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Peter Riegert

Acting

Born April 11, 1947 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Peter Riegart

Biography

Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On television, he is best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on The Sopranos.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Live Action Short Film · 2001 · nominated

Filmography48 titles

Talking Sopranos

2020as Self

The Sopranos

1999as Assemblyman Ronald Zellman

Succession

2018as Roger Pugh

Seinfeld

1989as James Kimbrough

Bojangles

2001as Marty

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Chauncey Zeirko

M*A*S*H

1972

One Tree Hill

2003as August Kellerman

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

1996as Self

The Good Wife

2009as Judge Harvey Winter

Leverage

2008as Peter Blanchard

Damages

2007as George Moore

Family Guy

1999as Max Weinstein (voice)

Sports Night

1998

Law & Order

1990as Jerold Dixon

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015as Artie Goodman

Traffic

2000as Attorney Michael Adler

Show Me a Hero

2015as Oscar Newman

The Mask

1994as Mitch Kellaway

National Lampoon's Animal House

1978as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein

Harlan Coben's Shelter

2023as Alan Bolitar

We Bought a Zoo

2011as Delbert McGinty

Local Hero

1983as "Mac" MacIntyre

Chilly Scenes of Winter

1979as Sam

Hi-Life

1998as Minor

Infinity

1996as Mel Feynman

A Shock to the System

1990as Robert Benham

Oscar

1991as Aldo

At Middleton

2013as Boneyard Sims

Jerry and Tom

1998as Stanley

The Baby Dance

1998as Richard Luckman

Gypsy

1994as Herbie Sommers

American Pastoral

2016as Lou Levov

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

2012as Tevye

Extrapolations

2023as Ben Zucker

Cashmere Mafia

2008

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

2000as Larry

Crossing Delancey

1988as Sam Posner

Passion of Mind

2000as Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist

Face Down

1997as Lt. Coop Cooper

White Irish Drinkers

2010as Whitey

Dads

2013as David Sachs

Passed Away

1992as Peter Syracusa

Surrender, Dorothy

2006as Mel

The Object of Beauty

1991as Lawrence "Larry" Oates

Back When We Were Grownups

2004as Zeb

Oka!

2011as Dr. Maguire

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982as Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")