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| 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}}<!--Please do not add to this list without first discussing your proposal on the talk page. -->
| education          = {{ubl|
* [[University of North Texas]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[Syracuse University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
* [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
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| years_active       = 1973–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Shari Stowe|2006}}
| children           = 1
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  | thesis_title      = Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti's De Pictura{{-}}
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  | 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 [[RoboCop (character)|the titular character]]; ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984); and ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' (2013).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20874|title=TV: 'RoboCop' Heads to Miami for 'Dexter'!|date=July 13, 2010 }}</ref> He appeared in such films as [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]'' (1995), the [[Oliver Stone]]-produced ''[[The New Age (film)|The New Age]]'' (1994), and [[David Cronenberg]]'s adaptation of [[William Burroughs]]'s novel ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991).

In addition to a [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Saturn Award]] nomination for his ''RoboCop'' role, he received an [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Academy Award]] nomination for his 1993 short ''[[Partners (1993 film)|Partners]]'', in which he also acted. In television, he hosted the program ''[[Engineering an Empire]]'' on the [[History (American TV network)|History Channel]] from 2005 to 2007. He played [[List of 24 characters#Christopher Henderson|Christopher Henderson]] in the [[24 season 5|fifth season]] of ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', [[List of Dexter characters#Stan Liddy|Stan Liddy]] in the [[Dexter (season 5)|fifth season]] of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] original series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', and [[List of Sons of Anarchy characters#Charles 'Charlie' Barosky|Charles "Charlie" Barosky]] in 11 episodes in the [[Sons of Anarchy (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''. From 2012 to 2017, he was involved in the [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] (now [[Netflix]]) series ''[[Longmire (TV series)|Longmire]]'' as a director and actor. In 2017, he appeared on ''[[The Last Ship (TV series)|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 [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Italian Renaissance#Culture|Italian Renaissance art history]] from [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref name="thesis">{{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 |degree=PhD}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Weller was born June 24, 1947, in [[Stevens Point, Wisconsin]], the son of Dorothy Jean ({{née|Davidson}}; 1924–2002),<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> a homemaker, and Frederick Bradford Weller (1922–1986),<ref>{{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}}</ref> a lawyer, [[United States federal judge|federal judge]], and career [[United States Army Aviation Branch|helicopter pilot]] for the [[United States Army]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Weller had a "middle-class [[Catholic]]" upbringing and is of [[English American|English]], [[German American|German]], [[French people|French]] and [[Irish American|Irish]] descent.<ref name="cigaraficionado.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,254,00.html |title=People Profile &#124; 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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and began his acting career after attending the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]], where he graduated with the class of 1972.<ref>{{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= }}</ref>

In 2004, Weller completed a [[Master of Arts]] degree in [[Roman Renaissance|Roman and Renaissance Art]] at [[Syracuse University]], and occasionally taught courses in [[ancient history]] at the university. In 2007, he began a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] in [[Italian Renaissance#Culture|Italian Renaissance Art History]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He defended his dissertation in May 2013, and filed the completed manuscript in October 2013.<ref>{{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.'}}</ref> The dissertation, titled ''Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti's'' {{noitalic|De pictura}},<ref name="thesis" /> led to him being awarded his [[doctorate]] in 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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."}}</ref>

==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]].<ref>[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.</ref>

In December 2006, Weller starred as architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] at Chicago's [[Goodman Theatre]] in the play, ''Frank's Home'', by [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Weller |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists/peter-weller/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Goodman Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Film===
Weller appeared in the 1982 film, Shoot the Moon with Diane Keaton and Albert Finney. He played Keaton’s love interest after her divorce from her husband, played by Albert Finney.

He then appeared in the 1984 film ''[[Firstborn (1984 film)|Firstborn]]'' with [[Christopher Collet]] and [[Corey Haim]], where he played the abusive boyfriend of Haim's mother (played by [[Teri Garr]]). During filming, he got violent with Corey on-set, who was a child at the time.

