Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

1955-08-19 New York City, New York, USA 89 Credits

Biography

Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Gallagher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Humane

Humane

2024

as Charles York

5.3
Acting

In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's pla...

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"

2022

as Self

5.5
Acting

With a narrative running deeper than a catchy tune and cryptic verses, “American Pie” is a musical phenomenon woven deep into the history of American ...

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

2021

as Mitch Clarke

6.4
Acting

On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do.

One December Night

One December Night

2021

as Mike

6.2
Acting

Two music managers must put their history aside to oversee the televised reunion performance of their rock star fathers with a fractured past.

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

2020

as Self

6.0
Acting

Tina Fey is set to host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, an unforgettable night of music celebrating the incredible and resilient Broadway commun...

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

2020

as Howard

7.3
Acting

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themsel...

After

After

2019

as Ken Scott

7.1
Acting

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa...

Stepdaddy

Stepdaddy

2019

Acting

Patricia goes to Wyatt’s house for dinner. They eat soggy spaghetti and she gets too drunk. She asks him for a personal favor, he deals her a personal...

Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"

2018

as Self

Acting

Produced for the Criterion Collection in 2018, the documentary features actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo discussing thei...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

A Bad Moms Christmas

A Bad Moms Christmas

2017

as Hank Mitchell

6.3
Acting

Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: C...

Literally, Right Before Aaron

Literally, Right Before Aaron

2017

as Orson Schwartzman

4.9
Acting

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...

Center Stage: On Pointe

Center Stage: On Pointe

2016

as Jonathan Reeves

6.5
Acting

Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Ch...

Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions

2016

as Edward Valmont

8.0
Acting

Fifteen years after the death of her brother, villainous Kathryn Merteuil seeks to manipulate her nephew, Bash, and gain control of the family busines...

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015

as Willy Williams

6.4
Acting

A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

In a Relationship

In a Relationship

2015

as The Interviewer (voice)

7.7
Acting

In a Relationship is a spirited yet achingly tender look at modern love. Shot mockumentary style, this short film follows two young couples in opposit...

Step Up Revolution

Step Up Revolution

2012

as Mr. Anderson

6.9
Acting

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threat...

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

2012

as Paul Sveck

5.6
Acting

Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents no...

Burlesque

Burlesque

2010

as Vince Scali

7.2
Acting

Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-...

Conviction

Conviction

2010

as Barry Scheck

7.1
Acting

When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, ...

GasHole

GasHole

2010

as Narrator (voice)

6.2
Acting

Documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. The film takes a wide, yet detailed examination of our dependenc...

Adam

Adam

2009

as Marty Buchwald

6.8
Acting

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

The War Boys

The War Boys

2009

as Slater

6.0
Acting

David, George, and Greg, best friends since high school, are “The War Boys”. They used to perch on the US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immi...

Center Stage: Turn It Up

Center Stage: Turn It Up

2008

as Jonathan Reeves

6.9
Acting

All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditionin...

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

as Sky Masterson (segment "Guys & Dolls")

8.0
Acting

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

2003

as Self

5.9
Acting

Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin. Dishing ou...

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003

as The Mole King (voice)

5.3
Acting

Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are to...

How to Deal

How to Deal

2003

as Len Martin

5.5
Acting

Halley is convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger wo...

A Tale of Two Wives

A Tale of Two Wives

2003

4.0
Acting

Bill Goodman is a slick, wealthy, celebrated psychiatrist, who leads a double life. He has a wife and daughter in New York. At the same time, the biga...

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002

as Host

6.5
Acting

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts o...

Mr. Deeds

Mr. Deeds

2002

as Chuck Cedar

5.9
Acting

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different ki...

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

2001

as Philippe Ferronaire

4.7
Acting

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b...

Protection

Protection

2001

as Ted

5.7
Acting

A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways

Perfume

Perfume

2001

as Guido

4.8
Acting

A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci...

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

2001

as Self

5.0
Acting

Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This prod...

The Last Debate

The Last Debate

2000

as Tom Chapman

Acting

A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, ...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

2000

as Self

7.5
Acting

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

2000

as First Priest

6.8
Acting

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar first exploded onto the West End stage in 1971 and it was clear that the musical world would...

Center Stage

Center Stage

2000

as Jonathan Reeves

6.9
Acting

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals wit...

