Peter Weller
{{Short description|American actor (born 1947)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Weller
| image = Peter Weller 2016.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Weller at Paradise City Comic Con in 2016
| birth_name = Peter Francis Weller
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|24}}
| birth_place = Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|television director}}
| education = {{ubl|
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| years_active = 1973–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Shari Stowe|2006}}
| children = 1
| module = {{Infobox academic | child=yes
| thesis_title = Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti's De Pictura{{-}}
| thesis_url = https://escholarship.org/content/qt0dm859tj/qt0dm859tj.pdf
| thesis_year = 2014
| doctoral_advisor = Charlene Villaseñor Black
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Peter Francis Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American actor and television director.
He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including RoboCop (1987) and its sequel RoboCop 2 (1990), in which he played the titular character; The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20874|title=TV: 'RoboCop' Heads to Miami for 'Dexter'!|date=July 13, 2010 }} He appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the Oliver Stone-produced The New Age (1994), and David Cronenberg's adaptation of William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch (1991).
In addition to a Saturn Award nomination for his RoboCop role, he received an Academy Award nomination for his 1993 short Partners, in which he also acted. In television, he hosted the program Engineering an Empire on the History Channel from 2005 to 2007. He played Christopher Henderson in the fifth season of 24, Stan Liddy in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Dexter, and Charles "Charlie" Barosky in 11 episodes in the sixth season of Sons of Anarchy. From 2012 to 2017, he was involved in the A&E (now Netflix) series Longmire as a director and actor. In 2017, he appeared on The Last Ship as Dr. Paul Vellek. He reprised his role as RoboCop by providing his voice for Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019 and RoboCop: Rogue City in 2023.
He holds a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History from UCLA.{{Cite thesis |title=Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti's De Pictura |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0dm859tj |publisher=UCLA |date=2014 |language=en |first=Peter Francis |last=Weller}}{{Cite web |last=Nostrand |first=Barbara Van |date=September 5, 2023 |title=Art is their adventure: Graduate students will benefit from Peter and Sheri Weller's beautiful vision |url=https://humanities.ucla.edu/news/art-is-their-adventure-ucla-art-history-graduate-students-will-benefit-from-peter-and-sheri-wellers-beautiful-vision/ |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=Humanities Division − UCLA |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Weller was born June 24, 1947, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the son of Dorothy Jean ({{née}} Davidson; 1924–2002),{{cite web |url=https://www.bigalke.biz/myronfelckowski/getperson.php?personID=I99876&tree=MyronFelckowskiTree |title=Dorothy Jean Davidson |website=bigalke.biz |access-date=November 25, 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Jean Davidson Weller |publisher=Dallas Morning News|date=December 7, 2002 |url=https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/jean-weller-obituary?id=28280630|access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918043251/https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/jean-weller-obituary?id=28280630|archive-date=September 18, 2022|url-status=live }} a homemaker, and Frederick Bradford Weller (1922–1986),{{cite web |url=https://www.bigalke.biz/myronfelckowski/getperson.php?personID=I92771&tree=MyronFelckowskiTree |title=Frederick Bradford Weller |website=bigalke.biz |access-date=November 25, 2020}} a lawyer, federal judge, and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Peter-Weller.html |title=Peter Weller Biography (1947–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date=June 24, 1947 |access-date=October 7, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgazette.com/obits/2002/dec02/weller12-3.htm |title=Obituaries |publisher=pcgazette.com |access-date=October 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030320163927/http://www.pcgazette.com/obits/2002/dec02/weller12-3.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2003}} Weller had a "middle-class Catholic" upbringing and is of English, German, French and Irish descent.{{cite web |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,254,00.html |title=People Profile | Peter Weller |publisher=Cigar Aficionado |date=March 1, 1996 |access-date=October 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701193300/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,254,00.html |archive-date=July 1, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/09/what-happened-to-peter-weller-news-updates/ |title=What Happened to Peter Weller- News & Updates |date=September 18, 2016 |publisher=gazettereview.com |access-date=December 4, 2022}} As a result of his father's army work, Weller spent many years abroad during his childhood. His family lived in West Germany for several years before eventually moving to Texas, where he attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, graduating in 1965.
