Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 10, 1954
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Credits
79 titles
Peter MacNicol
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
Filmography
All's Fair
Robert DeLancie
Shell
Dr. Thaddeus Brand
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Invader (voice)
Home Delivery
Howard Evans
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Psycho Date
All Rise
Albert Campbell
Secret of the Sundrop
Nigel the Advisor
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Nigel the Advisor (voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ishmael
CSI: Cyber
Simon Sifter
Star Wars Rebels
Tseebo (voice)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Professor Elliott Randolph
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Dewey Ottman (voices)
The Mindy Project
Rabbi Adler
Veep
Jeff Kane
Battleship
Secretary of Defense
Doc McStuffins
Egghead (voice)
Game Change
Rick Davis
Batman: Arkham City (The Movie)
Mad Hatter
Fairly Legal
Judge Smollet
Young Justice
Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Firefly (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
Spider-Man: Re-Animated
Self
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Otto Octavius (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
Robert Wolcott
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Troopmaster (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
Robert Stark
American Dad!
Old Man Hanson (voice)
Numb3rs
Larry Fleinhardt
Boston Legal
Dr. Sydney Field
The Batman
Langstrom (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
David Clinton (voice)
Breakin' All the Rules
Philip Gascon
Danny Phantom
Sidney Poindexter (voice)
The Lyon's Den
Balto: Wolf Quest
Muru (voice)
24
Tom Lennox
Recess: School's Out
Fenwick (voice)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Boston Public
Director
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Major (voice)
The Pooch and the Pauper
Liberty (voice)
Snowden's Christmas
Snowden (voice)
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Fido (voice)
Baby Geniuses
Dan
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Narrator (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Raju / Monkey (voice)
CatDog
Runt (voice)