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Peter Weller(I)

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Peter Frederick Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Dorothy Jean (Davidson) and Frederick Bradford Weller, a federal judge and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. He traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he had attended high schools in Heidelberg, Germany and San Antonio, Texas, then enrolled the University of North Texas -- attracted by the chance of playing trumpet in one of the college's celebrated jazz bands. Music is in his family. Three generations on his mother's side were piano players and jazz is still his overriding interest. Ask him who his favorite performer in any art form is and he will say Miles Davis. It was with a B.A. in Theatre and a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts that he left Texas for New York. Two weeks after graduating, he made his first appearance on Broadway as David in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones", a role he repeated on the London stage.

While a student of legendary actress and drama coach, Uta Hagen, Weller appeared on and off Broadway in works like William Inge's "Summer Brave", Thomas Babe's "Rebel Women" and "Full Circle", one of the last plays directed by Otto Preminger. He began garnering critical acclaim with his portrayal of Billie Wilson in "Streamers", directed by Mike Nichols for Joseph Papp at Lincoln Center. He continued that success with his performances as Cliff in "The Woolgatherer" and as Nick in the first American production of David Mamet's "The Woods". During this period, he became a member of the highly respected Actor's Studio, under the aegis of Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg.

Weller's film debut was in Richard Lester's Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). He then co-starred with Alan King and Ali MacGraw in Sidney Lumet's Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) and, with Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, in Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon (1982). Other film credits include Firstborn (1984) with Teri Garr, the HBO made-for-TV Apology (1986), co-starring Lesley Ann Warren, and Of Unknown Origin (1983), the film which won Weller the Best Actor award at the Paris International Film Festival for his performance as an upwardly mobile bachelor with a serious rat problem. That same film also marked his first association with Leviathan (1989) director George P. Cosmatos.
BornJune 24, 1947
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Peter Weller and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)
Peter Weller in The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Peter Weller in The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Peter Weller in The Last Ship (2014)
Peter Weller in The Last Ship (2014)
Peter Weller in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Jeff Goldblum, Clancy Brown, and Peter Weller in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Peter Weller and Lewis Smith in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Peter Weller and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Peter Weller in Naked Lunch (1991)
Peter Weller in Naked Lunch (1991)
Peter Weller in Naked Lunch (1991)

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Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Miguel Ferrer, and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)
RoboCop
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  • 1987
Naked Lunch (1991)
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  • Bill Lee
  • 1991
RoboCop 2 (1990)
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  • Robocop
  • 1990
Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
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  • 1984

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  • RoboCop: Rogue City
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  • Guillermo del Toro in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)
    MacGyver
  • JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020)
    JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
    • (voice)
  • Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
    Mortal Kombat 11
    • (voice)
  • Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph in Forever (2018)
    Forever
  • Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Robert Taylor, Cassidy Freeman, and Adam Bartley in Longmire (2012)
    Longmire
  • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
    The Last Ship
  • Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)
    Yamasong: March of the Hollows
  • Wilson's Heart (2017)
    Wilson's Heart
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  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
    Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
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  • Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy
  • Dolph Lundgren, Ron Perlman, Peter Weller, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, and Celina Jade in Skin Trade (2014)
    Skin Trade
  • Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (2014)
    Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
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  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
    • (voice)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
    Star Trek Into Darkness

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  • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
    Magnum P.I.
  • Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)
    MacGyver
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
    Hawaii Five-0
  • JD Pardo in Mayans M.C. (2018)
    Mayans M.C.
  • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
    The Last Ship
  • Brendan Gleeson in Mr. Mercedes (2017)
    Mr. Mercedes
  • Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Robert Taylor, Cassidy Freeman, and Adam Bartley in Longmire (2012)
    Longmire
  • Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta in Shades of Blue (2016)
    Shades of Blue
  • Salem (2014)
    Salem
  • Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)
    Tyrant
  • Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Michael Raymond-James, Derek Phillips, David Lyons, Katie Kelly, McCarrie McCausland, and Judah Lewis in Game of Silence (2016)
    Game of Silence
  • David Morse, Gillian Alexy, Ryan Hurst, and Kyle Gallner in Outsiders (2016)
    Outsiders
  • Jonathan Patrick Foo and Justin Hires in Rush Hour (2016)
    Rush Hour
  • Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie in Sleepy Hollow (2013)
    Sleepy Hollow
  • Under the Dome (2013)
    Under the Dome

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Firstborn
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Firstborn
Shoot the Moon
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Shoot the Moon
Of Unknown Origin
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Of Unknown Origin

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    • June 24, 1947
    • Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
    • Sheri Stowe WellerJune 24, 2006 - present (1 child)
    • Kate Linden
    • Frederick Weller(Cousin)
  • Other works
    (early 1990s) PSA TV commercial for the Boys & Girls Club.
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    • 1 Pictorial
    • 12 Magazine Cover Photos

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    He teaches a literature and fine arts class at Syracuse University and is one of Syracuse's most popular professors. He can be seen, in his capacity as an expert, on a History Channel documentary on the Roman era.
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    [on the enduring popularity of RoboCop (1987)] It was my contribution to cinema.
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