Peter MacNicol

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1954-04-10 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Dallas, Texas, USA

Peter MacNicol

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. MacNicol is married to Martha Cumming, and they have two children. He is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.

Known For

Actor

Floss

as Dr. Rivus

Home Delivery

as Howard Evans

2019
All Rise

as Judge Albert Campbell

2015
CSI: Cyber

as Simon Sifter

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as Tseebo (voice)

2013
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

as Dewey Ottman (voices)

2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Professor Elliott Randolph

2012
Battleship

as Secretary of Defense

2012
Game Change

as Rick Davis

2012
The Mindy Project

as Rabbi Adler

2012
Veep

as Jeff Kane

2012
Doc McStuffins

as Egghead (voice)

2011
Fairly Legal

as Judge Smollet

2010
Young Justice

as Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)

2010
G.I. Joe: Renegades

as Firefly (voice)

2010
Young Justice

as Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)

2010
Young Justice

as Professor Ivo (voice)

2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard

as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Otto Octavius (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Doctor Octopus (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Master Planner (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)

2007
The Big Bang Theory

as Robert Wolcott

2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

as Troopmaster (voice)

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Robert Stark

2005
American Dad!

as Old Man Hanson (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Santa's Elf (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Angel (voice)

2005
Numb3rs

as Larry Fleinhardt

2004
Breakin' All the Rules

as Philip Gascon

2004
Boston Legal

as Dr. Sydney Field

2004
The Batman

as Langstrom (voice)

2004
Justice League Unlimited

as David Clinton (voice)

2004
Danny Phantom

as Sidney Poindexter (voice)

2002
Balto: Wolf Quest

as Muru (voice)

2001
Recess: School's Out

as Fenwick (voice)

2001
24

as Tom Lennox

2000
The Pooch and the Pauper

as Liberty (voice)

2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

as X the Eliminator (voice)

2000
1999
1999
1999
1998
Silencing Mary

as Lawrence Dixon

1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Raju / Monkey (voice)

1998
1997
Bean

as David Langley

1997
Ally McBeal

as John Cage

1996
Mojave Moon

as Tire Repairman

1995
Dracula: Dead and Loving It

as Thomas Renfield

1994
Radioland Murders

as Son Writer

1994
Roswell

as Lewis Rickett

1993
Addams Family Values

as Gary Granger

1992
Housesitter

as Marty

1992
Hard Promises

as Stuart

1992
The Powers That Be

as Bradley Grist

1990
1989
American Blue Note

as Jack Solow

1989
Ghostbusters II

as Dr. Janosz Poha

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Austin Haggard

1986
Heat

as Cyrus Kinnick

1986
Johnny Bull

as Joe Kovacs

1982
Sophie's Choice

as Stingo

1982
Cheers

as Mario

1982
1981
Dragonslayer

as Galen

Director

2000
Boston Public

as Director

1997
Ally McBeal

as Director

Writer

2005
Numb3rs

as Writer