Peter MacNicol
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Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He may be best known in films for his roles of Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II
, Stingo in Sophie's Choice
, Thomas Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It
and David Langley in Bean. For television he is best known for the roles of the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX
comedy-drama Ally McBeal
, as Tom Lennox
in the sixth season of action-thriller 24
, Alan Birch in the Medical drama Chicago Hope
, and as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
on CBS
's crime drama NUMB3RS
.
, the youngest of five children. He began his career studying at the University of Dallas
and University of Minnesota
. While in Minnesota, he performed in two seasons at the Guthrie Theater
. A New York talent agent
spotted him and told him to make a move to Manhattan
.
. The production eventually moved to Broadway
, and he won the Theatre World Award
. It was also during this production that a casting agent noticed him and called him in to read for his eventual role in Sophie's Choice
. In 1981 he landed the starring role in his first film, Dragonslayer
, opposite Sir Ralph Richardson
.
In 1987, he starred in the Trinity Repertory Company's original production of the stage adaptation of All the King's Men
, which first appeared at the Dallas Theater Center
. This adaptation was developed with the consultation of the author himself.
Among his other stage credits is the Broadway production of Black Comedy/White Lies
. He has further extensive classical repertory theater background, including the New York Shakespeare Festival
in which he played title roles in Richard II
and Romeo and Juliet
, and appeared in Twelfth Night, Rum and Coke and Found a Peanut.
On film, he played the naive Southern writer who fell in love with Meryl Streep
in Sophie's Choice; the museum curator Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II
and camp director Gary Granger alongside future NUMB3RS
costar David Krumholtz
in Addams Family Values
. Other film credits include HouseSitter
and American Blue Note.
In 1994 MacNicol had a prominent role as Alan Birch for the first season and less than half of the second season of Chicago Hope
before departing to take on a role on the TV series Ally McBeal
which was also created by David E. Kelley
the same person who created Chicago Hope. However, he did return for one final guest appearance in episode five of the show's fifth season.
MacNicol is known by television
viewers for his Ally McBeal
performance as eccentric attorney John Cage, for which he won an Emmy Award
for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. He also starred in the drama NUMB3RS
as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
, and had a role as Tom Lennox
in the sixth season of the hit Fox show 24
. MacNicol reprised his role as Lennox in the film 24: Redemption. He also played a hotel receptionist in one episode of Cheers
titled "Look Before You Sleep".
MacNicol has recorded as Doctor Octopus
for the first and second seasons of The Spectacular Spider-Man, which premiered in March 2008. In addition, this year, MacNicol has written a script entitled Salvation on Sand Mountain and is attached to the project as an executive producer and director.
MacNicol has joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Stark, a pediatric surgeon.
Just in 2011, MacNicol played the role of the Mad Hater in the game Batman Arkham City.
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! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Year
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Title
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Role
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|-
| 1981
| Dragonslayer
| Galen Bradwarden
|
|-
| 1982
| Sophie's Choice
| Stingo
|
|-
| 1986
| Heat
| Cyrus Kinnick
|
|-
| 1986
| American Blue Note
| Jack Solow
|
|-
| 1989
| Ghostbusters II
| Dr. Janosz Poha
|
|-
| 1991
| Hard Promises
| Stuart
|
|-
| 1992
| HouseSitter
| Marty
|
|-
| 1993
| Addams Family Values
| Gary Granger
|
|-
| 1994
| Radioland Murders
| Son Writer
|
|-
| 1995
| Dracula: Dead and Loving It
| Thomas Renfield
|
|-
| 1997
| Bean
| David Langley
|
|-
| 1998
| The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
| Narrator (voice)
| Video
|-
| 1999
| Baby Geniuses
| Dan
|
|-
| 2001
| Recess: School's Out
| Fenwick
|
|-
| 2002
| Balto II: Wolf Quest
| Muru
| Video
|-
| 2004
| Breakin' All the Rules
| Philip Gascon
|
|-
| 2005
| Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
| Troopmaster (voice)
| Video
|-
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|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television appearances
|-
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Year
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Title
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Role
! class="unsortable" ! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Notes
|-
| 1984
| Faerie Tale Theatre
| Martin
| Episode: The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
|-
| 1990
| The Young Riders
| Danny
| Episode: Blood Moon
|-
| 1990
| By Dawn's Early Light
| Sedgwick
| TV Movie
|-
| 1992
| The Powers That Be
| Bradley Grist
|
|-
| 1994–1998
| Chicago Hope
| Alan Birch
| 31 episodes
Nominated— Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995, 1996)
|-
| 1997–2002
| Ally McBeal
| John Cage
| 103 episodes
