Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He was born in Dallas, Texas.

MacNicol is known for his stage debut in Crimes of the Heart. His movie roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993) and David Langley in Bean (1997).^[1]^[2]

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
1996	The Oz Kids	Ork (voice)
1996	Mojave Moon	Tire Repairman
1997	Bean	David Langley
1998	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	Narrator	Direct-to-video
1999	Baby Geniuses	Dan Bobbins
2001	Recess: School's Out	Fenwick (voice)
2002	Balto II: Wolf Quest	Muru (voice)	Direct-to-video
2004	Breakin' All the Rules	Philip Gascon
2005	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild	Troopmaster Bickle (voice)	Direct-to-video
2012	Battleship	Secretary of Defense
2013	Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright	Dewey Ottoman (voice)	Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Faerie Tale Theatre	Martin	Episode: "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers"
1990	By Dawn's Early Light	Sedgwick	Television film
1992–1993	The Powers That Be	Bradley Grist	20 episodes
1993	Cheers	Mario	Episode: "Look Before You Sleep"
1994	Tales from the Crypt	Austin Haggard	Episode: "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime"
1994–1995, 1998 (guest)	Chicago Hope	Alan Birch	31 episodes Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995–96)
1997–2002	Ally McBeal	John Cage	103 episodes Primetime 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 (1998) Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series (1999) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1999-2000) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series (2002) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2001–02) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (1999-2001) Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1998, 2000)
1999	The Angry Beavers	Kid Friendly (voice)	Episode: "The Legend of Kid Friendly"
1999	Olive, the Other Reindeer	Fido (voice)	Television film
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Raju, Monkey (voices)	Episode: "Monkey See, Monkey Don't"
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Major (voice)	2 episodes
2003–2007	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Various (voices)	14 episodes
2003–2005	Duck Dodgers	Additional voices	2 episodes
2004–2005	Danny Phantom	Sidney Poindexter (voice)	2 episodes
2004–2008	The Batman	Dr. Kirk Langstrom (voice)	3 episodes
2005	Justice League Unlimited	Chronos (voice)	2 episodes
2005–2010	Numbers	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt	94 episodes
2006	Boston Legal	Dr. Sydney Field	Episode: "Race Ipsa"
2007	24	Tom Lennox	24 episodes
2008	24: Redemption	Tom Lennox	Television film
2008–2009	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Doctor Octopus (voice)	12 episodes
2010	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Oliver, Mr. Webb, Forever Knight #1 (voices)	2 episodes
2010–2011	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Robert Stark	7 episodes
2011	Young Justice	Professor Ivo (voice)	2 episodes
2011	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Firefly (voice)	Episode: "Homecoming Part 2"
2011	Fairly Legal	Judge Smollet	Episode: "Coming Home"
2012	Game Change	Rick Davis	Television film
2012-14	The Legend of Korra	The Guard #4, Additional voice	Main Role
2013	Necessary Roughness	Dr. Gunner	3 episodes
2013–2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Professor Elliot Randolph	2 episodes
2014	The Mindy Project	Rabbi David Adler	Episode: "An Officer and a Gynecologist"
2014	Star Wars Rebels	Tseebo (voice)	2 episodes
2014–2016	American Dad!	Angel / Old Man Hanson (voices)	2 episodes
2015	CSI: Cyber	Simon Sifter	Main cast; 13 episodes
2016–2019	Veep	Jeff Kane	9 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2019) Previous Primetime Emmy Award nomination revoked due to rule technicality^[3]
2017	Tangled: The Series	Nigel The Advisor (voice)	Main cast
2018	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Robert Wolcott	Episode: "The Reclusive Potential"
2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Ishmael	Episode: "The End"
2020	All Rise	Judge Campbell	Episode: "What The Constitution Greens to Me"