Peter Weller

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Peter Weller played Christopher Henderson during Season 5 of 24. He is well known for playing the title character in the 1987 film RoboCop. Due to his role in that film, fans use that as a nickname. He has also hosted several episodes of the History Channel's Engineering an Empire for 12 episodes.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
- 2.1 Television appearances
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Weller's father was a helicopter pilot for the Army, which meant that he spent many years abroad. His family lived in Germany for several years, before eventually moving to Texas. He enrolled at North Texas State University because he wanted to play trumpet with the jazz band there. After graduating, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and performed on Broadway and the West End before making his film debut in 1979.

Although he has appeared in over fifty films and television series, he is best known for his appearances as the title character in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and the blockbuster hits RoboCop and RoboCop 2. He has also appeared in critically acclaimed movies such as Mighty Aphrodite and Naked Lunch and in the short-lived TV show Odyssey 5. He has made a guest appearance in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Demons" and "Terra Prime". In recent years he seems to favor directing over acting, helming two episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street and three episodes of the aforementioned Odyssey 5.

Weller is a graduate of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas, received his Bachelor's Degree in Theater at North Texas State University (later The University of North Texas) and a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He also holds a Masters Degree in Roman and Renaissance Art, and teaches a Literature and Fine Arts course at Syracuse University, where he is also pursuing his PhD. He is currently the host of the History Channel's Engineering an Empire series, which debuted in September of 2005.

[edit] Selected filmography

Prey (2007)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Naked Lunch (1991)
RoboCop 2 (1990)
RoboCop (1987)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Years (1979)

[edit] Television appearances

24 (2006)
Engineering an Empire (host) (2005-present)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)
Odyssey 5 (2002-2005)

[edit] Trivia

A member of the famed Actor's Studio, studying under Uta Hagen, Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg.
A skilled trumpet player, he performs occasionally throughout LA in a jazz band with fellow Buckaroo Banzai actor Jeff Goldblum.
Born on the same day as RoboCop co-star Nancy Allen, albeit three years apart.
Second cousin of NASA Astronaut and Space Shuttle pilot David Lovett.
A serious runner and competed in the 1986 New York City Marathon, completing it in 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Appeared in the same season of 24 as RoboCop co-stars Paul McCrane and Ray Wise.
24 marks his third collaboration with Manny Coto, who was creator and Executive Producer of Odyssey 5 and Executive Producer of Star Trek: Enterprise's final season, in which Weller guest-starred.
For 24, he was credited with the "and" credit (during his first episode it read "and Peter Weller as Christopher Henderson") at the end of the Guest Star list, the fourth person to do so, after Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers in Season 2 and Season 3, and Shohreh Aghdashloo as Dina Araz in Season 4, and before Ricky Schroder as Mike Doyle in Season 6.