Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

1947-04-11 New York City, New York, USA 64 Credits

Biography

Peter Riegert is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director, best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on the HBO television series "The Sopranos".

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Sly

Sly

2023

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.

Extra Innings

Extra Innings

2019

as Pete

Acting

A reporter interviews the manager of the Boston Red Sox in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.

American Pastoral

American Pastoral

2016

as Lou Levov

6.2
Acting

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their fam...

At Middleton

At Middleton

2013

as Boneyard Sims

6.2
Acting

George is an uptight surgeon with a rebellious teenage son. Edith is a free spirit with an overachieving teenage daughter. When they meet during an ad...

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

2012

as Tevye

6.2
Acting

A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the D...

We Bought a Zoo

We Bought a Zoo

2011

as Delbert McGinty

6.8
Acting

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son i...

Oka!

Oka!

2011

as Dr. Maguire

3.7
Acting

The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.

White Irish Drinkers

White Irish Drinkers

2011

as Whitey

5.8
Acting

A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but in...

The Chosen One

The Chosen One

2010

as Bob

4.4
Acting

Paul is an ordinary man who is at the end of his rope. He hates his job, his beautiful wife has left him, and his mother and gay, Buddhist-monk brothe...

Love Conquers Paul

Love Conquers Paul

2009

as Mr. Feigenbaum

Acting

Paul has a chance encounter with a free-spirited artist named Esoterica that provides the spark that ignites his first passionate relationship. She ch...

Animal House: The Inside Story

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of Animal House

The Response

The Response

2008

as Colonel Jefferson

5.2
Acting

THE RESPONSE is a courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. Conceived in the vein of "12 Angry Men", t...

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

2008

as Self

4.5
Acting

From the moment Shakespeare wrote his first fart joke, audiences have loved gross-out humor. In this 'Starz Inside' documentary, take a trip through t...

Surrender, Dorothy

Surrender, Dorothy

2006

as Mel

5.2
Acting

When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and ...

Back When We Were Grownups

Back When We Were Grownups

2004

as Zeb

4.9
Acting

A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) pla...

King of the Corner

King of the Corner

2004

as Leo Spivak

5.7
Acting

Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and h...

King of the Corner

King of the Corner

2004

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and h...

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

2002

as Larry

5.9
Acting

The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth yea...

Bleacher Bums

Bleacher Bums

2001

as Decker

6.5
Acting

They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been...

Club Land

Club Land

2001

as Rabbi

Acting

A father and son work together as agents.

By Courier

By Courier

2001

Director

6.3
Directing

By Courier is a 2000 English language short film adapted from a story by O. Henry and directed by Peter Riegert, starring Garret Dillahunt, Claire La...

Bojangles

Bojangles

2001

as Marty

8.0
Acting

The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer ...

Traffic

Traffic

2000

as Attorney Michael Adler

7.1
Acting

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...

In the Weeds

In the Weeds

2000

as Barry

6.4
Acting

It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the re...

Passion of Mind

Passion of Mind

2000

as Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist

5.8
Acting

A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman leading a double life in her dreams.

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story

1998

3.2
Acting

Drugs, alcohol and controversy mark the author's life.

Jerry and Tom

Jerry and Tom

1998

as Stanley

6.1
Acting

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, ...

Hi-Life

Hi-Life

1998

as Minor

6.7
Acting

Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - Boone

7.0
Acting

This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

The Baby Dance

The Baby Dance

1998

as Richard Luckman

6.1
Acting

Six months pregnant and living in a beat-up tiny mobile home, Wanda LeFauve thinks she has found the solution to her problems when she agrees to meet ...

Face Down

Face Down

1997

as Lt. Coop Cooper

3.0
Acting

When blonde bombshell Meredith Lake breezes into his office, New York private eye Bob Signorelli can't resist giving her "personal" attention. But the...

North Shore Fish

North Shore Fish

1997

as Porker

Acting

Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Flo (Mercedes Ruehl), the "batter" person on the a...

Infinity

Infinity

1996

as Mel Feynman

6.2
Acting

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

1996

as Self

7.0
Acting

He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later B...

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1996

as Dad Dunlap

6.6
Acting

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.

An Element of Truth

An Element of Truth

1995

as Sidney Wiltz

3.7
Acting

A beautiful woman uses her charms to dupe her new sweetheart and his buddies.

Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts

1995

as Doctor

3.8
Acting

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American female student.

Coldblooded

Coldblooded

1995

as Steve

6.4
Acting

Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned ...

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

1995

5.9
Acting

In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction intent on bri...

The Mask

The Mask

1994

as Mitch Kellaway

7.0
Acting

When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the ...

Gypsy

Gypsy

1993

as Herbie Sommers

6.4
Acting

Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention t...

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

1993

as Peter Cohen

6.8
Acting

F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fa...

Passed Away

Passed Away

1992

as Peter Syracusa

5.1
Acting

Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving eccentric Scanian clan are drawn together in a test of...

Utz

Utz

1992

as Marius Fisher

5.4
Acting

Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the l...

Oscar

Oscar

1991

as Aldo

6.3
Acting

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite ...

The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

1991

as Lawrence "Larry" Oates

5.2
Acting

American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavis...

The Runestone

The Runestone

1991

as Capt. Gregory Fanducci

4.9
Acting

A New York detective takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.

Beyond the Ocean

Beyond the Ocean

1990

as Eric

3.0
Acting

A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he t...

A Shock to the System

A Shock to the System

1990

as Robert Benham

6.4
Acting

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife w...

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

1989

as W. Eugene Smith

Acting

The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in unforgettable...

That's Adequate

That's Adequate

1989

as Adult Baby Elroy

3.2
Acting

This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his de...

Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey

1988

as Sam Posner

5.9
Acting

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While h...

The Stranger

The Stranger

1987

as Dr. Harris Kite

6.1
Acting

Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. Sh...

A Man in Love

A Man in Love

1987

as Michael Pozner

4.3
Acting

An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later th...

News at Eleven

News at Eleven

1986

as Eric Ross

7.0
Acting

When television news director Eric Ross pressures esteemed senior anchor Frank Kenley to sensationalize the news, Kenley isn't pleased -- and the conf...

The City Girl

The City Girl

1984

as Tim

7.0
Acting

A female photographer who is engaged to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies, she fac...

The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

1983

as Self

Acting

Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

Le Grand Carnaval

Le Grand Carnaval

1983

as Walter Giammanca, le boss américain

5.6
Acting

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.

The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

1983

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

Local Hero

Local Hero

1983

as "Mac" MacIntyre

6.7
Acting

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

as Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")

3.1
Acting

A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

Chilly Scenes of Winter

Chilly Scenes of Winter

1979

as Sam

6.6
Acting

Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker w...

Americathon

Americathon

1979

as Eric McMurkin

3.6
Acting

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent ...

Animal House

Animal House

1978

as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein

7.0
Acting

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.