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),<ref name="auto"/> 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 (film)|The New Age]]'' (1994), and [[David Cronenberg]]'s 1991 [[Naked Lunch (film)|film adaptation]] of [[William Burroughs]]'s novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]''.

In 1995, he appeared in ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'', a science-fiction film based on the short story "[[Second Variety]]" by [[Philip K. Dick]] and directed by [[Christian Duguay (director)|Christian Duguay]].

===Television===
In a 1977 episode of the television series ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'', he played Donald Sterner/Stryker, a tragically disillusioned [[American Jews|Jewish-American]] [[Neo-Nazism|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 (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Demons]]" and "[[Terra Prime]]" and on ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' as the character Alistair Peck.

Weller was a contributor to the [[History (American TV network)|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 [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], focusing on the [[Italian Renaissance]].

In 2005, Weller co-starred as the Captain in a [[television film|made-for-television]] [[remake]] of ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''.

[[File:Peter Weller (cropped).jpg|thumb|Weller at the Texas Theater in Dallas, Texas, in 2012]]

In 2006, Weller joined the cast of ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' as terrorist collaborator [[List of 24 characters#Christopher Henderson|Christopher Henderson]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Weller received a "cheer" in ''[[TV Guide]]'''s "Cheers & Jeers" section for his performance.

In 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.<ref name="destructoid.com">{{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 }}</ref> Also that year, Weller guest-starred in episodes of ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and ''[[Psych]]''.<ref>{{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?}}</ref>

Since 2012, he is appearing in a recurring role as Lucien Connally on the crime drama television series ''[[Longmire (TV series)|Longmire]]''.

In 2013, he played the part of the villain in the remake of the "Hookman" episode of the original ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|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 (TV series)|The Last Ship]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Directing===
Weller has directed various projects for television, including episodes of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|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 (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', and episodes "Cry Murder" and "Whispers of Death" of ''[[Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)|Magnum P.I.]]''.

===Voice acting===
Weller voiced the character of [[Batman|Bruce Wayne / Batman]] in the two-part 2012–2013 [[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (film)|animated adaptation]] of ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the titular character in the video game ''[[Wilson's Heart (video game)|Wilson's Heart]]''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
* (1988) [[Saturn Award for Best Actor]] – ''[[RoboCop]]'' (Nominated)
* (1992) [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]] – ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|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]]''
| [[Joe LeFors]]
|
|-
| 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 (1984 film)|Firstborn]]''
| Sam
|
|-
| 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[A Killing Affair (1986 film)|A Killing Affair]]''
| Baston Morris
|
|-
| 1987
! scope="row" | ''[[RoboCop]]''
| [[RoboCop (character)|Alex Murphy / RoboCop]]
| Nominated &ndash; [[Saturn Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
! scope="row" | ''The Tunnel''
| Juan Pablo Castel
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shakedown (1988 film)|Shakedown]]'' 
| Roland Dalton
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
! scope="row" | ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|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 (1991 film)|Road to Ruin]]''
| Jack Sloan
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''
| William "Bill" Lee
| Nominated &ndash; [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | ''[[Fifty/Fifty (1992 film)|Fifty/Fifty]]''
| Jake Wyer
|
|-
| 1993
! scope="row" | ''[[Sunset Grill (film)|Sunset Grill]]''
| Ryder Hart
|
|-
| 1994
! scope="row" | ''[[The New Age (film)|The New Age]]''
| Peter Witner
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1995
! scope="row" | ''[[Beyond the Clouds (1995 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]''
| Husband
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]''
| Commander Joseph A. Hendricksson
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]''
| Jerry Bender
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Decoy (1995 film)|Decoy]]''
| Baxter
|
|-
| 1998
! scope="row" | ''[[Top of the World (1998 film)|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 &ndash; [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male]]
|-
| 2001
! scope="row" | ''Styx''
| Nelson
| [[Direct-to-video]]
|-
| 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[The Order (2003 film)|The Order]]''
| Cardinal Driscoll
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
! scope="row" | ''Man of God''
| Rabbi
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Undiscovered (film)|Undiscovered]]''
| Wick Treadway
|
|-
| 2006
! scope="row" | ''[[The Hard Easy (film)|The Hard Easy]]''
| Ed Koster
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
! scope="row" | ''[[Prey (2007 film)|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 (film)|Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]''
| [[Batman|Bruce Wayne / Batman]] (voice)
| Direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
! scope="row" | ''[[Repentance (2013 film)|Repentance]]''
| Meyer
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]''
| Admiral Alexander Marcus
| 
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" | ''[[Skin Trade (film)|Skin Trade]]''
| Captain Costello
| 
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | ''[[Yamasong: March of the Hollows]]''
| Brujt
|
|-
| 2022
! scope="row" | ''[[In Search of Tomorrow]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2025
! scope="row" | ''Bang''
| 
| 
|}

