Peter MacNicol
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
Grey's Anatomy
Robert Stark
24
Tom Lennox
American Dad!
Old Man Hanson (voice)
American Dad!
Santa's Elf (voice)
American Dad!
Angel (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
Robert Wolcott
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Professor Elliott Randolph
Cheers
Mario
Boston Legal
Dr. Sydney Field
Young Justice
Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
Young Justice
Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
Young Justice
Professor Ivo (voice)
Numb3rs
Larry Fleinhardt
All's Fair
Judge Robert DeLancie
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Invader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
Tseebo (voice)
Chicago Hope
Veep
Jeff Kane
The Mindy Project
Rabbi Adler
Doc McStuffins
Egghead (voice)
The Batman
Langstrom (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
CatDog
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ishmael
The Wild Thornberrys
Raju / Monkey (voice)
Danny Phantom
Sidney Poindexter (voice)
The Angry Beavers
Justice League Unlimited
David Clinton (voice)
Addams Family Values
Gary Granger
All Rise
Albert Campbell
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Nigel the Advisor (voice)
Ghostbusters II
Dr. Janosz Poha
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Major (voice)
Battleship
Secretary of Defense
Faerie Tale Theatre
Martin
Hard Promises
Stuart
Heat
Cyrus Kinnick
Dragonslayer
Galen
Game Change
Rick Davis
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)
Bean
David Langley
Mojave Moon
Tire Repairman
Ally McBeal
John Cage
Baby Geniuses
Dan
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Troopmaster (voice)
Shell
Dr. Thaddeus Brand
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Thomas Renfield
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Steve Cooper
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
X the Eliminator (voice)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
X, the Eliminator (voice)
CSI: Cyber
Simon Sifter
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Narrator (voice)
Roswell
Lewis Rickett
Sophie's Choice
Stingo
Housesitter
Marty
Silencing Mary
Lawrence Dixon
Balto: Wolf Quest
Muru (voice)
Breakin' All the Rules
Philip Gascon
Recess: School's Out
Fenwick (voice)
Johnny Bull
Joe Kovacs
Fairly Legal
Judge Smollet
By Dawn's Early Light
Sedgwick
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Fido (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Lyon's Den
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Dewey Ottman (voices)
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Firefly (voice)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Martin
Secret of the Sundrop
Nigel the Advisor
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Narrator
Abducted: A Father's Love
Roy Dowd
The Powers That Be
Bradley Grist
Floss
Dr. Rivus
American Blue Note
Jack Solow
Snowden's Christmas
(voice)
Radioland Murders
Son Writer
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Psycho Date
The Pooch and the Pauper
Liberty (voice)
Home Delivery
Howard Evans