
Peter MacNicol
Highest Rated: 84% Dragonslayer (1981)
Lowest Rated: 2% Baby Geniuses (1999)
Birthday: Apr 10, 1954
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Veteran character actor Peter MacNicol made a name for himself with a lengthy résumé populated by roles that while outwardly submissive, often displayed unexpected flashes of inner fire. Trained on the stages of the revered Guthrie Theater and proven on Broadway, the actor's screen debut came with a starring role in the fondly remembered fantasy film "Dragonslayer" (1981). However, he truly came to the attention of both audiences and critics as the odd-man-out in the doomed triangle of the heart-wrenching drama "Sophie's Choice" (1982), opposite Kevin Kline and Oscar-winner Meryl Streep. MacNicol later gave his comic instincts free reign as the manic Dr. Janosz Poha alongside Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver in "Ghostbusters II" (1989). A brief run as a recurring character on the medical drama "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994-2000) paved the way for a career-making role on David E. Kelley's quirky legal comedy "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997-2002). For the six-season-run of the provocative series, MacNicol played law firm partner John Cage with equal parts eccentricity and humanity, endearing himself to fans of the show possibly more than any other character in the wacky series. Always in demand, he soon joined the successful crime drama "Numb3rs" (CBS, 2005-2010), as a theoretician assisting the FBI in solving impregnable cases. Adept at comedy and high drama, MacNicol's innumerable contributions to film and television ensured his ongoing screen presence for years to come.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 77% | Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright | Dewey Ottoman (Voice) | - | 2013 |
34% | 54% | Battleship | U.S. Secretary of Defense (Character) | $65.2M | 2012 |
67% | 76% | Game Change | Rick Davis (Character) | - | 2012 |
80% | 67% | 24: Redemption | Tom Lennox (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Troopmaster (Voice) | - | 2005 |
31% | 57% | Breakin' All the Rules | Philip Gascon (Character) | $11.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Balto II: Wolf Quest | Muru (Voice) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ponder Heart | Uncle Daniel (Character) | - | 2001 |
60% | 56% | Recess: School's Out | Fenwick (Voice) | $36.7M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pooch and the Pauper | Liberty (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
2% | 24% | Baby Geniuses | Dan (Character) | $27.1M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Silencing Mary | Lawrence Dixon (Character) | - | 1998 |
44% | 53% | Bean | David Langley (Character) | $45.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fugitive From Justice: Underground Father | Roy Dowd (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Abducted: A Father's Love | Roy Dowd (Character) | - | 1996 |
11% | 49% | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | R.M. Renfield (Character) | $9.9M | 1995 |
77% | 63% | Addams Family Values | Gary Granger (Character) | $45.7M | 1993 |
40% | 47% | Housesitter | Marty (Character) | $58.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Hard Promises | Stuart (Character) | $277.7K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 75% | By Dawn's Early Light | Sedgwick (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% | 61% | Ghostbusters II | Janosz Poha (Character) | $110.4M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Blue Note | Jack Solow (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick, al rojo vivo | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
17% | 26% | Heat | Cyrus Kinnick (Character) | $2.4M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Bull | Joe Kovacs (Character) | - | 1986 |
78% | 85% | Sophie's Choice | Stingo (Character) | - | 1982 |
84% | 63% | Dragonslayer | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
TV
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56% | 58% | All Rise | Judger Albert Campbell (Guest Star) | 2020-2021 |
81% | 82% | The Big Bang Theory | Doctor Wolcott (Guest Star) | 2018 |
93% | 89% | Veep | Jeff Kane (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad | Old Man Hanson (Guest Voice) | 2016 2014 |
29% | No Score Yet | Gigi Does It | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
95% | 90% | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 2013 |
34% | 36% | CSI: Cyber | Asst. Dep. Dir. Simon Sifter (Character) | 2015 |
86% | 82% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Necessary Roughness | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
84% | 77% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Numb3ers |
Prof. Larry Fleinhardt (Character), Writer |
2005-2010 |
100% | 97% | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Dr. Otto Octavius (Guest Voice) | 2008-2009 |
87% | 84% | 24 | Tom Lennox (Character) | 2007 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Dr. Sydney Field (Guest Star) | 2006 |
61% | 70% | Ally McBeal |
John Cage (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Director, Writer |
1997-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ally |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1995-1998 |
82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Powers That Be | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Carson | Guest | 1989 |
QUOTES FROM Peter MacNicol CHARACTERS
Carrie says: Danger!
Dan says: What?
Robin says: What?
Carrie says: Whit has a twin brother called Sly, he's the one that's been here the last two days.
Rick Davis says: Listen, I too wish that the American people would choose the future Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson, but unfortunately, that's not the way it works anymore. Now it takes movie-star charisma to get elected President, and Obama and Palin, that's what they are - they're stars.
Janosz Poha says: Everything you are doing is bad, i want you to know this.
Janosz Poha says: Everything you are doing is bad, I want you to know this.
Renfield says: My God! What are you doing to the furniture?