Peter McRobbie
{{Short description|Scottish-born American character actor}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter McRobbie
| image =
| image_caption = McRobbie in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1943|1|31}}
| birth_place = Hawick, Scotland
| education = Yale University (BA)
University of Tulsa
| nationality = American, British
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1974–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Charlotte Bova|1977}}
| children = 2
| known_for = Boardwalk Empire
| notable_works ={{ubl|The Visit|World Trade Center|16 Blocks|Brokeback Mountain|Bullets Over Broadway|Law & Order|Daredevil}}
}}
Peter McRobbie (born 31 January 1943) is a Scottish-born American character actor, best known for his roles as John C. Twist in the 2005 romantic drama film Brokeback Mountain, Mike Sheenan in the 2006 action film 16 Blocks, Pop Pop Jamison in the 2015 horror film The Visit and Father Paul Lantom in Daredevil, as well as recurring roles in the TNT series The Alienist and as Judge Walter Bradley in the Law & Order franchise.
Early life
McRobbie was born in Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland, the son of Mary Fleming (née Heigh), a writer, and William McRobbie, a storekeeper.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/Peter-McRobbie.html Peter McRobbie profile], filmreference.com; retrieved 19 July 2016. In the early 1950s, he moved with his parents to the United States, where he became an American citizen.
He attended Yale Drama School, from which he graduated in 1966. He then studied in graduate school at the University of Tulsa for one year and studied acting with German-American actress Uta Hagen and actor James Saito at HB Studio in New York City.
From 1966 to 1968, McRobbie served in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He became a Specialist 5.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/36602803/ "'Dial M For Murder': ACT IV Reschedule Opening Of Play"], The Lawton Constitution & Morning Press, volume 18, number 12, March 19, 1967, page 1d.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/38805900/ "For Sill Comedy"], The Lawton Constitution & Morning Press, volume 19, number 17, April 28, 1968, page 2d.
Career
In 1969, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, but was unable to find work. He supported himself as an advertiser throughout the early 1970s and actually pitched the original idea for the "Jell-O Pudding Cup".{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} By the summer of 1975, he had found stage work with John Astin and Patty Duke in California. However, he moved back to the East Coast after the production ended.
McRobbie has appeared in more than 60 films and television series, including Spider-Man 2, Find Me Guilty, World Trade Center, 16 Blocks, Big, Shaft, Sleepers, and Bullets over Broadway. He had a recurring role on the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the original Law & Order series. It was on these two shows that McRobbie has played perhaps his most famous role to date, Judge Walter Bradley. In 2000, he played the role of Father Felix in "From Where to Eternity", the 9th episode of the second season of The Sopranos, and again in 2001 in "Proshai, Livushka" the second episode of the third season of the HBO hit series. McRobbie also garnered wide attention for his portrayal of John C. Twist in the motion picture Brokeback Mountain (2005).
From 2010 to 2013 McRobbie played the role of FBI Supervisor Frederick Elliot in 9 episodes of the HBO hit series Boardwalk Empire. McRobbie portrayed George H. Pendleton in Lincoln (2012), as Lincoln's most virulent and snarling opponent in the House of Representatives in relation to the constitutional amendment outlawing slavery. He also appeared in the films Inherent Vice (2014), M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit (2015), and Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies (2015). From 2015 to 2018, McRobbie also portrayed Father Paul Lantom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil and The Defenders.
Personal life
McRobbie has been married to actress Charlotte McRobbie (née Bova) since 1977. They have two children.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1980
| A Jury of Her Peers | County Attorney | Short film |
| 1983
| Zelig | Workers Rally Speaker | |
| 1985
| Mr. Millhauser | |
| 1985
| The Communist | |
| 1986
| Electronics | |
| 1988
| Big | Executive #3 | |
| 1991
| Flip Doubt | |
| 1991
| Bartender | |
| 1992
| Chaplain | |
| 1994
| Man At Theater | |
| 1995
| Reverend Watkins | |
| 1995
| Linda's Ex-Landlord | |
| 1995
| Chief of Police | |
| 1996
| Loan Officer | |
| 1996
| Sleepers | Lawyer | |
| 1996
| Executive At Strip Club | |
| 1997
| Executive #2 | |
| 1997
| Damned Man | |
| 1998
| Jaded | Dr. Mancuso | |
| 1998
| FBI Agent Gordon Pritzker | |
| 1998
| Stelu | |
| 1998
| Father Gladden's Fan On Porch | |
| 1999
| The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Principal | |
| 1999
| Father Malaccky | |
| 1999
| Ballroom Host | |
| 2000
| Frenchy's Lawyer | |
| 2000
| Shaft | Lieutenant Cromartie | |
| 2001
| Lee Vilensky | |
| 2001
| Prison Doctor | |
| 2004
| OsCorp Representative | |
| 2004
| Messengers | Stuart Quinn | |
| 2004
| Corn | Peder Gleck | |
| 2005
| John Twist | |
| 2005
| Gangel | |
