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.
Acted in
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as The Invader (voice)
Our Almost Completely True Story
2023
as Psycho Date
All Rise
2019
as Albert Campbell
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Ishmael
CSI: Cyber
2015
as Simon Sifter
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Tseebo (voice)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Professor Elliott Randolph
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013
as Dewey Ottman (voices)
The Mindy Project
2012
as Rabbi Adler
Veep
2012
as Jeff Kane
Battleship
2012
as Secretary of Defense
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Egghead (voice)
Game Change
2012
as Rick Davis
Fairly Legal
2011
as Judge Smollet
Young Justice
2010
as Professor Ivo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
G.I. Joe: Renegades
2010
as Firefly (voice)
Young Justice
2010
as Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)
Young Justice
2010
as Professor Ivo (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard
2008
as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Master Planner / Otto Octavius (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Master Planner (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
as Master Planner / Doctor Octopus (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Robert Wolcott
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
as Troopmaster (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Robert Stark
American Dad!
2005
as Old Man Hanson (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Santa's Elf (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Angel (voice)
Numb3rs
2005
as Larry Fleinhardt
Boston Legal
2004
as Dr. Sydney Field
The Batman
2004
as Langstrom (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as David Clinton (voice)
Breakin' All the Rules
2004
as Philip Gascon
Danny Phantom
2004
as Sidney Poindexter (voice)
The Lyon's Den
2003
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
as Muru (voice)
24
2001
as Tom Lennox
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Fenwick (voice)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
as X the Eliminator (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
as Major (voice)
The Pooch and the Pauper
2000
as Liberty (voice)
Snowden's Christmas
1999
as (voice)
Olive, The Other Reindeer
1999
as Fido (voice)
Baby Geniuses
1999
as Dan
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Raju / Monkey (voice)
CatDog
1998
Silencing Mary
1998
as Lawrence Dixon
Ally McBeal
1997
Ally McBeal
1997
as John Cage
Bean
1997
as David Langley
The Angry Beavers
1997
Mojave Moon
1996
as Tire Repairman
Abducted: A Father's Love
1996
as Roy Dowd
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
as Thomas Renfield
Radioland Murders
1994
as Son Writer
Chicago Hope
1994
Roswell
1994
as Lewis Rickett
Addams Family Values
1993
as Gary Granger
Housesitter
1992
as Marty
The Powers That Be
1992
as Bradley Grist
Hard Promises
1992
as Stuart
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Sedgwick
American Blue Note
1989
as Jack Solow
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Dr. Janosz Poha
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Austin Haggard
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Narrator
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Steve Cooper
Heat
1986
as Cyrus Kinnick
Johnny Bull
1986
as Joe Kovacs
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
as Martin
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Stingo
Cheers
1982
as Mario
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Martin
Dragonslayer
1981
as Galen
Floss
as Dr. Rivus
Home Delivery
as Howard Evans