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2001)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999)
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1999, 2000)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series
(2003)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2001, 2002)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1999, 2000, 2001)
|-
| 2003–2007
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
| X the Eliminator / Customer / Employee / Guard / Mr. Felder (voice)
| 14 episodes
|-
| 2004–2007
| Danny Phantom
| Sidney Poindexter
| Special Guest
|-
| 2004–2008
| The Batman
| Dr. Kirk Langstrom
(voice)
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2005
| Justice League Unlimited
| Chronos
(voice)
|
|-
| 2005–2010
| NUMB3RS
| Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
| 94 episodes
|-
| 2007
| 24
| Tom Lennox
| 24 episodes
|-
| 2008
| 24: Redemption
| Tom Lennox
| TV Movie
|-
| 2008–2009
| The Spectacular Spider-Man
| Doctor Octopus
(voice)
| 12 episodes
|-
| 2010
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
| Oliver / Forever Knight #1 / Mr. Webb (voice)
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2010–2011
| Grey's Anatomy
| Dr. Robert Stark
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2011
| Young Justice
| Amazo
/ MONQI / Professor Ivo
(voice)
| 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| G.I. Joe: Renegades
| Firefly
(voice)
| 1 episode
|-
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|-
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Year
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Title
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Role
! class="unsortable" ! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Notes
|-
| 2008
| Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
| X the Eliminator
|
|-
| 2011
| Batman: Arkham City
| Mad Hatter
|
|}
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II is a 1989 science fiction comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Ghostbusters and follows the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal activities...
, Stingo in Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice (film)
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American romantic drama film that tells the story of a Polish immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn. The film stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol. Alan J...
, Thomas Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen, directed by Mel Brooks. It is a parody of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, and of some of the films it inspired....
and David Langley in Bean. For television he is best known for the roles of the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
comedy-drama Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
, as Tom Lennox
Tom Lennox
Thomas "Tom" Lennox, Ph.D., is a fictional character from the television series 24, played by Peter MacNicol.-Characterization:He first appeared in the first episode of 24's 6th season, where he plays the White House Chief of Staff of President Wayne Palmer. It was he who convinced Palmer to run...
in the sixth season of action-thriller 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, Alan Birch in the Medical drama Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
, and as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Larry Fleinhardt
Larry Fleinhardt PhD is a fictional character in the television show Numb3rs, played by Peter MacNicol.Dr. Lawrence Fleinhardt is a professor of physics at CalSci and best friend and colleague of Charlie Eppes...
on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's crime drama NUMB3RS
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
.
Early life
MacNicol was born and raised in Dallas, TexasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, the youngest of five children. He began his career studying at the University of Dallas
University of Dallas
The University of Dallas is a private, independent Catholic regional university located in Irving, Texas, established in 1956, which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. According to U.S...
and University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. While in Minnesota, he performed in two seasons at the Guthrie Theater
Guthrie Theater
The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in...
. A New York talent agent
Talent agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs...
spotted him and told him to make a move to Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.
Career
MacNicol was cast in the off-Broadway play, Crimes of the HeartCrimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a play by Beth Henley.-Synopsis:At the core of the tragic comedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The trio was raised in a dysfunctional family with a...
. The production eventually moved to Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
, and he won the Theatre World Award
Theatre World Award
The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.-History:...
. It was also during this production that a casting agent noticed him and called him in to read for his eventual role in Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice (film)
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American romantic drama film that tells the story of a Polish immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn. The film stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol. Alan J...
