Early life

Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the son of Dorothy Jean (née Davidson), a homemaker, and Frederick Bradford Weller, a lawyer, federal judge, and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. Weller had a "middle-class Catholic" upbringing. As a result of his father's army work, Weller spent many years abroad during his childhood. His family lived in Germany for several years before eventually moving to Texas, where he attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. While enrolled at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), he played trumpet in one of the campus bands. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and began his acting career after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Stage

Weller's stage career began in the 1970s with appearances on Broadway in Full Circle, directed by Otto Preminger, and Summer Brave, William Inge's rewrite of his play Picnic. About this time, he became a member of the famed Actors Studio.

In December 2006, Weller starred as architect Frank Lloyd Wright at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in Frank's Home, a new play by Richard Nelson.

Film

Weller was in the 1984 film Firstborn with Christopher Collet, where he played the abusive boyfriend of Collet's mother (played by Teri Garr).

Weller has appeared in more than 50 films and television series, including turns as the title characters in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and blockbuster hits RoboCop and RoboCop 2, as well as Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. He has also appeared in such critically acclaimed films as Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite, the Oliver Stone-produced The New Age and David Cronenberg's movie of William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch.

In 1995, he appeared in Screamers, a science-fiction film based on the short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick and directed by Christian Duguay.

Television

In a 1977 episode of the television series Lou Grant, he plays Oberster SA-Führer Donald Sterner/Stryker, a tragically disillusioned Jewish-American Neo-Nazi leader who later committed suicide off-screen with his Colt 45 near the end of the episode when his heritage was discovered.

On television, he played the shuttle captain in the short-lived series Odyssey 5 and made guest appearances as Terran supremacist John Frederick Paxton in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Demons", "Terra Prime" and in Fringe as the character Alistair Peck.

Weller is a contributor to the History Channel in several productions, credited as "Peter Weller, Syracuse University", where he is an adjunct faculty member. He is a graduate student in art history at UCLA, focusing on the Italian Renaissance.

In 2005, Weller co-starred as the Captain in a made-for-television remake of The Poseidon Adventure.

In 2006, Weller joined the cast of 24 as terrorist collaborator Christopher Henderson. Weller received a "cheer" in TV Guide's "Cheers & Jeers" section for his performance.

On January 15, 2010, Weller was seen in a teaser trailer for the companion documentary God of War: Unearthing the Legend that was featured in the game God of War III which Weller also hosted.

On April 15, 2010, Weller guest-starred in an episode of the science fiction drama Fringe. He also guest-starred on the Showtime original series Dexter, and had a guest appearance in the December 22, 2010 episode of Psych; where he played villain "Yin"

Since 2012, he's recurring as Lucien Connally on the crime drama television series Longmire.

In 2013, he played the part of the villain in the remake of the "Hookman" episode of the original Hawaii Five-O. The part was originally played in 1973 by J. J. Armes. In seasons six and seven of Sons of Anarchy, he plays the ruthless ex-cop Charles Barosky, a boss at the Stockton port and has dealings with the SAMCRO motorcycle club.

Directing

Weller has also directed various projects for television, including episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, Monk and three episodes of the aforementioned Odyssey 5. He directed a 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast starring David Caruso and Marg Helgenberger after previously starring in a version of Leonard's thriller Cat Chaser. He has directed eleven episodes of the series Sons of Anarchy, two in Season 4, titled "Dorylus" (air date 9/20/11) and "Hands", three in Season 5, titled "Authority Vested", "Toad's Wild Ride" and "Darthy", three in Season 6, titled "One One Six", "Los Fantasmas" and "Aon Rud Pearsanta" and three in Season 7, titled "Some Strange Eruption", "What a Piece of Work Is Man" and "Suits of Woe". He has directed one episode each season of Longmire since 2012.

Voice acting

On May 23, 2012 it was announced that Weller would be the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the two-part animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns.

Personal life

In 2004, Weller completed a master's degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, Weller began a Ph.D. at UCLA, in Italian Renaissance art history. In October 2013 he filed his dissertation, entitled "Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti’s De pictura", and was awarded his doctorate in 2014. He later revealed at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on August 2, 2014, that he had been conferred his doctorate.

