Peter Weller - Actor Profile

Peter Weller

50Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 Bang Morgan Cutter ★ 6.4 Average
2017 Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 Hit
2014 Skin Trade Costello ★ 6.1 Average
2014 Repentance Meyer ★ 4.8 Flop
2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) ★ 8.2 Super Hit
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Admiral Alexander Marcus ★ 7.3 Hit
2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) ★ 7.9 Super Hit
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) ★ 7.7 Super Hit
2012 Dragon Eyes Mr. V ★ 5.3 Flop
2011 Forced To Fight Danny G. ★ 4.7 Flop
2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Self - Narrator ★ 6.5 Hit
2010 Once Fallen Eddie ★ 5.2 Flop
2010 God of War: Unearthing the Legend Host ★ 6.5 Hit
2007 Prey Tom Newman ★ 5.8 Average
2006 The Hard Easy Ed Koster ★ 5.3 Flop
2006 Egypt: Engineering an Empire Host ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2005 The Poseidon Adventure Captain Paul Gallico ★ 5.2 Flop
2005 Rome: Engineering an Empire Self ★ 8.5 Super Hit
2003 The Order Driscoll ★ 5.7 Average
2002 Buckaroo Banzai Declassified Self ★ 8.4 Super Hit
2001 Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' Himself ★ 7.0 Hit
2000 Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Father Stefan ★ 6.1 Average
2000 Ivansxtc Don West ★ 5.2 Flop
1997 Top of the World Ray Mercer ★ 5.0 Flop
1995 Beyond the Clouds Husband ★ 6.1 Average
1995 Mighty Aphrodite Jerry Bender ★ 6.7 Hit
1995 Screamers Colonel Hendricksson ★ 6.2 Average
1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee Uncredited ★ 5.0 Flop
1994 The New Age Peter Witner ★ 5.4 Flop
1994 The Substitute Wife Martin Hightower ★ 5.4 Flop
1993 Fifty/Fifty Jake Wyer ★ 5.5 Average
1992 Naked Making Lunch Self ★ 7.1 Hit
1991 Naked Lunch Bill Lee ★ 7.0 Hit
1990 RoboCop 2 RoboCop ★ 6.0 Average
1990 Celebrity Guide to Wine Self ★ 10.0 Super Hit
1989 Cat Chaser George Moran ★ 4.9 Flop
1989 Leviathan Steven Beck ★ 6.0 Average
1988 Shakedown Roland Dalton ★ 5.8 Average
1988 The Tunnel Juan Pablo Castell ★ 4.7 Flop
1987 The Dancing Princesses The Soldier ★ 6.0 Average
1987 RoboCop Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop ★ 7.4 Hit
1985 A Killing Affair Baston Morris ★ 6.0 Average
1984 Firstborn Sam ★ 6.0 Average
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Buckaroo Banzai ★ 6.0 Average
1983 Of Unknown Origin Bart Hughes ★ 5.8 Average
1983 Two Kinds of Love Joe Farley ★ 6.0 Average
1983 Kentucky Woman Deke ★ 6.0 Average
1982 Shoot the Moon Frank Henderson ★ 6.3 Average
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Joe Le Fors ★ 5.0 Flop
1973 The Man Without a Country Lt. Fellows ★ 6.5 Hit