. In 1981 he landed the starring role in his first film, Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer is a 1981 fantasy movie set in a fictional medieval kingdom, following a young wizard who experiences danger and opposition as he attempts to defeat a dragon....
, opposite Sir Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson
Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films....
.
In 1987, he starred in the Trinity Repertory Company's original production of the stage adaptation of All the King's Men
All the King's Men
All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren first published in 1946. Its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. In 1947 Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men....
, which first appeared at the Dallas Theater Center
Dallas Theater Center
The Dallas Theater Center is a major regional theater in Dallas, Texas . It produces classic, contemporary and new plays. The theater was based in the Kalita Humphreys Theater, a building designed by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, from 1959 to 2009...
. This adaptation was developed with the consultation of the author himself.
Among his other stage credits is the Broadway production of Black Comedy/White Lies
Black Comedy/White Lies
The White Liars is a one-act play by Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1967 originally titled White Lies.It is often performed with another of Shaffer's one-act plays, Black Comedy, to form the double-bill of The White Liars and Black Comedy.The White Liars revolves around Sophie Lemberg, an...
. He has further extensive classical repertory theater background, including the New York Shakespeare Festival
New York Shakespeare Festival
New York Shakespeare Festival is the previous name of the New York City theatrical producing organization now known as the Public Theater. The Festival produced shows at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of its free Shakespeare in the Park series, at the Public Theatre near Astor Place...
in which he played title roles in Richard II
Richard II (play)
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's...
and Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
, and appeared in Twelfth Night, Rum and Coke and Found a Peanut.
On film, he played the naive Southern writer who fell in love with Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
in Sophie's Choice; the museum curator Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II is a 1989 science fiction comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Ghostbusters and follows the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal activities...
and camp director Gary Granger alongside future NUMB3RS
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
costar David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz is an American actor best known for playing Professor Charlie Eppes in the television series Numb3rs. He appeared as Seth Goldstein in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and its two sequels, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas...
in Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values is a 1993 sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family. The film was written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and many cast members from the original returned for the sequel, including Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci...
. Other film credits include HouseSitter
HouseSitter
HouseSitter is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. The premise involves a woman with con-artist tendencies who worms her way into the life of a reserved architect by claiming to be his wife.-Plot:Newton Davis is a...
and American Blue Note.
In 1994 MacNicol had a prominent role as Alan Birch for the first season and less than half of the second season of Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
before departing to take on a role on the TV series Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
which was also created by David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
the same person who created Chicago Hope. However, he did return for one final guest appearance in episode five of the show's fifth season.
MacNicol is known by television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
viewers for his Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
performance as eccentric attorney John Cage, for which he won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. He also starred in the drama NUMB3RS
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Larry Fleinhardt
Larry Fleinhardt PhD is a fictional character in the television show Numb3rs, played by Peter MacNicol.Dr. Lawrence Fleinhardt is a professor of physics at CalSci and best friend and colleague of Charlie Eppes...
, and had a role as Tom Lennox
Tom Lennox
Thomas "Tom" Lennox, Ph.D., is a fictional character from the television series 24, played by Peter MacNicol.-Characterization:He first appeared in the first episode of 24's 6th season, where he plays the White House Chief of Staff of President Wayne Palmer. It was he who convinced Palmer to run...
in the sixth season of the hit Fox show 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
. MacNicol reprised his role as Lennox in the film 24: Redemption. He also played a hotel receptionist in one episode of Cheers
Cheers
Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...
titled "Look Before You Sleep".
MacNicol has recorded as Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes...
for the first and second seasons of The Spectacular Spider-Man, which premiered in March 2008. In addition, this year, MacNicol has written a script entitled Salvation on Sand Mountain and is attached to the project as an executive producer and director.
MacNicol has joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
as Dr. Stark, a pediatric surgeon.
Just in 2011, MacNicol played the role of the Mad Hater in the game Batman Arkham City.