===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 (1973 film)|The Man Without a Country]]''
| Lieutenant Fellows
|
|-
| 1975
! scope="row" | ''[[The Silence (1975 film)|The Silence]]''
| "Red" Sash
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
! scope="row" | ''[[Kentucky Woman (1983 film)|Kentucky Woman]]''
| Deke Cullover
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Two Kinds of Love''
| Joe Farley
|
|-
| 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[Apology (film)|Apology]]''
| Rad Hungate
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
! scope="row" | ''[[Women & Men: Stories of Seduction]]''
| Hobie
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rainbow Drive]]''
| Mike Gallagher
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994<!-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110781/ IMDb lists release date as: 21 October 1994 -->
! scope="row" | ''[[Partners (1993 film)|Partners]]''
| Doctor
| [[Short film|Short]] film; also Director and Writer<br />Nominated &ndash; [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Substitute Wife (1994 film)|''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 (1995 film)|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 (2005 film)|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 (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| Donald Stryker
| [[CBS]]
| Episode: "Nazi"
|-
| 1995–1996
! scope="row" | ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| align="center" | —
| [[NBC]]
| Director<br />Episodes: "Hate Crimes"<br>"White Lies"
|-
| 1997
! scope="row" | ''[[Michael Hayes (TV series)|Michael Hayes]]''
| align="center"| —
| CBS
| Director<br />Episode: "The Doctor's Tale"
|-
| align="center"| 2002–2003
! scope="row" | ''[[Odyssey 5]]''
| Chuck Taggart
| [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]] <!-- This TV show was made in Canada -->
| 19 (20) episodes
|-
| 2005
! scope="row" | ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
| John Frederick Paxton
| [[UPN]]
| Episodes: {{plainlist|
* "[[Demons (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Demons]]"
* "[[Terra Prime]]"
}}
|-
| 2005–2007
! scope="row" | ''[[Engineering an Empire]]''
| align="center"| —
| [[History (American TV network)|History Channel]]
| Host (14 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006
! scope="row" | ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| align="center"| —
| [[USA Network]]
| Director<br />Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye"
|-
! scope="row" | ''Monk''
| Actor Playing Stottlemeyer 
| USA Network
| Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Actor"
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
| [[List of 24 characters#Christopher Henderson|Christopher Henderson]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| 11 episodes
|-
| 2007
! scope="row" | ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''
| align="center"| —
| NBC
| Director<br />Episode: "A Cannon Carol"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
! scope="row" | ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
| Scientist Alistair Peck
| Fox
| Episode: "[[White Tulip]]"
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Psych (TV series)|Psych]]''
| Mr. Yin
| USA Network
| Episode: "[[Yang 3 in 2D]]", also provided voice for Yin in "[[Mr. Yin Presents]]"
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''
| [[List of Dexter characters#Stan Liddy|Stan Liddy]]
| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2013–2014
! scope="row" | ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
| Charlie Barosky
| [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
| 10 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
! scope="row" | ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
| Dr. Penza
| Fox
| Episode: "[[Post Mortem (House)|Post Mortem]]"<br />Also director
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Mob Doctor]]''
| align="center"| —
| Fox
| Director<br />Episode: "Confessions"
|-
| 2012–2017
! scope="row" | ''[[Longmire (TV series)|Longmire]]''
| Lucian Connally
| [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]]<br />[[Netflix]]
| Also director <!-- of those 4 episodes --><br />4 episodes
