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 theat...
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Complete Filmography

Shell
2025
as Dr. Thaddeus Brand
Struggling actress Samantha is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company that promises to keep its cli...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as The Invader (voice)
Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien m...

Home Delivery
2024
as Howard Evans
A plus-size supermodel invites her family over to experience the birth of her first child.

Our Almost Completely True Story
2023
as Psycho Date
When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating, it's a disaster. But when they randomly meet at a bird ...

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013
as Dewey Ottman (voices)
Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists wi...

Battleship
2012
as Secretary of Defense
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Ha...

Game Change
2012
as Rick Davis
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his r...

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
2008
as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
It's been a tough week for Peter Parker. His two best friends are mad at him, Aunt May is behind on the bills and Flash Thompson is still bullying him...

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
as Troopmaster (voice)
With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the ca...

Breakin' All the Rules
2004
as Philip Gascon
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up...

Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
as Muru (voice)
Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.

Recess: School's Out
2001
as Fenwick (voice)
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — unti...

The Pooch and the Pauper
2000
as Liberty (voice)
The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representativ...

Snowden's Christmas
1999
as (voice)
When the moving truck hits a bump in the road, a quartet of toys stuck in Ohio decide to trek down their owner, who is moving to New York City.

Olive, The Other Reindeer
1999
as Fido (voice)
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North ...

Baby Geniuses
1999
as Dan
BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know, is that Drs Kinder and Heep, two of its most brill...

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timm...

Silencing Mary
1998
as Lawrence Dixon
Frustrated that school officials and police won't punish her university's star football player for raping her roommate, student reporter Mary begins w...

Bean
1997
as David Langley
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him f...

Mojave Moon
1996
as Tire Repairman
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into ...
Abducted: A Father's Love
1996
as Roy Dowd
A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
as Thomas Renfield
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing...

Radioland Murders
1994
as Son Writer
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

Roswell
1994
as Lewis Rickett
Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth ...

Addams Family Values
1993
as Gary Granger
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...

Housesitter
1992
as Marty
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-ni...

Hard Promises
1992
as Stuart
A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. ...

By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Sedgwick
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race...

American Blue Note
1989
as Jack Solow
Jack, Nat, Jerry, Lee and Tommy play jazz in small clubs, but only one of them will reach success.

Ghostbusters II
1989
as Dr. Janosz Poha
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Narrator
Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American verse much of its subsequen...

Heat
1986
as Cyrus Kinnick
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together ...

Johnny Bull
1986
as Joe Kovacs
An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-l...

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
as Martin
An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "t...

Sophie's Choice
1982
as Stingo
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns...

Dragonslayer
1981
as Galen
A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the K...

Floss
N/A
as Dr. Rivus
A floss-obsessed man confronts the origins of his orthodoxy.
Secret of the Sundrop
N/A
as Nigel the Advisor
When the kingdom of Corona is threatened on Princess Rapunzel's 19th birthday, King Frederic prioritizes the personal safety of his daughter over the ...