Cupid & Cate

Cupid & Cate

2000

as Harry

5.9
Acting

Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating some snob whose mother thinks that Cate is a second-class citizen because of ...

Other Voices

Other Voices

2000

as Jordin

3.6
Acting

Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relat...

Brotherhood of Murder

Brotherhood of Murder

1999

as Bob Matthews

1.0
Acting

Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.

House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.

5.6
Acting

An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

American Beauty

American Beauty

1999

as Buddy Kane

8.0
Acting

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug...

Brave New World

Brave New World

1998

as Bernard Marx

5.5
Acting

In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their mi...

Virtual Obsession

Virtual Obsession

1998

as Dr. Joe Messenger

4.3
Acting

If you were a brilliant young scientist diagnosed with only months to live, what choices would you make? To have faith that you were taken early for a...

Johnny Skidmarks

Johnny Skidmarks

1998

as Johnny Scardino

5.8
Acting

Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die ...

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

as James Ritchie

6.4
Acting

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un...

Cafe Society

Cafe Society

1997

as Jack Kale

5.0
Acting

New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found ...

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

1997

as John Anticev

6.0
Acting

The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.

Cannes Man

Cannes Man

1997

as Self

5.4
Acting

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab d...

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Gideon Hausner (voice)

5.8
Acting

David Brinkley hosts this shattering two-hour documentary about the trial of the man whose role in deporting the Jews of Europe for extermination made...

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

1996

as David Lewis

5.5
Acting

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks w...

Last Dance

Last Dance

1996

as John Hayes

5.7
Acting

Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenc...

The Great Irish Famine

1996

as narrator

Acting

This documentary examines the Irish famine of 1845, caused by a blight that devastated the potato crop, the main source of food for the poor in rural ...

The Underneath

The Underneath

1995

as Michael Chambers

5.6
Acting

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his e...

While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping

1995

as Peter Callaghan

7.0
Acting

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancé...

Everybody Just Stay Calm

1994

as Self

Acting

Comedic documentary about trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

as Alan Campbell

5.8
Acting

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

White Mile

White Mile

1994

as Jack Robbins

5.6
Acting

An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

as Vic Tenetta

7.1
Acting

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

as Stormy Weathers

7.2
Acting

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Mother's Boys

Mother's Boys

1993

as Robert Madigan

5.3
Acting

Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall...

Malice

Malice

1993

as Atty. Dennis Riley

6.3
Acting

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same af...

Watch It

Watch It

1993

as John

4.8
Acting

Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's...

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

1993

as Self

6.0
Acting

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

1992

as Himself / Sky Masterson

10.0
Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the cast-album recording session of the 1992 Tony-winning Broadway revival of the Frank Loesser musical. Originally broad...

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

1992

as Dan Riley

6.5
Acting

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Buying a Landslide

Buying a Landslide

1992

as Philip Kautsky

Acting

Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate. Drafted to play Kautsky ...

The Player

The Player

1992

as Larry Levy

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Robert Altman's Players

Robert Altman's Players

1992

as Self

5.5
Acting

Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992).

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

as Matt

4.8
Acting

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who...

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

Story

4.8
Writing

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who...

Late for Dinner

Late for Dinner

1991

as Bob Freeman

5.6
Acting

Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police ar...

Milena

Milena

1991

as Pollak

2.0
Acting

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to ...

Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

1990

as Richard Quince

5.3
Acting

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia,...

Love and Lies

Love and Lies

1990

as David West

Acting

Fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in thei...

sex, lies, and videotape

sex, lies, and videotape

1989

as John Mullany

7.0
Acting

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. W...

I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

as Aaron Copler

6.3
Acting

The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.

High Spirits

High Spirits

1988

as Brother Tony

5.8
Acting

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte...

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988

as Lt. Cmdr. John Challee

6.5
Acting

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1987

as Edmund Tyrone

6.2
Acting

Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then f...

My Little Girl

My Little Girl

1986

as Kai

4.3
Acting

A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and t...

Dreamchild

Dreamchild

1985

as Jack Dolan

6.7
Acting

Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a...

Terrible Joe Moran

Terrible Joe Moran

1984

as Nick

Acting

A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her los...

Summer Lovers

Summer Lovers

1982

as Michael Pappas

5.3
Acting

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When...

The Idolmaker

The Idolmaker

1980

as Caesare

5.5
Acting

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Skag

Skag

1980

as John Skagska

Acting

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life...