Who is peter weller

Actor 70 Credits. Magnum P. Engineering an Empire. Odyssey 5. Star Trek: Enterprise. The Handler. RoboCop: Prime Directives. Faerie Tale Theatre. Tower of the Firstborn.

Rainbow Drive. Sunset Grill. RoboCop 2. The Substitute Wife. The Silence. Road to Ruin. Diplomatic Siege. Beyond the Clouds. Falling Through. Shadow Hours.

The Order. The Poseidon Adventure. Ivans Xtc. Once Fallen. The Hard Easy. Dragon Eyes. Forced to Fight. He earned a master of arts degree in Roman and Renaissance art history in from Syracuse University. Syracuse was uniquely suited for his historical interests, with their renowned study-abroad program in Florence Italy, a venue that afforded him contact with celebrated scholars such as Robert Rab Hatfield, world renown for his scholarship on Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

I love him. He was an inspiration. The lecture began with a dramatic and graphic description of a crucifixion that went on for several minutes. You could have heard a pin drop when it ended. Peter never disappointed. Weller was awarded a Ph. Peter Weller inspires respect and admiration from his students. Kevin Sloan, Hon. Is a huge fan of cigar smoking, which got him into a heavy argument once in an outdoor restaurant. Though he remains defensive about his right to smoke, he has since then either put out his cigar or gone elsewhere when asked to do so.

He was chosen to play the lead role in RoboCop because of his slender build. The producers feared that having a large actor would require too large a suit that would look ridiculous, and insisted on a thinner actor. Weller found he sweated so much weight off in the suit that a fan had to be built into it. He teaches a literature and fine arts class at Syracuse University and is one of Syracuse's most popular professors.

He can be seen, in his capacity as an expert, on a History Channel documentary on the Roman era. In , Dr. Peter Weller received his Ph. He had previously received his Master of Arts degree in the same subjects. He was at one stage attached to appear in Alien vs. He was considered for the role of the Master in the television movie Doctor Who , which went to Eric Roberts.

Is a huge fan of the television series 24 , in which he played Jack Bauer's nemesis Christopher Henderson. Is a serious runner who finished the New York Marathon in 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Cousin of actor Frederick Weller their fathers are brothers. Despite his vocal criticisms about the downhill direction the franchise was going in, as well as his physical discomfort wearing the suit, Weller admitted that he was willing to reprise the role of RoboCop in RoboCop 3 for the fans.

However, he was already committed to doing Naked Lunch , so he had to pass. During the filming of RoboCop and while wearing the prosthetics, Weller remained in character between takes, responding only to director Paul Verhoeven 's when addressed as "Robo". Though Verhoeven found this too funny to take seriously, and this was dropped after a couple of weeks. Among the wedding guests were Carrie Fisher and Marg Helgenberger.

He and his wife Sheri Stowe welcomed the birth of their only son in August He loves traveling and learning about other cultures from around the world. I can't remember exactly what the scenes were, I just remember wondering why they weren't in. It's a great little jewel of a human story.