While enrolled at North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas, he played trumpet in one of the campus bands. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre in 1970,{{cite web |url= http://www.unt.edu/emeraldeaglehonors/honorees.htm |title=2014 Emerald Eagle Honors Honorees |work=University of North Texas |access-date=February 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135727/http://www.unt.edu/emeraldeaglehonors/honorees.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2014}} and began his acting career after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he graduated with the Class of 1972.{{cite web| url= https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni#decade:1960_1970/orderby:all/display:panel/page:3 |title= Peter Weller, Class of 1972| website= AADA.edu| publisher= American Academy of Dramatic Arts| date= | access-date= }}
In 2004, Weller completed a Master of Arts degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University, and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, he began a Ph.D. at UCLA in Italian Renaissance Art History.{{cite web|url=http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=2576 |title=An interview with Peter Weller |publisher=| website= theflorentine.net |date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=October 7, 2010}} He defended his dissertation in May 2013, and filed the completed manuscript In October 2013.{{cite web | url = https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/peter-weller-star-trek-into-darkness-interview.html | title = Peter Weller on Star Trek, Getting His Ph.D., and Defending J.J. Abrams | access-date = August 21, 2013 | last = Ebiri | first = Bilge | date = May 20, 2013 | work = vulture.com | quote = When is your dissertation due? 'I file it in October.'}} The dissertation, titled "[http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0dm859tj Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti’s De pictura]", led to him being awarded his doctorate in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://arthistory.ucla.edu/alumni-phd-recipients/ |title= Ph.D. Recipients|work= UCLA Art History|date=2014|access-date=March 2, 2016}}{{cite web | url= http://trekmovie.com/2014/08/03/pegg-scotty-not-a-clown-talks-star-trek-2016-peter-weller-marcus-not-villain | title= STLV: Pegg: Scotty Not A 'Clown' – Talks Accent & Star Trek 2016 + Weller: Marcus Not 'Villain' + more | work = TrekMovie.com | date = August 3, 2014 | quote = Yes you read that sentence right: Dr. Peter Weller, who recently completed a PhD in Italian history. And he didn’t let you forget it, including correcting one fan who addressed him as “Mister Weller.”}}
Career
=Stage=
Weller's stage career began in the 1970s with appearances on Broadway in Full Circle, directed by Otto Preminger, and Summer Brave, William Inge's rewrite of his play Picnic. About this time, he became a member of the Actors Studio.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071205163953/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/531156/Peter-Weller "Movies & TV: Peter Weller"]. The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
In December 2006, Weller starred as architect Frank Lloyd Wright at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in the play, Frank's Home, by Richard Nelson.{{Cite web |title=Peter Weller |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists/peter-weller/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Goodman Theatre |language=en-US}}
=Film=
Weller appeared in the 1984 film Firstborn with Christopher Collet, where he played the abusive boyfriend of Haim's mother (played by Teri Garr).
Weller has appeared in more than 50 films and television series, including turns as the title character in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) and blockbuster hits RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop 2 (1990), He portrayed Starfleet Admiral Alexander Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 and has appeared in such critically acclaimed films as Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the Oliver Stone-produced The New Age (1994), and David Cronenberg's 1991 film adaptation of William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch.
In 1995, he appeared in Screamers, a science-fiction film based on the short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick and directed by Christian Duguay.
=Television=
In a 1977 episode of the television series Lou Grant, he played Donald Sterner/Stryker, a tragically disillusioned Jewish-American Neo-Nazi leader who later committed suicide off-screen when his heritage was discovered.
On television, he played the shuttle captain in the short-lived series Odyssey 5 and made guest appearances as Terran supremacist John Frederick Paxton in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Demons" and "Terra Prime" and on Fringe as the character Alistair Peck.
Weller was a contributor to the History Channel in several productions, particularly as the host for the series Engineering an Empire. He was credited as "Peter Weller, Syracuse University", where he was an adjunct faculty member. He was later a graduate student in art history at UCLA, focusing on the Italian Renaissance.
In 2005, Weller co-starred as the Captain in a made-for-television remake of The Poseidon Adventure.
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In 2006, Weller joined the cast of 24 as terrorist collaborator Christopher Henderson.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/07/peter-weller-joins-showtimes-dexter-53345/|title=Peter Weller Joins Showtime's 'Dexter'|date=July 13, 2010 }} Weller received a "cheer" in TV Guide's "Cheers & Jeers" section for his performance.
