Tao of Buckaroo
2015
Exterminate All Rational Thought
Self
2023
Styx
Nelson
2001
Road to Ruin
Jack Sloan
1991