Peter Weller
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 69.64 |
Birthday | 1947-06-24 |
Place of Birth | Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA |
Also Known As | Питер Уэллер, ピーター・ウェラー, |
1991
Naked Lunch
7.033/1015
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meetin...
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Naked Lunch
1987
RoboCop
7.318/4896
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force...
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RoboCop
1990
RoboCop 2
5.992/1798
After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develop...
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RoboCop 2
1985
A Killing Affair
6/1
Peter Weller stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man...
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A Killing Affair
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
6/398
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1995
Mighty Aphrodite
6.717/643
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother i...
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Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Decoy
3.6/7
Baxter and Travis are two guys hired to protect a millionaire's daughter from bad guys.
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Decoy
1995
Screamers
6.2/505
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replic...
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Screamers
2003
The Order
5.749/340
For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mys...
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The Order
1999
Diplomatic Siege
4.28/25
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building...
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Diplomatic Siege
2000
ivans xtc.
5.6/20
Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought-after talent agent, the darling and crown prince of La La Land, is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs...
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1993
Fifty/Fifty
5.5/13
Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
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Fifty/Fifty
1989
Cat Chaser
4.8/27
A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought...
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Cat Chaser
1994
The New Age
5.565/23
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begi...
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The New Age
2007
Prey
5.806/351
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.
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Prey
1989
Leviathan
5.937/470
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The cre...
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Leviathan
1983
Of Unknown Origin
5.682/85
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
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Of Unknown Origin
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
4.786/29
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alon...
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1998
Top of the World
5.4/16
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They wi...
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Top of the World
2010
Once Fallen
5/27
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his fathe...
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Once Fallen
1988
Shakedown
5.69/79
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...
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Shakedown
2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.604/24
A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2000
Contaminated Man
4.6/16
In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild h...
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Contaminated Man
2005
Undiscovered
4.5/33
A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.
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Undiscovered
1982
Shoot the Moon
6.474/38
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
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Shoot the Moon
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
7.3/8871
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fle...
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Star Trek Into Darkness
1984
Firstborn
5.849/43
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some...
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Firstborn
1998
Tower of the First Born
2/1
Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searchi...
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Tower of the First Born
2012
Dragon Eyes
5.254/171
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save...
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Dragon Eyes
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
7.731/1527
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But,...
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
7.911/1416
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of St...
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
1986
Apology
4.9/4
For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony...
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Apology
2011
Forced To Fight
4.7/18
Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and youn...
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Forced To Fight
1980
Just Tell Me What You Want
4.3/12
A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.
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Just Tell Me What You Want
1997
End of Summer
4.5/3
An unmarried aristocrat (Jacqueline Bisset) resists the advances of the adventurous man (Peter Weller) whom she actually desires, causing him to turn...
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End of Summer
2001
Styx
3.7/7
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing...
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Styx
1991
Road to Ruin
3.6/5
A wealthy businessman risks his fortune to test the love of his beautiful girlfriend.
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Road to Ruin
1993
Sunset Grill
3.9/7
Ryder Hart is a private investigator and former police officer who is down on his luck and drinks too much. His estranged wife Anita runs a bar and re...
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Sunset Grill
1990
Rainbow Drive
4.4/5
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
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Rainbow Drive
1992
Naked Making Lunch
7.1/8
A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.
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Naked Making Lunch
1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
7/1
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the in...
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Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
4.6/7
This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.
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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
2014
Skin Trade
6.1/254
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective...
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Skin Trade
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
4.1/9
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a...
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Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2006
The Hard Easy
5.7/11
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job...
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The Hard Easy
2007
Dating Vietnam
3/2
A Vietnamese girl is forced into prostitution by her abusive German husband.
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Dating Vietnam
1994
The Substitute Wife
6.3/11
In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to ma...
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The Substitute Wife
2000
Shadow Hours
4.9/7
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at...
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Shadow Hours
1983
Two Kinds Of Love
6/1
Two kinds of love are experienced by young Ricky Schroder in this made-for-TV drama. One kind is the tenuous affection he extends to his estranged fat...
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Two Kinds Of Love
1995
Beyond the Clouds
6.3/116
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which al...
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Beyond the Clouds
2002
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
8.4/4
A documentary found on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Special Edition DVD.
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Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
1988
The Tunnel
4.9/7
A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.
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The Tunnel
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8.331/130
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and co...
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2000
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
6.3/40
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis f...
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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
1987
The Dancing Princesses
6/1
A king with six daughters who is extremely over protective locks them in their room at night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler pr...
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The Dancing Princesses
2005
The Poseidon Adventure
5.2/102
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland securit...
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The Poseidon Adventure
2014
Repentance
4.8/58
An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses...
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Repentance
2001
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
7/2
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man,...
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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
1993
Partners
4.5/4
A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
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Partners
2000
Falling Through
3/2
A newly hired security expert on the American Embassy in Paris questions who to trust, as he investigates an elaborate passport faking scheme.
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Falling Through
1975
The Silence
0/0
A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he i...
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The Silence
1983
Kentucky Woman
6/1
A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing dad.
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Kentucky Woman
2010
God of War: Unearthing the Legend
6.5/2
The creators of the God of War video game series discuss how the game parallels the form and function of classic Greek mythology. Experts in classics...
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God of War: Unearthing the Legend
2006
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
8/2
Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented...
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Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2015
The Tao of Buckaroo
0/0
An Interview with Peter Weller
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The Tao of Buckaroo
Exterminate All Rational Thought
0/0
A documentary interview about Naked Lunch
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Exterminate All Rational Thought
1990
Celebrity Guide to Wine
10/1
Spago restaurant maître d’ Bernard Erpicum hosts this program featuring Hollywood stars as they share tips for choosing the best wine for any occasion...
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Celebrity Guide to Wine
2022
Róvócop
10/1
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