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Peter MacNicol
1.9 Popularity
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 theater. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. MacNicol made his Broadway debut in 1981 in the play Crimes of the Heart. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance. He went on to appear in a number of other Broadway productions, including The Real Thing (1984), The Crucible (1996), and The Pillowman (2005). MacNicol has also had a successful career in film and television. He has appeared in a number of films, including Sophie's Choice (1982), Ghostbusters II (1989), Addams Family Values (1993), and Bean (1997). He is best known for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. MacNicol has also appeared in a number of other television shows, including 24 (2001), Numbers (2005), and Veep (2012-2019). He is a versatile actor who has shown his range in a variety of roles. MacNicol is married to Martha Cumming, and they have two children. He is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.
Known For
4.8
Robert DeLancie
All's Fair
2025
5.1
Dr. Thaddeus Brand
Shell
2025
7.7
The Invader (voice)
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
0.0
Howard Evans
Home Delivery
2024
3.7
Psycho Date
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023
7.5
Albert Campbell
All Rise
2019
8.7
Nigel the Advisor
Secret of the Sundrop
2018
7.3
Nigel the Advisor (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
7.4
Ishmael
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
6.1
Simon Sifter
CSI: Cyber
2015
Credits
All's Fair
as Robert DeLancie
2025
4.8
Shell
as Dr. Thaddeus Brand
2025
5.1
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
as The Invader (voice)
2024
7.7
Home Delivery
as Howard Evans
2024
0.0
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
as Psycho Date
2023
3.7
All Rise
as Albert Campbell
2019
7.5
Secret of the Sundrop
as Nigel the Advisor
2018
8.7
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Nigel the Advisor (voice)
2017
7.3
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Ishmael
2017
7.4
CSI: Cyber
as Simon Sifter
2015
6.1
Star Wars Rebels
as Tseebo (voice)
2014
7.7
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Professor Elliott Randolph
2013
7.5
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
as Dewey Ottman (voices)
2013
7.6
The Mindy Project
as Rabbi Adler
2012
6.3
Veep
as Jeff Kane
2012
7.5
Battleship
as Secretary of Defense
2012
5.9
Doc McStuffins
as Egghead (voice)
2012
5.8
Game Change
as Rick Davis
2012
6.9
Fairly Legal
as Judge Smollet
2011
6.6
Young Justice
as Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
2010
8.4
Young Justice
as Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
2010
8.4
Young Justice
as Professor Ivo (voice)
2010
8.4
G.I. Joe: Renegades
as Firefly (voice)
2010
7.2
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
2010
8.2
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
2008
6.9
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Otto Octavius (voice)
2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice)
2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Doctor Octopus (voice)
2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice)
2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Master Planner (voice)
2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)
2008
8.6
The Big Bang Theory
as Robert Wolcott
2007
7.9
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
as Troopmaster (voice)
2005
5.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Robert Stark
2005
8.2
American Dad!
as Old Man Hanson (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Santa's Elf (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Angel (voice)
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
as Larry Fleinhardt
2005
7.0
Boston Legal
as Dr. Sydney Field
2004
7.9
The Batman
as Langstrom (voice)
2004
8.0
Justice League Unlimited
as David Clinton (voice)
2004
8.3
Breakin' All the Rules
as Philip Gascon
2004
6.0
Danny Phantom
as Sidney Poindexter (voice)
2004
8.3
The Lyon's Den
2003
9.3
Balto: Wolf Quest
as Muru (voice)
2002
6.3
24
as Tom Lennox
2001
7.8
Recess: School's Out
as Fenwick (voice)
2001
6.6
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
8.0
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
as X the Eliminator (voice)
2000
8.0
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
as X, the Eliminator (voice)
2000
8.0
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Major (voice)
2000
6.6
The Pooch and the Pauper
as Liberty (voice)
2000
3.1
Snowden's Christmas
as (voice)
1999
0.0
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Fido (voice)
1999
6.8
Baby Geniuses
as Dan
1999
4.1
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
as Narrator (voice)
1998
4.6
The Wild Thornberrys
as Raju / Monkey (voice)
1998
7.0
CatDog
1998
7.0
Silencing Mary
as Lawrence Dixon
1998
4.5
Ally McBeal
as John Cage
1997
6.6
Bean
as David Langley
1997
6.5
The Angry Beavers
1997
6.9
Mojave Moon
as Tire Repairman
1996
4.8
🎬
Abducted: A Father's Love
as Roy Dowd
1996
7.5
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
as Thomas Renfield
1995
6.1
Radioland Murders
as Son Writer
1994
5.9
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Alan Birch
1994
7.2
Roswell
as Lewis Rickett
1994
6.0
Addams Family Values
as Gary Granger
1993
7.0
Housesitter
as Marty
1992
6.1
The Powers That Be
as Bradley Grist
1992
8.3
Hard Promises
as Stuart
1992
5.5
By Dawn's Early Light
as Sedgwick
1990
6.5
American Blue Note
as Jack Solow
1989
1.0
Ghostbusters II
as Dr. Janosz Poha
1989
6.6
Tales from the Crypt
as Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
1989
8.0
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
as Narrator
1988
0.0
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Steve Cooper
1987
6.0
Heat
as Cyrus Kinnick
1986
5.7
Johnny Bull
as Joe Kovacs
1986
1.0
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
as Martin
1984
6.5
Sophie's Choice
as Stingo
1982
7.3
Cheers
as Mario
1982
7.6
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Martin
1982
8.1
Dragonslayer
as Galen
1981
6.5
Floss
as Dr. Rivus
N/A
0.0