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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Shell
Character:Dr. Thaddeus Brand
Release Date:01/10/2025
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Character:The Invader (voice)
Release Date:01/08/2024
Home Delivery
Character:Howard Evans
Release Date:05/02/2024
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Character:Psycho Date
Release Date:08/12/2023
Veep
Character:Jeff Kane
Release Date:12/05/2019
Secret of the Sundrop
Character:Nigel the Advisor
Release Date:13/01/2018
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Character:Dewey Ottman (voices)
Release Date:10/08/2013
Battleship
Character:Secretary of Defense
Release Date:11/04/2012
Game Change
Character:Rick Davis
Release Date:28/02/2012
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Character:Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
Release Date:09/09/2008
Danny Phantom: Reign Storm
Character:Sidney Poindexter (Voice)
Release Date:29/07/2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Character:Troopmaster (voice)
Release Date:14/07/2005
Breakin' All the Rules
Character:Philip Gascon
Release Date:14/05/2004
Balto: Wolf Quest
Character:Muru (voice)
Release Date:30/04/2002
Recess: School's Out
Character:Fenwick (voice)
Release Date:16/02/2001
The Pooch and the Pauper
Character:Liberty (voice)
Release Date:01/07/2000
Snowden's Christmas
Character:(voice)
Release Date:25/12/1999
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Character:Fido (voice)
Release Date:17/12/1999
Baby Geniuses
Character:Dan
Release Date:12/03/1999
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/12/1998
Silencing Mary
Character:Lawrence Dixon
Release Date:08/03/1998
Bean
Character:David Langley
Release Date:03/07/1997
Mojave Moon
Character:Tire Repairman
Release Date:15/11/1996
Abducted: A Father's Love
Character:Roy Dowd
Release Date:30/03/1996
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Character:Thomas Renfield
Release Date:22/12/1995
Radioland Murders
Character:Son Writer
Release Date:21/10/1994
Roswell
Character:Lewis Rickett
Release Date:31/07/1994
Addams Family Values
Character:Gary Granger
Release Date:19/11/1993
Housesitter
Character:Marty
Release Date:12/06/1992
Hard Promises
Character:Stuart
Release Date:31/01/1992
By Dawn's Early Light
Character:Sedgwick
Release Date:19/05/1990
American Blue Note
Character:Jack Solow
Release Date:06/08/1989
Ghostbusters II
Character:Dr. Janosz Poha
Release Date:16/06/1989
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1988
Heat
Character:Cyrus Kinnick
Release Date:16/10/1986
Johnny Bull
Character:Joe Kovacs
Release Date:19/05/1986
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Character:Martin
Release Date:17/09/1984
Sophie's Choice
Character:Stingo
Release Date:08/12/1982
Dragonslayer
Character:Galen
Release Date:26/06/1981
Television Appearances
All's Fair
Character:Robert DeLancie
All Rise
Character:Albert Campbell
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Character:Nigel the Advisor (voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Character:Ishmael
CSI: Cyber
Character:Simon Sifter
Star Wars Rebels
Character:Tseebo (voice)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character:Professor Elliott Randolph
The Mindy Project
Character:Rabbi Adler
Veep
Character:Jeff Kane
Doc McStuffins
Character:Egghead (voice)
Fairly Legal
Character:Judge Smollet
Young Justice
Character:Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Character:Firefly (voice)
Young Justice
Character:Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
Young Justice
Character:Professor Ivo (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Character:Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Master Planner (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Character:Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
Character:Robert Wolcott
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Robert Stark
American Dad!
Character:Old Man Hanson (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Santa's Elf (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Angel (voice)
Numb3rs
Character:Larry Fleinhardt
Boston Legal
Character:Dr. Sydney Field
The Batman
Character:Langstrom (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
Character:David Clinton (voice)
Danny Phantom
Character:Sidney Poindexter (voice)
The Lyon's Den
Character:
24
Character:Tom Lennox
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Character:
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Character:X the Eliminator (voice)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Character:X, the Eliminator (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Character:Major (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Raju / Monkey (voice)
CatDog
Character:
Ally McBeal
Character:John Cage
The Angry Beavers
Character:
Chicago Hope
Character:
Chicago Hope
Character:Alan Birch
The Powers That Be
Character:Bradley Grist
Tales from the Crypt
Character:Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character:Steve Cooper
Cheers
Character:Mario
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Martin
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