Biography
Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager, The Cowboy in Innerspace, Joe "The Meat Man" Morton on Home Improvement, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years (where he received an Emmy nomination), Ben Wheeler in Wagons East, and as Richard Woolsey in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series St...
Known For
Complete Filmography
How Far Does the Dark Go?
2025
Grace, a morphine-addicted nurse, is kidnapped by Evienne, a vampire who’s been hunting beneath Philadelphia for decades. But Evienne isn’t just a mon...

Werewolf Game
2025
as Bill
Twelve kidnapped strangers must play a game where they vote on who amongst them to murder. At night, the "werewolves" hidden among them come out to br...

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Space Command Redemption
2024
as Yusef Sekander
When a rogue android commandeers a spaceship, it's up to a renegade captain and his crew to prevent the robot from accomplishing a mysterious mission.

A Biltmore Christmas
2023
as Harold Balaban
Lucy is hired to write the script for a remake of a holiday movie. She joins a tour of the grounds and when she knocks an hourglass over, she finds he...

Confess, Fletch
2022
as Count Clementi Arbogastes De Grassi
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The on...

MEAD
2022
as Admiral Gillette
A fugitive starship (MEAD) and a lone passenger (Friz) evade earth forces utilizing their ability to project the passengers' thoughts creating illusio...

Discontinued
2022
as Theodore
A depressed millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one...

Portal Runner
2021
as TV Salesman
Nolan is a boy on the run through parallel worlds, trying to stay one step ahead of a monstrous evil that destroyed his family. But, when he winds up ...

Deck the Heart
2021
as Larry Link
When a workaholic EVP inherits a manor and is expected to host a Christmas dinner for his family, he resorts to hiring an event planner, as he has no ...

After Masks
2021
as Dr. Robinson (Past Cure Segment)
Journey through the human experience as the pandemic tests what we are made of both as individuals and as a culture.

Unbelievable!!!!!
2020
as Boris / Edgar Allan Putz
The crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate of two Space Agency comrades who have ...

Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible
2020
as Self - Special Guest
SUPERHUMAN: The Invisible Made Visible is based on the jaw-dropping experiences of individuals with extra-sensory powers that seem to defy the laws of...

Ben, frankly.
2019
as Caesar
Harrison, a college professor, loves history and today he gets the chance to pitch his film idea: “The life of Benjamin Franklin” to a producer. Caesa...
Torn
2019
as Rabbi
When Scott suffers an unnerving medical situation, his anxiety spirals out of control.

Buttons
2018
as Mr. Wentworth
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn th...

A Bad Feeling
2017
as Self
The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.

The Father and the Bear
2016
as Charlie
A retired character actor with diagnosed dementia, longs to perform at his beloved summer theater one last time.

The Meddler
2016
as Cos
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily r...

Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Rabbi
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Cozmo's
2016
as Wender
At Cozmo’s, humans are the new species on the block and are the butt of all the jokes. The main cast feature Cozmo (Ethan Phillips), a good-natured fo...

Occupants
2015
as Dr Alan Peterson
A documentarian named Annie has roped her husband into a project that involves setting up cameras throughout their house. Complications arise when the...

Star Trek: Renegades
2015
as Dr. Zimmerman
Ten years after the starship Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation's main suppliers of dilithium cry...

Mansion of Blood
2015
as Samuel Corbett
Millionaire Mason Murphy renovates the haunted Mayhew mansion. He plans a tremendous lunar eclipse viewing party to celebrate his return to his hometo...

Don't Blink
2014
as Man in Black
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and i...

Infiltrators
2014
as Reverend Quaid
An 'urban explorer' is blackmailed into infiltrating a derelict building on the eve of its demolition in the hope he can recover a forgotten treasure.

Age of Tomorrow
2014
as General Magowan
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard ...

That Guy Dick Miller
2014
as Self
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

Spirit Hunters
2012
as Bob
A cinematographer and soundman, Morgan and Cricket, head to a remote Idaho ranch to film the pilot episode of “Spirit Seekers,” a new reality TV show ...

Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
as Dr. Robert Stadler
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continu...

The Inspector Chronicles
2012
as Bernard
The Inspector is an immortal time traveler who traverses the farthest reaches of time and space, accompanied by his trusted Associates. Along the way,...

Rock Jocks
2012
as Guard 1
Imagine asteroids so large that they can wipe out all life on the planet constantly bombarding the Earth. The only things standing in the way are the ...

The Legends of Nethiah
2012
as Grandpa / Sir Hanif
A young boy whose parents are going through a bitter divorce, is given hope and courage through the powerful stories embellished by his grandfather. T...

Camilla Dickinson
2012
as Mr. Stephanowski
Fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson leads a sheltered life in New York City until her parents' marriage begins to fall apart.

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
2011
as Smirch
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, rec...

Morlocks
2011
as Colonel Wichita
Ferocious humanoid creatures from the future come back to the present to devour humans.

The Candidate
2011
as Carl Tucker
An underhanded company man is offered assistance by a secret organization that immerses him in forces beyond his control.

The Captains
2011
as Self
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors ...

Trail of Blood
2011
as Agent Weston
On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine enlistee named Jim and his friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a vacationing...

Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
2010
as Admiral Calvin
When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans a...
The Captains of The Final Frontier
2010
as Self
The Captains of The Final Frontier is a ninety-minute Star Trek documentary which was produced for broadcast on A&E Television and The Biography C...

Monsterwolf
2010
as Stark
A creature of ancient legend manifests, bound to protect the ecological balance of the land and killing anyone that threatens it. This elusive guardia...