On January 15, 2010, Weller appeared in a teaser trailer for the companion documentary God of War: Unearthing the Legend that was featured in the game God of War III which Weller also hosted.{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/awesome-robocop-to-host-god-of-war-documentary-160945.phtml|title=Awesome: RoboCop to Host God of War Documentary|first=Nick|last=Chester|date=January 19, 2010 }}
On April 15, 2010, Weller guest-starred in an episode of the science fiction drama Fringe. He guest-starred on the Showtime original series Dexter,{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38494/peter-weller-joins-showtimes-dexter|title=Peter Weller Joins Showtime's Dexter|date=October 15, 2012 }} and had a guest appearance in the December 22, 2010, episode of Psych where he played villain "Yin".{{cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/12/23/psych-season-finale-recap-who-was-yin |title='Psych' Season Finale Recap: Who Was Yin?}}
Since 2012, he is appearing in a recurring role as Lucien Connally on the crime drama television series Longmire.
In 2013, he played the part of the villain in the remake of the "Hookman" episode of the original Hawaii Five-O. The part was originally played in 1973 by Jay J. Armes. In seasons six and seven of Sons of Anarchy, he plays the ruthless ex-cop Charles Barosky, a boss at the Stockton port and has dealings with the SAMCRO motorcycle club.
In 2017, Weller began appearing as Dr. Paul Vellek, a scientist, on The Last Ship.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-last-ship-peter-weller-tom-fight/|title=The Last Ship Exclusive: Peter Weller Gets Tom Ready to Fight|date=August 25, 2017}}
=Directing=
Weller has directed various projects for television, including episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, Monk and three episodes of Odyssey 5. He directed a 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast starring David Caruso and Marg Helgenberger after previously starring in a version of Leonard's thriller Cat Chaser (1989). He has directed eleven episodes of the series Sons of Anarchy, two in season 4, titled "Dorylus" and "Hands", three in season 5, titled "Authority Vested", "Toad's Wild Ride" and "Darthy", three in season 6, titled "One One Six", "Los Fantasmas" and "Aon Rud Pearsanta", and three in season 7, titled "Some Strange Eruption", "What a Piece of Work Is Man" and "Suits of Woe". He has directed one episode each season of Longmire since 2012.
Since 2018, Weller has directed episodes "Guts + Fuel + Hope" and "Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason" of MacGyver, and episodes "Cry Murder" and "Whispers of Death" of Magnum P.I..
=Voice acting=
Weller voiced the character of Bruce Wayne / Batman in the two-part 2012–2013 animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns,{{cite web|url=http://www.batman-on-film.com/animated-films_TDKReturns_cast-announced_5-23-12.html|title=Animated THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Cast Announced|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527051533/http://www.batman-on-film.com/animated-films_TDKReturns_cast-announced_5-23-12.html|archive-date=May 27, 2012|url-status=dead}} and the titular character in the video game Wilson's Heart.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15070102/wilsons-heart-oculus-rift-game-preview-release-date-pricing|title=Wilson's Heart is a bold VR mash-up of game styles and film genres|date=March 27, 2017 }} He returned to voice RoboCop in a series of commercials for KFC and Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019, as well as RoboCop: Rogue City in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3X89FTADms |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/s3X89FTADms| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Meet Colonel RoboCop, KFC's Latest Colonel Sanders − Extended Feature|publisher=YouTube|access-date=February 22, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFOG_IMK4kQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/fFOG_IMK4kQ| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath – Official Reveal Trailer|date=May 6, 2020 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{cite tweet|first=Ed|last=Boon|user=noobde|author-link=Ed Boon|number=1258048222901256193|title=Also FYI: That IS Peter Weller's voice as Robocop. :) #MortalKombat11Aftermath|date=May 6, 2020|access-date=May 6, 2020}}
Personal life
In 1980, Weller met Ali MacGraw, during the making of Just Tell Me What You Want. They had an on-off relationship for several years.{{cite news |title=Once in Love with Ali |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/03/ali-macgraw-201003 |work=Zap2It |date=February 3, 2010|access-date=October 25, 2021}} Weller also briefly dated actress Carrie Fisher. {{fact|date=March 2025}}