| 2006
| Peter Petraki | |
| 2006
| Mike Sheenan | |
| 2006
| Allison's Father | |
| 2006
| The Hoax | George Gordon Holmes | |
| 2007
| Gracie | Principal Enright | |
| 2007
| Mercy | Tom | Short film |
| 2008
| Edward | |
| 2009
| Split Ends | Nathan Berry | |
| 2010
| Footsteps | Thaddeus | |
| 2011
| Arnie | |
| 2012
| Lincoln | |
| 2013
| Dr. Knox | |
| 2013
| L'Agent Bureau Immigration | |
| 2014
| Aloft | Ike | |
| 2014
| Adrian Prussia{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/paul-thomas-anderson-inherent-vice-peter-mcrobbie-movie-casting-law-order-532127/|title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' Gets Its Adrian Prussia|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=28 June 2013|publisher=Deadline|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=15 March 2021}} | |
| 2015
| Fredrick Spencer 'Pop-Pop' Jamison{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/the-visit-first-trailer-m-night-shyamalan-latest-1201415379/|title='The Visit' First Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan's Latest|last=Lowe|first=Kinsey|date=23 April 2015|publisher=Deadline|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=15 March 2021}} | |
| 2015
| |
| 2017
| Ambition's Debt | Ciaus Cassius | |
| 2017
| Juggernaut | Leonard Gamble | |
| 2018
| Hunter John | |
| 2019
| Percy Thigpen | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Robert Cruidshank | Uncredited |
| 1983
| David | Episode: "The Beverly Woods Social Club" |
| 1985
| Cop | Television film |
| 1985
| Doubletake | Sex Therapist | Television miniseries |
| 1988
| Crossbow | Anton | Episode: "Masterplan" |
| 1988
| In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | FBI Special Agent John Hanlon | Television film |
| 1989
| Charlie | Episode: "Intensive Care" |
| 1989
| Unknown | Episode: "Land of Little Rain" |
| 1990
| H.E.L.P. | Dr. Sanford | Episode: "Are You There, Alpha Centauri?" |
| 1991
| Manager | Episode: "Sonata for Solo Organ" |
| 1991
| Lieutenant McGiver | Television miniseries |
| 1992
| John Ennis | Episode: "Point of View" |
| 1993
| Dr. Max Essex | Television film |
| 1993
| Housten | Uncredited |
| 1994
| Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Dr. Ames | Television film |
| 1995
| Herbert Fowler | Episode: "Guardian" |
| 1996
| Reuben Troyer | Television film |
| 1997
| Inspector Reznor | Episode: "The Solomon Papers" |
| 1997
| Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Male Attorney | Television film |
| 1997
| George Pape | Television film |
| 1998
| Dr. Thomas Neustadt | Episode: "Tabloid" |
| 2000
| Dr. Prescott | Episode: "Fire and Ice" |
| 2000
| Dr. Brimmer | Television film |
| 2000–2001
| Father Felix | 2 episodes |
| 2000
| Hamlet | Priest | Television film |
| 2001
| Mr. Dombrowski | Television film |
| 2001–2009
| Trial Judge Walter Bradley | 14 episodes |
| 2001
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Father Capanna | Episode: "The Faithful" |
| 2001
| Chairman / Captain Korshok | 2 episodes |
| 2002
| The Education of Max Bickford | Mayor Owens | Episode: "Past, Present, Future" |
| 2003–2012
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Trial Judge Walter Bradley | 18 episodes |
| 2005
| Bushnell's Supervisor | Television film |
| 2005
| Trial Judge Walter Bradley | Episode: "The Line" |
| 2005
| Stella | Mr. Mueller | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006
| Judge Walter Bradley | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2009
| Damages | Judge Sanford Toomey | 4 episodes |
| 2008
| Judge Harold Rice | 4 episodes |
| 2009
| Chairman | Episode: "Sugar Daddy" |
| 2009
| Mercy | Dr. Melvoy | Episode: "You Lost Me with the Cinderblock" |
| 2009
| Walter | Episode: "The Portrait" |
| 2010–2013
| FBI Supervisor Frederick Elliott | 9 episodes |
| 2010
| God in America | Thomas Dudley | Episode: "A New Adam/A New Eden" |
| 2011
| Dr. Gale | Television miniseries |
| 2013
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Television film |
| 2013
| Milton Van Kirk | Episode: "We Are Everyone" |
| 2014
| Believe | FBI Director Lofton | 4 episodes |
| 2014
| Professor George Paley | Episode: "Red Zone" |
| 2014
| Banshee Origins | Carter | Episode: "Birthday" |
| 2015
| Man On Phone | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2015–2018
| Father Paul Lantom | 11 episodes |
| 2015
| Karl Manhair, Postal Inspector | Deputy Inspector Wayne Mersky | 3 episodes |
| 2016
| Senator Allen Simpson | Television film |
| 2017
| Father Paul Lantom | Episode: "The H Word" |
| 2018
| Mayor William Lafayette Strong | 3 episodes |
| 2018
| Gotham | Mayor Holden Pritchard | 2 episodes{{Cite web|url=https://www.2paragraphs.com/2018/05/who-is-interim-mayor-holden-pritchard-on-gotham/|title=Who Is Interim Mayor Holden Pritchard on 'Gotham'?|date=10 May 2018|publisher=2Paragraphs|website=www.2paragraphs.com|accessdate=15 March 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/movies/gotham-season-4-episode-18-recap/|title=Gotham Season 4, episode 18 Recap: That's Entertainment|last=Wickline|first=Dan|date=13 April 2018|publisher=Bleeding Cool News|website=www.bleedingcoolnews.com|accessdate=15 March 2021}} |
| 2021
| Clarice | Nils Hagen | Recurring cast |
References
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External links
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