Peter Riegert (April 11, 1947) is an American actor, writer, and director best known for The Mask (1994), Animal House (1978), and Oscar (1991).
He is married to novelist Cornelia Read.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1978: Animal House as Donald Schoenstein
- 1979: Americathon as Eric McMerkin
- 1979: Chilly Scenes of Winter as Sam
- 1982: Movie Madness as Jason Cooper
- 1983: Local Hero as Mac
- 1983: Le Grand Carnaval as Walter Giammanca
- 1984: The City Girl as Tim
- 1986: News At Eleven as Eric Ross
- 1987: A Man In Love as Michael Pozner
- 1987: The Stranger as Dr. Harris Kite
- 1988: Crossing Delancey as Sam Posner
- 1989: Thats Adequate as Adult Baby Elroy
- 1990: A Shock to the System as Robert Benham
- 1991: The Object Of Beauty as Larry
- 1991: Oscar as Aldo
- 1991: The Runestone as Capt. Gregory Fanducci
- 1992: Utz as Marius Fisher
- 1992: Passed Away as Peter Syracusa
- 1993: Barbarians At The Gate as Peter Cohen
- 1993: Gypsy as Herbie
- 1994: The Mask as Lt. Mitch Kellaway
- 1994: Bleeding Hearts as Doctor
- 1995: Coldblooded as Steve
- 1995: The Infiltrator as Rabbi Cooper
- 1995: Pie In The Sky as Dad Dunlap
- 1995: An Element Of Truth as Sidney Wiltz
- 1996: Infinity as Mel Feynman
- 1997: North Shore Fish as Porker
- 1997: Face Down as Lt. Coop Cooper
- 1998: Jerry And Tom as Stanley
- 1998: The Baby Dance as Richard
- 1998: Hi Life as Minor
- 1998: Scandalous Me The Jacqueline Susann Story as Irving Mansfield
- 2000: Passion Of Mind as Dr. Peters
- 2000: In The Weeds as Barry
- 2000: How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog as Larry
- 2000: Traffic as Atty. Michael Adler
- 2001: Club Land as Rabbi
- 2001: Bojangles as Marty
- 2001: Bleacher Bums as Decker
- 2004: King Of The Corner as Leo Spivak (also director and writer)
- 2004: Back When We Were Gronwups as Zeb Davitch
- 2006: Surrender Dorothy as Mel
- 2009: Love Conquers Paul as Mr. Feigenbaum
- 2010: The Chosen One as Bob
- 2010: White Irish Drinkers as Whitey
- 2011: Oka as Dr. Maguire
- 2011: We Bought a Zoo as Delbert McGinty
- 2013: At Middleton as Boneyard Sims
- 2016: American Pastoral as Lou Levov
Television Roles
- 1977: M*A*S*H as Cpl. Igor Straminsky
- 1984: American Playhouse as Richard M. Nixon
- 1984: Ellis Island as Jacob Rubinstein
- 1985: The Twilight Zone (1985) as Gus Rosenthal
- 1989: American Masters as W. Eugene Smith
- 1989: Trying Times as Bill
- 1992: Middle Ages as Walter Cooper
- 1996: Law & Order as Jerold Dixon
- 1998: Seinfeld as James Kimbrough
- 2000: Sports Night as Jay Rydell
- 2001: The Beast 2001 as Ted Fisher
- 2001-2002: The Sopranos as Assemblyman Ronald Zellman
- 2003: Family Guy as Max Weinstein
- 2004-2007: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Chauncey Zeriko
- 2007: Damages as George Moore/The Executive
- 2008: Cashmere Mafia as Len Dinerstein
- 2009: Leverage as Peter Blanchard
- 2009-2012: The Good Wife as Judge Harvey Winter
- 2010-2011: One Tree Hill as Dr. August Kellerman
- 2013-2014: Dad as David Sachs
- 2015: Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll as Ted
- 2015: Show Me a Hero as Oscar Newman
- 2017-2019: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Artie Goodman
- 2018: Disjointed as Walter
- 2021: Succession as Roger Pugh
