Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) 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), Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and David Langley in Bean (1997).
MacNicol won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997–2002). He is also known for his television roles as attorney Alan Birch in the medical drama Chicago Hope (1994–98), X the Eliminator on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000–07), physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama Numbers (2005–10), Tom Lennox in the sixth season of action-thriller 24 (2007), Doctor Octopus in The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–09), Dr. Stark on Grey's Anatomy (2010–11), Jeff Kane on the political satire series Veep (2016–19), and Nigel the Advisor on Tangled: The Series (2017–20). He also voiced the Mad Hatter in the Batman: Arkham video game series.[2][3] He also played FBI Deputy Director Simon Sifter during season one of CSI: Cyber (2015-2016).
Early life[]
MacNicol was born on April 10, 1954, in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of five children of Barbara Jean (née Gottlich), a homemaker, and John Wilbur Johnson, a Norwegian-American corporate executive who became an Episcopal priest later in life. He is a graduate of MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas.[3][4][5][6]
Filmography[]
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 24 | Tom Lennox | 24 episodes |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Tseebo | Voice, 2 episodes[7] |
| 2014–2016 | American Dad! | Angel, Old Man Hanson | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Robert Wolcott | Episode: "The Reclusive Potential" |
References[]
- ↑ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 10–17" (in en), ABC News.
- ↑ Bobbin, Jay (December 19, 1999). "News; I recently saw a Chicago Hope ...".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Peter MacNicol Biography (1954?-)".
- ↑ Whipp, Glenn (July 20, 2016). "A few seconds of screen time cost 'Veep' actor Peter MacNicol an Emmy nomination".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ (January 1, 1968) Who's who in Commerce and Industry 15. Marquis Who's Who, page 708.
- ↑ "Peter MacNicol (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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