"Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them."
Peter MacNicol (born April 10 1954 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor.
He started his acting career in 1978 at the Guthrie Theater, performing for two seasons in productions of Hamlet and The Pretenders before making his New York debut in the play Crimes of the Heart, for which he ultimately won the Theatre World Award. His first film role was in Dragonslayer and eventually came to prominence in television series like Chicago Hope and Ally McBeal. Beyond that, his career has seamlessly spanned a wide variety of roles from horror to drama to comedy.
Film roles with TV Tropes pages:
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- Sophie's Choice (1982)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- Bean (1997)
- Baby Geniuses (1999)
- Recess: School's Out (2001)
- Battleship (2012)
- Game Change (2012)
Television roles with TV Tropes pages:
- 24
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- All Rise
- Ally McBeal
- Boston Legal
- Cheers
- Chicago Hope
- CSI: Cyber
- Faerie Tale Theatre
- Fairly Legal
- Grey's Anatomy
- The Mindy Project
- Necessary Roughness
- NUMB3RS
- The Powers That Be
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Tales from the Crypt
- Veep
Voice acting roles with TV Tropes pages:
- All Grown Up!
- The Angry Beavers
- Balto II: Wolf Quest
- The Batman
- Batman: Arkham City
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Danny Phantom
- Doc McStuffins
- G.I. Joe: Renegades
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (Video Game)
- Justice League
- Recess: School's Out
- The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
- The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Star Wars Rebels
- Tangled: The Series
- The Wild Thornberrys
- Young Justice
Directing Roles
- Large Ham: If you were expecting subtle then you’ve found the wrong guy. Dude eats scenery like a squirrel eats nuts.
- Leslie Nielsen Syndrome: Started out as a dramatic actor, but was mostly cast in comic roles after Ghost Busters II.
- Old Shame: For some reason, he does not list Dragonslayer on his CV.
- Star-Derailing Role: His career fell victim to the unfortunate project that was Baby Geniuses, along with most of the rest of the cast.