On June 24, 2006, he married longtime girlfriend and actress Sheri Stowe at the Santa Maria Assunta church in Positano, Italy. It was also Weller's 59th birthday. Guests among the wedding were Carrie Fisher and Marg Helgenberger.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Man Without a Country	Lt. Fellows
1975	The Silence	Red Sash
1977	Lou Grant	Episode: "Nazi" - Donald Stryker
1983	Kentucky Woman	Deke Cullover
1983	Two Kinds of Love	Joe Farley
1986	Apology	Rad Hungate
1990	Women and Men: Stories of Seduction	Hobie
1994	Partners	Doctor	Short film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
1994	The Substitute Wife	Martin Hightower
1994	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee	Uncredited
1995	Present Tense, Past Perfect	Charles
1990	Rainbow Drive	Mike Gallagher
1997	End of Summer	Theo Remmington
1997	Gold Coast	—	Director and executive producer
1998	Tower of the Firstborn	John Shannon
2000	Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula	Father Stefan
2005	The Poseidon Adventure	Captain Paul Gallico

Television series

Year	Title	Role(s)	Channel	Notes
1977	Lou Grant	Donald Stryker	CBS	Episode: "Nazi"
1995-1996	Homicide: Life on the Street	—	NBC	Director Episodes: "Hate Crimes", "White Lies"
1997	Michael Hayes	—	CBS	Director Episode: "The Doctor's Tale"
2002-2003	Odyssey 5	Chuck Taggart	Space	19 (20) episodes
2005	Star Trek: Enterprise	John Frederick Paxton	UPN	Episodes: "Demons" "Terra Prime"
2006	Monk	-	USA Network	Director Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye"
2006	Monk	Actor playing Stottlemeyer	USA Network	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Actor"
2006	24	Christopher Henderson	Fox	11 episodes
2007	Las Vegas	—	NBC	Director Episode: "A Cannon Carol"
2010	Fringe	Scientist Alistair Peck	Fox	Episode: "White Tulip"
2010	Psych	Mr. Yin	USA Network	Episode: "Yang 3 in 2D"
2010	Dexter	Stan Liddy	Showtime	8 episodes
2013-2014	Sons of Anarchy	Charles Barosky	FX	10 episodes
2012	House	Dr. Penza	Fox	Episode: "Post Mortem"
2012	The Mob Doctor	—	Fox	Director Episode: "Confessions"
2012-2015	Longmire	Lucian Connally	A&E (TV channel) Netflix	Also director 4 episodes
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Curt Stoner	CBS	Episode: "Hookman"
2013-2016	Hawaii Five-0	—	CBS	Director 7 episodes
2014	The Strain	—	FX	Director 3 episodes
2014-2015	Under the Dome	—	CBS	Director Episode: "The Red Door" (2014) Episode: "But I'm Not" (2015)
2015	Tyrant	—	FX	Director Episode: "Zanjir"
2015	Sleepy Hollow	—	Fox	Director Episode: "I, Witness"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	Joe Le Fors
1980	Just Tell Me What You Want	Steven Routledge
1982	Shoot the Moon	Frank Henderson
1983	Of Unknown Origin	Bart Hughes	Paris Film Festival for Best Actor
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	Buckaroo Banzai
1984	Firstborn	Sam
1986	A Killing Affair	Baston Morris
1987	RoboCop	Officer Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor
1988	The Tunnel	Juan Pablo Castel
1988	Shakedown	Roland Dalton
1989	Leviathan	Steven Beck
1989	Cat Chaser	George Moran
1990	RoboCop 2	RoboCop
1991	Road to Ruin	Jack Sloan
1991	Naked Lunch	William "Bill" Lee	Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1992	Fifty/Fifty	Jake Wyer
1993	Sunset Grill	Ryder Hart
1994	The New Age	Peter Witner
1995	Beyond the Clouds	Husband
1995	Screamers	Joe Hendricksson
1995	Mighty Aphrodite	Jerry Bender
1995	Decoy	Baxter
1998	Top of the World	Ray Mercer
1999	Diplomatic Siege	Steve Mitchell
2000	Shadow Hours	Stuart Chappell
2000	Falling Through	Lou
2000	Contaminated Man	Joseph Müller
2000	Ivans Xtc	Don West	Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2001	Styx	Nelson
2003	The Order	Driscoll
2005	Man of God	Rabbi
2005	Undiscovered	Wick Treadway
2006	The Hard Easy	Ed Koster
2007	Prey	Tom Newman
2007	Dating Vietnam	Jack Newton
2010	Once Fallen	Eddie
2012	Dragon Eyes	Mr. V
2012	The Dark Knight Returns	Bruce Wayne/Batman	Direct-to-video animated film Voice role
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Alexander Marcus
2015	Skin Trade	Costello

Awards and nominations

• (1988) Saturn Award for Best Actor - RoboCop
• (1992) Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Naked Lunch
• (1993) Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film - Partners- Nominated
• (2002) Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male - Ivans XTC

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