Peter MacNicol
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1954-04-10 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).
MacNicol was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 10, 1954. He attended the University of Dallas and the University of Minnesota, where he studied theater. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.
MacNicol made his Broadway debut in 1981 in the play Crimes of the Heart. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance. He went on to appear in a number of other Broadway productions, including The Real Thing (1984), The Crucible (1996), and The Pillowman (2005).
MacNicol has also had a successful career in film and television. He has appeared in a number of films, including Sophie's Choice (1982), Ghostbusters II (1989), Addams Family Values (1993), and Bean (1997). He is best known for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.
MacNicol has also appeared in a number of other television shows, including 24 (2001), Numbers (2005), and Veep (2012-2019). He is a versatile actor who has shown his range in a variety of roles.
Known For
TV Shows (37)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Robert Stark
American Dad!
2005
as Old Man Hanson (voice) / Santa's Elf (voice) / Angel (voice)
24
2001
as Tom Lennox
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Professor Elliott Randolph
Cheers
1982
as Mario
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Robert Wolcott
Young Justice
2010
as Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice) / Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice) / Professor Ivo (voice)
Boston Legal
2004
as Dr. Sydney Field
Chicago Hope
1994
as Alan Birch
Numb3rs
2005
as Larry Fleinhardt
Veep
2012
as Jeff Kane
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Tseebo (voice)
All Rise
2019
as Albert Campbell
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Egghead (voice)
The Mindy Project
2012
as Rabbi Adler
The Batman
2004
as Langstrom (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Raju / Monkey (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as David Clinton (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
as Major (voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Ishmael
Danny Phantom
2004
as Sidney Poindexter (voice)
CatDog
1998
as Runt (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Nigel the Advisor (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Martin
The Angry Beavers
1997
Ally McBeal
1997
as John Cage
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Otto Octavius (voice) / Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice) / Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice) / Master Planner (voice) / Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Steve Cooper
CSI: Cyber
2015
as Simon Sifter
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
as X the Eliminator (voice) / X, the Eliminator (voice)
The Lyon's Den
2003
All's Fair
2025
as Robert DeLancie
Fairly Legal
2011
as Judge Smollet
G.I. Joe: Renegades
2010
as Firefly (voice)
The Powers That Be
1992
as Bradley Grist
Movies (39)
Battleship
2012
as Secretary of Defense
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Dr. Janosz Poha
Bean
1997
as David Langley
Addams Family Values
1993
as Gary Granger
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as The Invader (voice)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
as Thomas Renfield
Dragonslayer
1981
as Galen
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Stingo
Shell
2025
as Dr. Thaddeus Brand
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
as Troopmaster (voice)
Housesitter
1992
as Marty
Baby Geniuses
1999
as Dan
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Fenwick (voice)
Game Change
2012
as Rick Davis
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
as Muru (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013
as Dewey Ottman (voices)
Radioland Murders
1994
as Son Writer
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
2008
as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Hard Promises
1992
as Stuart
Roswell
1994
as Lewis Rickett
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Sedgwick
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
as Fido (voice)
Mojave Moon
1996
as Tire Repairman
Breakin' All the Rules
2004
as Philip Gascon
Home Delivery
2024
as Howard Evans
Silencing Mary
1998
as Lawrence Dixon
Heat
1986
as Cyrus Kinnick
Secret of the Sundrop
2018
as Nigel the Advisor
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
as Martin
Snowden's Christmas
1999
as Snowden (voice)
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023
as Psycho Date
Abducted: A Father's Love
1996
as Roy Dowd
The Pooch and the Pauper
2000
as Liberty (voice)
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Narrator
Johnny Bull
1986
as Joe Kovacs
American Blue Note
1989
as Jack Solow
Floss
as Dr. Rivus
Spider-Man: Re-Animated
as Self
About Peter MacNicol
Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997). MacNicol was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 10, 1954. He attended the University of Dallas and the University of Minnesota, where he studied theater. After graduating, he moved to New York City to… With 76 credits spanning from 1981 to 2025, Peter MacNicol has appeared in 39 films and 37 TV shows.
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- Battleship (2012) — as Secretary of Defense
- Ghostbusters II (1989) — as Dr. Janosz Poha
- Bean (1997) — as David Langley
- Addams Family Values (1993) — as Gary Granger
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) — as The Invader (voice)
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