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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1994 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
House
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
Fringe
Homicide: Life on the Street
Mayans M.C.
Monk
A Killing Affair
Engineering an Empire
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Psych
24
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Longmire
Hawaii Five-0
Magnum P.I.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
The Strain
Star Trek: Enterprise
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Sleepy Hollow
RoboCop
The Movies That Made Us
MacGyver
Star Trek Into Darkness
Franklin & Bash
Mr. Mercedes
Shades of Blue
Rabbit Hole
Under the Dome
Las Vegas
The Real History of Science Fiction
The Last Ship
Mighty Aphrodite
Bang
Outsiders
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Odyssey 5
Forever
Shoot the Moon
Screamers
Skin Trade
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Firstborn
RoboCop 2
Leviathan
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Prey