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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 19, 1955
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Peter Killian Gallagher
- Peter Gallager
- ピーター・ギャラガー
- 彼得·蓋勒
- Пітер Галлагер
- پیتر گالاگر
Peter Gallagher
3.1 Popularity
Biography
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).
Known For
5.0
Future John Mulaney
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
5.4
Charles York
Humane
2024
6.6
Tyler
Reboot
2022
5.5
Self
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022
6.4
Mitch Clarke
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
6.2
Mike
One December Night
2021
6.5
Brett (uncredited)
Mr. Mayor
2021
6.0
Self
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020
7.3
Howard
Palm Springs
2020
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
Credits
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Future John Mulaney
2025
5.0
Humane
as Charles York
2024
5.4
Reboot
as Tyler
2022
6.6
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
as Self
2022
5.5
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Mitch Clarke
2021
6.4
One December Night
as Mike
2021
6.2
Mr. Mayor
as Brett (uncredited)
2021
6.5
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
as Self
2020
6.0
Palm Springs
as Howard
2020
7.3
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
The Owl House
as Del Clawthorne (voice)
2020
8.7
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
as Mitch Clarke
2020
7.5
Truth Be Told
as Andrew Finney
2019
7.1
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
After
as Ken Scott
2019
7.1
Stepdaddy
2019
0.0
The Conners
as Brian Foster
2018
7.0
🎬
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
as Self
2018
0.0
Submission
as Len
2018
5.9
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
The Gifted
as Benedict Ryan
2017
7.6
A Bad Moms Christmas
as Hank Mitchell
2017
6.3
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Orson Schwartzman
2017
4.8
Center Stage: On Pointe
as Jonathan Reeves
2016
6.4
Cruel Intentions
as Edward Valmont
2016
8.0
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Willy Williams
2015
6.4
Grace and Frankie
as Nick Skolka
2015
7.7
In a Relationship
as The Interviewer (voice)
2015
7.7
Man Seeking Woman
as Joel Greenberg
2015
7.0
Togetherness
as Larry
2015
6.7
Step Up Revolution
as Bill Anderson
2012
6.9
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Paul Sveck
2012
5.5
Whitney
as Vince
2011
5.1
New Girl
as Gavin
2011
7.4
Burlesque
as Vince Scali
2010
7.2
Conviction
as Barry Scheck
2010
7.1
Covert Affairs
as Arthur Campbell
2010
6.9
GasHole
as Narrator (voice)
2010
6.2
The Good Wife
as Ethan Carver
2009
7.6
Adam
as Marty Buchwald
2009
6.8
The War Boys
as Slater
2009
5.9
Center Stage: Turn It Up
as Jonathan Reeves
2008
6.9
The Gathering
as Dr. Michael Foster
2007
5.4
Californication
as Dean Stacy Koons
2007
7.6
Shark
as Frank Bell
2006
6.7
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
How I Met Your Mother
as Professor Vinick
2005
8.1
Grey's Anatomy
as David Hamilton
2005
8.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Sky Masterson (segment "Guys & Dolls")
2004
8.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self - The O.C.
2004
9.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
7.0
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
as Self
2003
5.9
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as The Mole King (voice)
2003
5.3
The O.C.
as Sandy Cohen
2003
7.8
How to Deal
as Len Martin
2003
5.4
A Tale of Two Wives
as Bill Goodman
2003
4.0
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Page to Screen
2002
7.0
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Host
2002
6.5
Mr. Deeds
as Chuck Cedar
2002
5.9
Feast of All Saints
as Philippe Ferronaire
2001
4.4
Protection
as Ted
2001
5.7
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
Perfume
as Guido
2001
4.7
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
as Self
2001
5.0
The Last Debate
as Tom Chapman
2000
0.0
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self
2000
7.4
Jesus Christ Superstar
as First Priest
2000
6.9
Center Stage
as Jonathan Reeves
2000
6.9
Cupid & Cate
as Harry
2000
5.9
Other Voices
as Jordin
2000
3.5
Brotherhood of Murder
as Bob Matthews
1999
1.0
House on Haunted Hill
as Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.
1999
5.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as William Dodds
1999
7.9
American Beauty
as Buddy Kane
1999
8.0
Family Guy
as Jared (voice)
1999
7.4
The Secret Lives of Men
1998
0.0
Brave New World
as Bernard Marx
1998
5.4
Virtual Obsession
as Dr. Joe Messenger
1998
3.9
Johnny Skidmarks
as Johnny Scardino
1998
5.4
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as James Ritchie
1997
6.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Cafe Society
as Jack Kale
1997
4.7
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as John Anticev
1997
6.0
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Gideon Hausner (voice)
1997
5.8
Titanic
as Wynn Park
1996
5.9
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
as David Lewis
1996
5.4
Superman: The Animated Series
as Kurt (voice)
1996
7.6
Cannes Man
as Self
1996
5.2
Last Dance
as John Hayes
1996
5.6
🎬
The Great Irish Famine
as narrator
1996
0.0
The Underneath
as Michael Chambers
1995
5.7
While You Were Sleeping
as Peter Callaghan
1995
7.0
🎬
Everybody Just Stay Calm
as Self
1994
0.0
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Alan Campbell
1994
5.8
White Mile
as Jack Robbins
1994
5.6
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Vic Tenetta
1994
7.1
Mother's Boys
as Robert Madigan
1993
5.3
Short Cuts
as Stormy Weathers
1993
7.2
Malice
as Atty. Dennis Riley
1993
6.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Fallen Angels
as Mitch Allison
1993
5.9
Fallen Angels
as Dr. Yorgrau
1993
5.9
Watch It
as John
1993
4.0
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
1993
6.0
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
as Himself / Sky Masterson
1992
10.0
Bob Roberts
as Dan Riley
1992
6.5
Buying a Landslide
as Philip Kautsky
1992
0.0
The Player
as Larry Levy
1992
7.2
Robert Altman's Players
as Self
1992
5.5
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Matt
1991
4.9
Late for Dinner
as Bob Freeman
1991
5.6
Milena
as Pollak
1991
2.0
An Inconvenient Woman
as Philip Quennell
1991
5.2
Tune in Tomorrow...
as Richard Quince
1990
5.2
Love and Lies
as David West
1990
0.0
sex, lies, and videotape
as John Mullany
1989
6.9
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Aaron Copler
1988
6.3
High Spirits
as Brother Tony
1988
5.8
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as Lt. Cmdr. John Challee
1988
6.4
The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Leo Frank
1988
5.8
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
1987
6.2
My Little Girl
as Kai
1986
4.3
Dreamchild
as Jack Dolan
1985
6.5
Terrible Joe Moran
as Nick
1984
0.0
Summer Lovers
as Michael Pappas
1982
5.3
The Idolmaker
as Caesare
1980
5.4
Skag
as John Skagska
1980
0.0
🎬
Skag
1980
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Harry
1951
8.6
🎬
Cruel Intentions
as Edward Valmont
N/A
8.0