On June 24, 2006, on his 59th birthday, Weller married his longtime girlfriend, actress Shari Stowe, at the Santa Maria Assunta church in Positano, Italy. Weller and Stowe have one son.{{cite news |title='Robocop' Star Weds in Italy |url=http://www.zap2it.com/movies/zap-peterwellermarried,0,5482264.story |work=Zap2It |date=June 29, 2006 |access-date=February 8, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211358/http://www.zap2it.com/movies/zap-peterwellermarried,0,5482264.story |url-status=dead }}
Awards and nominations
- (1988) Saturn Award for Best Actor – RoboCop (Nominated)
- (1992) Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Naked Lunch (Nominated)
- (1994) Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film – Partners (Nominated)
- (2002) Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male – Ivans XTC (Nominated)
Filmography
=Feature film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title !width=103 scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1979
! scope="row"| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | |
| 1980
! scope="row" | Just Tell Me What You Want | Steven Routledge | |
| 1982
! scope="row" | Shoot the Moon | Frank Henderson | |
| 1983
! scope="row" | Of Unknown Origin | Bart Hughes | Paris Film Festival for Best Actor |
| rowspan="2" | 1984
! scope="row" | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Dr. Buckaroo Banzai | |
| scope="row" | Firstborn
| Sam | |
|---|
| 1986
! scope="row" | A Killing Affair | Baston Morris | |
| 1987
! scope="row" | RoboCop | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
! scope="row" | The Tunnel | Juan Pablo Castel | |
| scope="row" | Shakedown
| Roland Dalton | |
| rowspan="2" | 1989
! scope="row" | Leviathan | Steven Beck | |
| scope="row" | Cat Chaser
| George Moran | |
| 1990
! scope="row" | RoboCop 2 | align="left"|Alex Murphy / RoboCop | align="left"| |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
! scope="row" | Road to Ruin | Jack Sloan | |
| scope="row" | Naked Lunch
| William "Bill" Lee | Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1992
! scope="row" | Fifty/Fifty | Jake Wyer | |
| 1993
! scope="row" | Sunset Grill | Ryder Hart | |
| 1994
! scope="row" | The New Age | Peter Witner | |
| rowspan="4" | 1995
! scope="row" | Beyond the Clouds | Husband | |
| scope="row" | Screamers
| Commander Joseph A. Hendricksson | |
| scope="row" | Mighty Aphrodite
| Jerry Bender | |
| scope="row" | Decoy
| Baxter | |
| 1998
! scope="row" | Top of the World | Ray Mercer | |
| 1999
! scope="row" | Diplomatic Siege | Steve Mitchell | |
| rowspan="4" | 2000
! scope="row" | Shadow Hours | Stuart Chappell | |
| scope="row" | Falling Through
| Lou | |
| scope="row" | Contaminated Man
| Joseph Müller | |
| scope="row" | Ivans Xtc
| Don West | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
| 2001
! scope="row" | Styx | Nelson |
| 2003
! scope="row" | The Order | Cardinal Driscoll | |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
! scope="row" | Man of God | Rabbi | |
| scope="row" | Undiscovered
| Wick Treadway | |
| 2006
! scope="row" | The Hard Easy | Ed Koster | |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
! scope="row" | Prey | Tom Newman | |
| scope="row" | Dating Vietnam
| Jack Newton | |
| 2010
! scope="row" | Once Fallen | Eddie | |
| 2011
! scope="row" | Forced to Fight | Danny "Danny G" | |
| 2012
! scope="row" | Dragon Eyes | Police Chief Victor "Mr. V" Swan | |
| 2012–2013
! scope="row" | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
! scope="row" | Repentance | Meyer | |
| scope="row" | Star Trek Into Darkness
| Admiral Alexander Marcus | |
| 2015
! scope="row" | Skin Trade | Captain Costello | |
| 2017
! scope="row" | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Brujt | |
| 2022
! scope="row" | In Search of Tomorrow | Himself | Documentary |
=Television film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1973
! scope="row" | The Man Without a Country | Lieutenant Fellows | |
| 1975
! scope="row" | The Silence | "Red" Sash | |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
! scope="row" | Kentucky Woman | Deke Cullover | |
| scope="row" | Two Kinds of Love
| Joe Farley | |
|---|
| 1986
! scope="row" | Apology | Rad Hungate | |
| rowspan="2" | 1990
! scope="row" | Women & Men: Stories of Seduction | Hobie | |
| scope="row" | Rainbow Drive
| Mike Gallagher | |
| rowspan="3" | 1994
! scope="row" | Partners | Doctor | Short film; also Director and Writer |
| scope="row" | The Substitute Wife
| Martin Hightower | |
| scope="row" | Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
| Uncredited | |
| 1995
! scope="row" | Present Tense, Past Perfect | Charles | |
| rowspan="2" | 1997
! scope="row" | End of Summer | Theo Remmington | |
| scope="row" | Gold Coast
| align="center" | — | Director and executive producer |
| 1998
! scope="row" | Tower of the Firstborn | John Shannon | |
| 2000