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Milton (voice)
Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of th...

The Odds
2010
as Dale Kakowski
A couple of Las Vegas police officers live a life almost as wild as the crimes they investigate.

Sensored
2009
as Wade Mixon
A children's book illustrator inhabits a twilight world of shifting reality and illusion, where cruelty and rampant evil do battle with his better ins...
The Awakened
2009
as Maddox
On the outskirts of a small mountain town, retired farmer Hank Taylor decides to pull down an old dead tree that sits on the edge of his property. Han...

P.J.
2008
as Stan Jamison
Traumatized and suffering from amnesia after witnessing a terrible accident, a man who calls himself P.J. is admitted to a hospital, where psychiatris...

Ben 10: Race Against Time
2008
as Principal White
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.

Universal Signs
2008
as Father Joe
After the death of his fiancée's daughter while in his care, a deaf man shuts himself off from the world. Haunted by memories, it is only through new ...

A.I. Assault
2006
as Dr. John Foster
When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off...

40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwith, hosted by Jonathan Llyr and featuring interview...

Homecoming
2005
as Kurt Rand
A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
as The Doctor
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-F...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Acme VP, Rhetorical Questions
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee Wallace Stone, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and B...

Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
2002
as Himself
This 51 minute documentary of the movie "Legend" can be found as an extra on the 2002 2-disc boxed-set 'Ultimate Edition' DVD release of "Legend". The...

The Amati Girls
2001
as Grace's Doctor
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
1999
as The Doctor
Dark Frontier" is a feature length TV Movie of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th and 16th episodes of the fifth season. This episode originally aired as a ...

Archibald the Rainbow Painter
1998
as Dr. Kurtz
Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright is a house painter hired to work on a Beverly Hills mansion where he becomes involved in the life of the resident fam...

Small Soldiers
1998
as Ralph, Clean Room Technician
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Menno's Mind
1997
as Senator Taylor
Menno is a computer programmer at The Resort, an enormous funhouse where people can live out their fantasies in virtual reality. Feeding their persona...

The Second Civil War
1997
as Godfrey
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the sta...

Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Enterprise EMH
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew o...

Out There
1995
as Walter Danverstein (uncredited)
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he...

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by...

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995
as Self
How real is the 'science' in Star Trek?

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
Launch of Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US on 12 January 1995. It was hosted and narrated by Ma...

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
1995
as Host
Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by ...

The Pagemaster
1994
as Pirate (voice)
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehous...

Wagons East!
1994
as Ben Wheeler
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide t...

Runaway Daughters
1994
as Mr. Cahn
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after hav...

White Mile
1994
as Tom Horton
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
1994
as Chad Penrod
Lewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prev...

Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
as David Lifton
The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flashbacks, the story traces the woman's life from her...

Matinee
1993
as Howard, the Theater Manager
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extr...

Deadly Matrimony
1992
as Prosecutor
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her vici...

Samantha
1992
as Neil Otto
A young woman sets out to find her birth parents when she finds out that she is adopted.

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as David Lewis
A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.

The Witches of Eastwick
1992
as Raymond Gentry
An unsold TV series pilot about three single witches living together who try to conjure up their idea of the "perfect man." One day, their wish comes ...

Violation of Trust
1991
as Dr. Raymond Gilmore
Single mother Susan Essex admirably picks up the pieces after the split from her husband Matthew, and she can depend upon her daughter Justine for sup...

Motorama
1991
as Jerry the Policeman
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America play...

Frame Up
1991
as Frank Govers
In the small American town of Orton Creek, David Farmer is accidentally killed by Don Curran, son of town tyrant Will Curran, during a fraternity init...

L.A. Story
1991
as Voicephone (voice) (uncredited)
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make ...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Forster
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But...

Total Recall
1990
as Johnnycab (voice)
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory im...

Loverboy
1989
as Dr. Reed Palmer
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza ...

The 'Burbs
1989
as Joe, Garbageman #2
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to susp...

The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
as Denise's Date
Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance.

976-EVIL
1988
as Mark Dark
A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number...

Dead Heat
1988
as Lt. Herzog
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical...

Jack's Back
1988
as Dr. Carlos Battera
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identica...

China Beach: Pilot
1988
as Dr. Dick Richard
The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac Hospital at China Beach Vietnam include the cool but compass...

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
Paul Reiser brings his sophisticated observational humor to home video in this rare showcase of his acclaimed talent as both actor and stand-up comedi...

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Rick Raddnitz (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird ...

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Agent Richard Morse
An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can return to his home planet.

Bates Motel
1987
as Dr. Goodman
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attem...

Innerspace
1987
as The Cowboy
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, J...

Munchies
1987
as Bob Marvalle
Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepre...

Back to School
1986
as Giorgio
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fe...

Legend
1985
as Meg Mucklebones
Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen ...

Explorers
1985
as Starkiller / Wak / Wak and Neek's Father
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things...

Star 80
1983
as Interviewer
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the...

Get Crazy
1983
as O'Connell
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie L...

The Other Woman
1983
as Chuchi
After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for and marries his daughter's sexy roommate but soon l...

Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Harry Meadows
Dixie is caught operating a whorehouse, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid...

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982
as Larry McGuinness
A poorly-educated housewife fights companies polluting her hometown's water table in upstate New York during the 1970s.

Golden Gate
1981
A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a ru...

The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
as Scott Crowell
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after schoo...

The Howling
1981
as Eddie Quist
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they s...
Bad News on the Doorstep
N/A
Chronicles the lives of Frank and Gino, two Italian-American high-school football prodigies amidst the gritty backdrop of late 1950s New Jersey. Beyon...