
Peter Weller
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Birthplace
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Filmography

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH 2026
as Gus Booth

Bang 2025
as Morgan Cutter

Exterminate All Rational Thought 2023
as Self

In Search of Tomorrow 2022
as Self

Yamasong: March of the Hollows 2017
as Brujt (voice)

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' 2017
as Self (archive footage)
- The Tao of Buckaroo
The Tao of Buckaroo 2015
Actor

It's Better in Italian 2015
as Narrator (voice)

Skin Trade 2014
as Costello

Repentance 2014
as Meyer

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2013
as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

Star Trek Into Darkness 2013
as Marcus

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 2013
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 2012
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

Dragon Eyes 2012
as Mr. V

Forced To Fight 2011
as Danny G.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within 2010
as Self - Narrator

Once Fallen 2010
as Eddie

God of War: Unearthing the Legend 2010
as Host

Prey 2007
as Tom Newman

The Hard Easy 2006
as Ed Koster

Egypt: Engineering an Empire 2006
as Host

The Poseidon Adventure 2005
as Captain Paul Gallico

Rome: Engineering an Empire 2005
as Self

Undiscovered 2005
as Wick Treadway

The Order 2003
as Driscoll

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified 2002
as Self

Styx 2001
as Nelson

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' 2001
as Himself (archive)

Contaminated Man 2000
as Joseph Müller

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula 2000
as Father Stefan

ivans xtc. 2000
as Don West

Shadow Hours 2000
as Stuart Chappell

Falling Through 2000
as Lou

Diplomatic Siege 1999
as Steve Parker

Tower of the First Born 1998
as John Shannon

Gold Coast 1997
Director, Executive Producer

End of Summer 1997
as Theo Remmington

Top of the World 1997
as Ray Mercer

Decoy 1995
as Baxter

Beyond the Clouds 1995
as Husband

Mighty Aphrodite 1995
as Jerry Bender

Screamers 1995
as Colonel Hendricksson

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee 1994
as Uncredited

The New Age 1994
as Peter Witner

The Substitute Wife 1994
as Martin Hightower

Partners 1993
as Doctor, Director, Teleplay

Sunset Grill 1993
as Ryder Hart

Fifty/Fifty 1993
as Jake Wyer

Naked Making Lunch 1992
as Self

Naked Lunch 1991
as Bill Lee

Road to Ruin 1991
as Jack Sloan

RoboCop 2 1990
as RoboCop

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction 1990
as Hobie (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")

Celebrity Guide to Wine 1990
as Self

Rainbow Drive 1990
as Mike Gallagher

Cat Chaser 1989
as George Moran

Leviathan 1989
as Steven Beck

Shakedown 1988
as Roland Dalton

The Tunnel 1988
as Juan Pablo Castell

The Dancing Princesses 1987
as The Soldier

RoboCop 1987
as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

Apology 1986
as Rad Hungate

A Killing Affair 1985
as Baston Morris

Firstborn 1984
as Sam

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984
as Buckaroo Banzai

Of Unknown Origin 1983
as Bart Hughes

Two Kinds of Love 1983
as Joe Farley

Kentucky Woman 1983
as Deke

Shoot the Moon 1982
as Frank Henderson

Just Tell Me What You Want 1980
as Steven Routledge

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979
as Joe Le Fors

The Silence 1975
as Red Sash

The Man Without a Country 1973
as Lt. Fellows
Credits from TMDB.