Personal life
MacNicol resides in Los Angeles with his wife, who runs the Corie Williams Scholarship Fund, a non-profit foundation that provides scholarships for inner-city children in Los Angeles.Filmography
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! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film appearances
|-
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Year
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Title
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Role
! class="unsortable" ! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Notes
|-
| 1981
| Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer is a 1981 fantasy movie set in a fictional medieval kingdom, following a young wizard who experiences danger and opposition as he attempts to defeat a dragon....
| Galen Bradwarden
|
|-
| 1982
| Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice can refer to:*Sophie's Choice , a 1979 novel written by William Styron which depicts a mother at wit's end faced with a forced decision in which any and all options have equally negative outcomes....
| Stingo
|
|-
| 1986
| Heat
Heat (1986 film)
Heat is a 1986 action-thriller film about an ex-mercenary working as a bodyguard in Las Vegas. The film was written by William Goldman, based on his novel. It was directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson, and stars Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, and Peter MacNicol.-Plot summary:A woman in a Las...
| Cyrus Kinnick
|
|-
| 1986
| American Blue Note
| Jack Solow
|
|-
| 1989
| Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II is a 1989 science fiction comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Ghostbusters and follows the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal activities...
| Dr. Janosz Poha
|
|-
| 1991
| Hard Promises
Hard Promises (1991 film)
Hard Promises is a 1991 film directed by Martin Davidson. It stars Sissy Spacek and William Petersen.-Plot:A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years when he finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry...
| Stuart
|
|-
| 1992
| HouseSitter
HouseSitter
HouseSitter is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. The premise involves a woman with con-artist tendencies who worms her way into the life of a reserved architect by claiming to be his wife.-Plot:Newton Davis is a...
| Marty
|
|-
| 1993
| Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values is a 1993 sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family. The film was written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and many cast members from the original returned for the sequel, including Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci...
| Gary Granger
|
|-
| 1994
| Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders is a 1994 black comedy mystery film directed by Mel Smith and co-written/produced by George Lucas. Radioland Murders is set in the 1939 atmosphere of old-time radio and pays homage to the screwball comedy films of the 1930s...
| Son Writer
|
|-
| 1995
| Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen, directed by Mel Brooks. It is a parody of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, and of some of the films it inspired....
| Thomas Renfield
|
|-
| 1997
| Bean
| David Langley
|
|-
| 1998
| The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation and the sequel to the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. In the film, Timothy Brisby, the youngest son of Jonathan and Mrs. Brisby, goes to Thorn Valley wanting...
| Narrator (voice)
| Video
|-
| 1999
| Baby Geniuses
Baby Geniuses
Baby Geniuses is a 1999 family-oriented comedy film directed by Bob Clark, rated PG for "some rude behavior and dialogue". It stars Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd....
| Dan
|
|-
| 2001
| Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out is a 2001 animated film based on the Disney television series Recess. This film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and was released theatrically nationwide on February 16, 2001. It was released on video and DVD on August 7, 2001.-Plot:School's out at Third Street School, but...
| Fenwick
|
|-
| 2002
| Balto II: Wolf Quest
Balto II: Wolf Quest
Balto II: Wolf Quest is a 2002 straight-to-DVD fictional sequel to Universal Studios' 1995 animated film Balto.-Plot:Balto and his mate Jenna have a new family of six puppies...
| Muru
| Video
|-
| 2004
| Breakin' All the Rules
Breakin' All the Rules
Breakin' All the Rules is a 2004 American comedy film. It was directed and written by Daniel Taplitz.-Plot:Quincy Watson is unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée, and pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the...
| Philip Gascon
|
|-
| 2005
| Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild is a 2006 direct-to-video film directed by Audu Paden, created by Mainframe Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released on DVD in other countries in 2005, till it eventually got released in North America on February 21, 2006...
| Troopmaster (voice)
| Video
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable" | border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9;
|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television appearances
|-
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Year
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Title
! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Role
! class="unsortable" ! style="background:#CCCCCC;" |Notes
|-
| 1984
| Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre is a live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales. Shelley Duvall serves as narrator, host and executive producer of the program, and occasionally stars in episodes...
