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Peter MacNicol
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DramaSophie's Choice
ActionHeat
DramaGame Change
CrimeNumb3rs
ComedyBreakin' All the Rules
ComedyHousesitter
AnimationBalto II: Wolf Quest
AnimationRecess: School's Out
ActionDragonslayer
AdventureBean
- ComedyAmerican Blue Note
ComedyDracula: Dead and Loving It
ComedyBaby Geniuses
ComedyMojave Moon
AnimationStuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
ComedyHard Promises
ActionGhostbusters II
Action24: Redemption
AnimationThe Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
AnimationScooby-Doo! Stage Fright
ComedyAddams Family Values
ActionBattleship
ComedyRadioland Murders
AnimationThe Spectacular Spider-Man
- AdventureThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
- AnimationSnowden's Christmas
- DramaJohnny Bull
ComedyThe Powers That Be
- DramaSilencing Mary
- AnimationOlive, The Other Reindeer
- DramaAbducted: A Father's Love
- ComedyOur Almost Completely True Story
- AdventureThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
AnimationHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
DramaRoswell
ComedyThe Pooch and the Pauper
ActionBy Dawn's Early Light
AnimationHarvey Birdman, Attorney General
AnimationThe Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard
AnimationJustice League Unlimited
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Peter MacNicol
Actor
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 television shows, including The West Wing (2001), 24 (2001), 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.
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- Dallas, Texas, USA
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