! scope="row" | Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula | Father Stefan | |
| 2005
! scope="row" | The Poseidon Adventure | Captain Paul Gallico | |
=Television series=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role(s) ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1977
! scope="row" | Lou Grant | Donald Stryker | CBS | Episode: "Nazi" |
| 1995–1996
! scope="row" | Homicide: Life on the Street | align="center" | — | NBC | Director |
| 1997
! scope="row" | Michael Hayes | align="center"| — | CBS | Director |
| align="center"| 2002–2003
! scope="row" | Odyssey 5 | Chuck Taggart | Space | 19 (20) episodes |
| 2005
! scope="row" | Star Trek: Enterprise | John Frederick Paxton | UPN | Episodes: {{plainlist|
}} |
| 2005–2007
! scope="row" | Engineering an Empire | align="center"| — | Host (14 episodes) |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
! scope="row" | Monk | align="center"| — | Director |
| scope="row" | Monk
| Actor Playing Stottlemeyer | USA Network | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Actor" |
|---|
| scope="row" | 24
| Fox | 11 episodes |
| 2007
! scope="row" | Las Vegas | align="center"| — | NBC | Director |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
! scope="row" | Fringe | Scientist Alistair Peck | Fox | Episode: "White Tulip" |
| scope="row" | Psych
| Mr. Yin | USA Network | Episode: "Yang 3 in 2D", also provided voice for Yin in "Mr. Yin Presents" |
| scope="row" | Dexter
| Showtime | 8 episodes |
| 2013–2014
! scope="row" | Sons of Anarchy | Charlie Barosky | FX | 10 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
! scope="row" | House | Dr. Penza | Fox | Episode: "Post Mortem" |
| scope="row" | The Mob Doctor
| align="center"| — | Fox | Director |
| 2012–2017
! scope="row" | Longmire | Lucian Connally | Also director |
| 2013
! scope="row" | Hawaii Five-0 | Curt Stoner | CBS | Episode: "Hookman" |
| 2013–2018
! scope="row" | Hawaii Five-0 | align="center" | — | CBS | Director |
| 2014
! scope="row" | The Strain | align="center"| — | FX | Director |
| 2014–2015
! scope="row" | Under the Dome | align="center"| — | CBS | Director |
| 2015
| align="center"| — | FX | Director |
| 2015–2018
! scope="row" | The Last Ship | align="center" | Dr. Paul Vellek | TNT | 8 episodes as director |
| 2015–2016
! scope="row" | Tyrant | align="center" | — | FX | Director |
| 2015
! scope="row" | Sleepy Hollow | align="center" | — | Fox | Director |
| 2015–2016
! scope="row" | Salem | align="center" | — | Director |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
! scope="row" | Rush Hour | align="center" | — | CBS | Director |
| scope="row" | Outsiders
| align="center" | — | WGN America | Director |
| scope="row" | Game of Silence
| align="center" | — | NBC | Director |
| 2017
! scope="row" | Shades of Blue | align="center" | — | NBC | Director |
| 2018–2021
! scope="row" | MacGyver | align="center" | Elliot Mason | CBS | Director — 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
! scope="row" | Forever | align="center"| The Traveler | 2 episodes |
| scope="row" | Mr. Mercedes
| align="center" | — | Audience | Director |
| 2018–2019
! scope="row" | Mayans MC | align="center" | — | FX | Director |
| 2018–2021
! scope="row" | Magnum P.I. | align="center" | — | CBS | Director |
| 2020
! scope="row" | JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | align="center"| Sergeant Hardcop | Voice; 2 episodes |
| 2022
! scope="row" | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | align="center"| Lionel Lassiter | Netflix | Episode: "The Viewing" |
| 2023
! scope="row" | Rabbit Hole | align="center" | Crowley | 3 episodes |
| 2024-present
! scope="row" | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | align="center" | Dr. Stern (voice) |2 Episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable plainrowreaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Voice role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note(s) |
|---|
| 2005
| Codename: Panzers – Phase Two | Jeffrey S. Wilson | |
| 2014
| Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff | RoboCop | |
| 2016
| Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Caleb Thies | "Know your enemy" trailer only, uncredited |
| 2017
| Robert Wilson | |
| 2020
| RoboCop | |
| 2023
| RoboCop | |
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090429205940/http://www.history.com/engineeringanempire History Channel's Engineering an Empire site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060702000911/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/342880p-292761c.html "RoboCop in Rome!"] New York Daily News
- [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.02/posts.html "RoboCop, PhD"] Wired News
- [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/521706ecf7/robocop-speaks-to-detroit "RoboCop speaks to Detroit"] Funny Or Die
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