| Martin
| Episode: The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
|-
| 1990
| The Young Riders
The Young Riders
The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War...
| Danny
| Episode: Blood Moon
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| 1990
| By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn’s Early Light is an HBO Original Movie, aired in 1990 and set in 1991. It is based on the 1983 novel Trinity's Child, written by William Prochnau. The film is one of the last films to depict the events of a fictional World War III before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the...
| Sedgwick
| TV Movie
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| 1992
| The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be (TV series)
The Powers That Be is a United States television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman that aired briefly on NBC from 1992 to 1993. Norman Lear served as executive producer for the show.-Plot:...
| Bradley Grist
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| 1994–1998
| Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
| Alan Birch
| 31 episodes
Nominated— Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995, 1996)
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| 1997–2002
| Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
| John Cage
| 103 episodes
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2001)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999)
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1999, 2000)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series
The Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Television Series Drama and Musical/Comedy was an award given in 2002 and 2003.-2000s:Television Series – Drama 2002: Victor Garber – Alias*Dennis Haysbert – 24*Anthony Heald – Boston Public...
(2003)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2001, 2002)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (1999, 2000, 2001)
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| 2003–2007
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
| X the Eliminator / Customer / Employee / Guard / Mr. Felder (voice)
| 14 episodes
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| 2004–2007
| Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret...
| Sidney Poindexter
| Special Guest
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| 2004–2008
| The Batman
The Batman (TV series)
The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It ran from 2004 to 2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids' WB...
| Dr. Kirk Langstrom
Man-Bat
Man-Bat is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually as a supervillain and adversary of Batman, though occasionally depicted as a heroic character. He first appeared in Detective Comics #400 and was created by Frank Robbins and Neal Adams...
(voice)
| 3 episodes
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| 2005
| Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the...
| Chronos
Chronos (comics)
Chronos is the name of several fictional characters of DC Comics, both supervillains who take their name from the Greek personification of Time and have the ability of time travel and can manipulate history.-David Clinton:...
(voice)
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| 2005–2010
| NUMB3RS
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
| Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
| 94 episodes
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| 2007
| 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
| Tom Lennox
| 24 episodes
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| 2008
| 24: Redemption
| Tom Lennox
| TV Movie
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| 2008–2009
| The Spectacular Spider-Man
| Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes...
(voice)
| 12 episodes
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| 2010
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
| Oliver / Forever Knight #1 / Mr. Webb (voice)
| 2 episodes
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| 2010–2011
| Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
| Dr. Robert Stark
| 7 episodes
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| 2011
| Young Justice
Young Justice (TV series)
Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. Despite its title, it is not an adaptation of Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck's Young Justice comic series, but rather an adaptation of the entire DC Universe with a focus on young...
| Amazo
Amazo
Amazo is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in The Brave and the Bold #30 and was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson. An android, Amazo's special ability is to replicate the special abilities of various superheroes and...
/ MONQI / Professor Ivo
Professor Ivo
Professor Anthony Ivo is a fictional character, a mad scientist in the DC universe and is the creator of the androids Amazo, Kid Amazo, Tomorrow Woman and Composite Superman in his retconned origin.-Fictional character biography:...
(voice)
| 1 episode
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| 2011
| G.I. Joe: Renegades
G.I. Joe: Renegades
G.I. Joe: Renegades is an American animated television series based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise. The series premiered on November 26, 2010 on The Hub. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada....
| Firefly
Firefly (G.I. Joe)
Firefly is a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe. He is a mercenary who works for the Cobra Organization as a saboteur.-Profile:...
(voice)
| 1 episode
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| 2008
| Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (video game)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is a video game developed for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable by High Voltage Software released on January 8, 2008...
| X the Eliminator
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| 2011
| Batman: Arkham City
| Mad Hatter
Mad Hatter (comics)
The Mad Hatter is a fictional supervillain and enemy of Batman in the DC Universe. He is modeled after the Hatter from Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a character often called the "Mad Hatter" in adaptations of Carroll. He made his first appearance in Batman #49 in October...
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