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).

### 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 <small>(1995–96)</small>||
|1997–2002|_Ally McBeal_|John Cage|103 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series <small>(2001)</small> Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series <small>(1998)</small> Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series <small>(1999)</small> Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series <small>(1999-2000)</small> Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series <small>(2002)</small> Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series <small>(2001–02)</small> Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series <small>(1999-2001)</small> Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series <small>(1998, 2000)</small>||
|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_|rowspan="2"|Tom Lennox|24 episodes|
|2008|_24: Redemption_|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 <small>(2019)</small> <small>Previous Primetime Emmy Award nomination revoked due to rule technicality</small>||
|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"||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|_Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law_|X the Eliminator||
|2011|_Batman: Arkham City_|rowspan="3"|Mad Hatter|
|2013|_Batman: Arkham Origins_|||
|2015|_Batman: Arkham Knight_|||