1954-04-10 ( 70 years old ) in Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
Movies
Home Delivery
2024-02-05
Our Almost Completely True Story
2023-12-08
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013-08-10
Battleship
2012-04-11
Game Change
2012-02-28
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005-07-14
Breakin' All the Rules
2004-05-14
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002-04-30
Recess: School's Out
2001-02-16
The Pooch and the Pauper
2000-07-01
Snowden's Christmas
1999-12-25
Olive, The Other Reindeer
1999-12-17
Baby Geniuses
1999-03-12
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998-12-22
Silencing Mary
1998-03-08
Bean
1997-07-03
Mojave Moon
1996-11-15
Abducted: A Father's Love
1996-03-30
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995-12-22
Radioland Murders
1994-10-21
Roswell
1994-07-31
Addams Family Values
1993-11-19
Housesitter
1992-06-12
Hard Promises
1992-01-31
By Dawn's Early Light
1990-05-19
American Blue Note
1989-08-06
Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988-01-01
Heat
1986-10-16
Johnny Bull
1986-05-19
Sophie's Choice
1982-12-08
Dragonslayer
1981-06-26
Powered by Powerxsoft Ltd using the TMDB API