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" | ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Curt Stoner
| CBS
| Episode: "Hookman"
|-
| 2013–2018
! scope="row" | ''Hawaii Five-0''
| align="center" | —
| CBS
| Director<br />15 episodes
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]''
| align="center"| —
| FX
| Director<br />3 episodes
|-
| 2014–2015
! scope="row" | ''[[Under the Dome (TV series)|Under the Dome]]''
| align="center"| —
| CBS
| Director<br />Episode: "The Red Door" (2014)<br />Episode: "But I'm Not" (2015)
|-
|2015
! scope="row" | ''[[Justified (TV series)|''Justified'']]''
| align="center"| —
| FX
| Director<br />Episode: "Noblesse Oblige"<br />
|-
| 2015–2018
! scope="row" | ''[[The Last Ship (TV series)|The Last Ship]]''
| align="center" | Dr. Paul Vellek
| [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] 
| 8 episodes as director<br />Recurring role in season 4
|-
| 2015–2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Tyrant (TV series)|Tyrant]]''
| align="center" | —
| FX
| Director<br />Episode: "Zanjir"<br />Episode: "Bedfellows"<br />Episode: "How to Live"
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" | ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
| align="center" | —
| Fox
| Director<br />Episode: "I, Witness"
|-
| 2015–2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Salem (TV series)|Salem]]''
| align="center" | —
| [[WGN America]]
| Director<br />Episode: "The Dark Wine Sea"<br />Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Rush Hour (U.S. TV series)|Rush Hour]]''
| align="center" | —
| CBS
| Director<br />Episode: "Two Days or The Number of Hours Within the Time Frame"
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Outsiders (American TV series)|Outsiders]]''
| align="center" | —
| WGN America
| Director<br />Episode: "Long Live the Bre'lin"
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Game of Silence (U.S. TV series)|Game of Silence]]''
| align="center" | —
| NBC
| Director<br />Episode: "Road Trip"
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | ''[[Shades of Blue (TV series)|Shades of Blue]]''
| align="center" | —
| NBC
| Director<br />Episode: "Fracture"<br />Episode: "House Divided"
|-
| 2018–2021
! scope="row" | ''[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
| align="center" | Elliot Mason
| CBS
| Director — 3 episodes<br>Actor — 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
! scope="row" | ''[[Forever (2018 TV series)|Forever]]''
| align="center"| The Traveler
| [[Amazon Prime]]
| 2 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)|Mr. Mercedes]]''
| align="center" | —
| [[Audience (TV network)|Audience]]
| Director<br />Episode: "Andale"
|-
| 2018–2019
! scope="row" | ''[[Mayans MC]]''
| align="center" | —
| FX
| Director<br />Episode: "Rata/Ch'o"<br />Episode: "Tohil"
|-
| 2018–2021
! scope="row" | ''[[Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)|Magnum P.I.]]''
| align="center" | —
| CBS
| Director<br />5 episodes
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[JJ Villard's Fairy Tales]]''
| align="center"| Sergeant Hardcop
| [[Adult Swim]]
| 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 (TV series)|Rabbit Hole]]''
| align="center" | Crowley
| [[Paramount+]]
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2024-present
! scope="row" | ''[[Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur]]''
| align="center" | Dr. Stern (voice)
| [[Disney Channel]]
|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
| ''[[Wilson's Heart (video game)|Wilson's Heart]]''
| Robert Wilson
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Mortal Kombat 11|Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]]''
| RoboCop
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[RoboCop: Rogue City]]''
| RoboCop
|
|-
| 2025
| ''RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business''
| RoboCop / Alex Murphy
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography ==
''Weller, Peter. Leon Battista Alberti in Exile: Tracing the Path to the First Modern Book on Painting.Cambridge University Press. 2025''

==External links==
{{cc}}
* {{IMDb name|693}}
* {{IBDB name|86879}}
* {{iobdb name|17467}}
* {{Tcmdb name|203957%7C0}}
* [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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