
Peter MacNicol
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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), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).
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Shell (2025)
as Dr. Thaddeus Brand

Battleship (2012)
as Secretary of Defense

Ghostbusters II (1989)
as Janosz Poha

Addams Family Values (1993)
as Gary Granger

Housesitter (1992)
as Marty

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)
as Dewey Ottman (voices)

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
as The Invader (voice)

Bean (1997)
as David Langley

Sophie's Choice (1982)
as Stingo

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
as Thomas Renfield

Recess: School's Out (2001)
as Fenwick (voice)

Roswell (1994)
as Lewis Rickett

Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Dan

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
as Troopmaster (voice)

Dragonslayer (1981)
as Galen

Balto: Wolf Quest (2002)
as Muru (voice)

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Game Change (2012)
as Rick Davis

Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
as Philip Gascon

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Sedgwick

Heat (1986)
as Cyrus Kinnick

Mojave Moon (1996)
as Tire Repairman

Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
as Fido (voice)

Radioland Murders (1994)
as Son Writer

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008)
as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (voice)

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman (1988)
as Narrator

Snowden's Christmas (1999)
as Snowden (voice)

Floss (—)
as Dr. Rivus

The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)
as Liberty (voice)

American Blue Note (1989)
as Jack Solow

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023)
as Psycho Date

Hard Promises (1992)
as Stuart

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
as Martin

Home Delivery (2026)
as Howard Evans
Abducted: A Father's Love (1996)
as Roy Dowd

Silencing Mary (1998)
as Lawrence Dixon

Johnny Bull (1986)
as Joe Kovacs





