Peter MacNicol
Acting
Born: April 10, 1954 (age 72) · Dallas, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Battleship
2012
Ghostbusters II
1989
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Addams Family Values
1993
Bean
1997
American Dad!
2005
24
2001
Young Justice
2010
Danny Phantom
2004
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Photos (1)
Movies (36)
Battleship
Secretary of Defense
Addams Family Values
Gary Granger
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Invader (voice)
Ghostbusters II
Janosz Poha
Bean
David Langley
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Thomas Renfield
Sophie's Choice
Stingo
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Dewey Ottman (voices)
Housesitter
Marty
Recess: School's Out
Fenwick (voice)
Dragonslayer
Galen
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Troopmaster (voice)
Balto: Wolf Quest
Muru (voice)
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Narrator (voice)
Baby Geniuses
Dan
Game Change
Rick Davis
Shell
Dr. Thaddeus Brand
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
Breakin' All the Rules
Philip Gascon
Mojave Moon
Tire Repairman
By Dawn's Early Light
Sedgwick
Radioland Murders
Son Writer
Roswell
Lewis Rickett
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Fido (voice)
Heat
Cyrus Kinnick
Secret of the Sundrop
Nigel the Advisor
Silencing Mary
Lawrence Dixon
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Psycho Date
Hard Promises
Stuart
The Pooch and the Pauper
Liberty (voice)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Martin
Home Delivery
Howard Evans
Johnny Bull
Joe Kovacs
American Blue Note
Jack Solow
Snowden's Christmas
Snowden (voice)
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Narrator
TV Shows (50)
Grey's Anatomy
Robert Stark · 7 eps
American Dad!
Old Man Hanson (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Santa's Elf (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Angel (voice) · 1 eps
24
Tom Lennox · 24 eps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Professor Elliott Randolph · 2 eps
Cheers
Mario · 1 eps
Young Justice
Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice) · 1 eps
Young Justice
Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice) · 1 eps
Young Justice
Professor Ivo (voice) · 1 eps
Boston Legal
Dr. Sydney Field · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Alan Birch · 30 eps
The Big Bang Theory
Robert Wolcott · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Larry Fleinhardt · 99 eps
The Mindy Project
Rabbi Adler · 1 eps
Star Wars Rebels
Tseebo (voice) · 3 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Raju / Monkey (voice) · 1 eps
Doc McStuffins
Egghead (voice) · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime") · 1 eps
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice) · 2 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Otto Octavius (voice) · 4 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice) · 1 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Doctor Octopus (voice) · 3 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner (voice) · 2 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice) · 1 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice) · 1 eps
Veep
Jeff Kane · 9 eps
Justice League Unlimited
David Clinton (voice) · 2 eps
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Major (voice) · 2 eps
The Batman
Langstrom (voice) · 3 eps
CatDog
Runt (voice) · 1 eps
Danny Phantom
Sidney Poindexter (voice) · 2 eps
All Rise
Albert Campbell · 9 eps
All's Fair
Robert DeLancie · 1 eps
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Nigel the Advisor (voice) · 3 eps
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Nigel (voice) · 1 eps
Ally McBeal
John Cage · 112 eps
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ishmael · 1 eps
The Angry Beavers
1 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
8 eps
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
X the Eliminator (voice) · 9 eps
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
X, the Eliminator (voice) · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Martin · 1 eps
Fairly Legal
Judge Smollet · 1 eps
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Firefly (voice) · 1 eps
CSI: Cyber
Simon Sifter · 13 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Steve Cooper · 1 eps
The Lyon's Den
1 eps
The Powers That Be
Bradley Grist · 20 eps
