Cast: Peter MacNicol

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Peter MacNicol. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Sophie's Choice

1982 · Movie · 157 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Meryl Streep · Kevin Kline · Peter MacNicol · Rita Karin

Synopsis The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNicol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend,...

7.2

7K votes

7.2

7K votes

24 (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Joel Surnow · Robert Cochran · Jon Cassar · Brad Turner

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Elisha Cuthbert · Mary Lynn Rajskub · Dennis Haysbert

Synopsis TV Series (2001-2010). 8 Seasons. 192 Episodes. Jack Bauer is a counterterrorism agent for whom each day is more absurd and terrifying than the last one. In the first season/day, he had to deal with assassination attempts on a presidential...

6.6

34K votes

6.6

34K votes

Game Change (TV)

2012 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Jay Roach

Cast Julianne Moore · Ed Harris · Woody Harrelson · Ron Livingston

Synopsis Harrelson and Ed Harris, HBO Films’ GAME CHANGE follows John McCain’s (Ed Harris) 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore) as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the general election. Woody Harrelson...

Max

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

24: Redemption (TV)

2008 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jon Cassar

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Robert Carlyle · Jon Voight · Colm Feore

Synopsis Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Angeles, 24: REDEMPTION stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland along with new cast members Cherry Jones, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows and Academy Award winner Jon Voight. After sacrificing everything for...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

Direction Peter Browngardt

Cast Eric Bauza · Candi Milo · Peter MacNicol · Laraine Newman

Synopsis Porky and Daffy will save the day, when they uncover a secret alien plan to control minds.

6.1

190 votes

6.1

190 votes

Direction Graeme Clifford

Cast Vincent Price · John Achorn · Jeff Corey · Patrick DeSantis

Synopsis An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "the shivers". The king hires him to rid the castle of ghosts and evil spirits.

6.1

230 votes

6.1

230 votes

Ally McBeal (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Mel Damski · Jonathan Pontell · Bill D'Elia

Cast Calista Flockhart · Greg Germann · Jane Krakowski · Peter MacNicol

Synopsis Ally McBeal (TV Series) (1997) follows the life of a young, quirky lawyer navigating her professional and personal struggles in a Boston law firm. Ally, played by Calista Flockhart, is a dreamer with a vivid imagination, often finding herself in...

6.0

52K votes

6.0

52K votes

Chicago Hope (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Bill D'Elia · Michael Dinner · Lou Antonio

Cast Adam Arkin · Hector Elizondo · Christine Lahti · Mark Harmon

Synopsis TV Series (1994-2000). 6 Seasons. 141 Episodes. The lives and trials of the staff of a major hospital in Chicago. Television medical drama in soap-opera style. Surgeons Jeffrey Geiger and Aaron Shutte battle valiantly for their patients, often coming into...

5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

Dragonslayer

1981 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Matthew Robbins

Cast Peter MacNicol · Caitlin Clarke · Ralph Richardson · John Hallam

Synopsis A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Direction Russell Mulcahy

Cast Catherine O'Hara · Peter MacNicol · Joseph Maher · John Kassir

Synopsis An unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer gets stuck in a strange town for moving violations, and soon learns that the punishment for even petty crimes in the town comes with a gruesome result.

5.7

22 votes

5.7

22 votes

Ghostbusters 2

1989 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Reitman

Cast Bill Murray · Sigourney Weaver · Dan Aykroyd · Harold Ramis

Synopsis Five years after the events of the first film, the Ghostbusters have been plagued by lawsuits and court orders, and their once-lucrative business is bankrupt. However, when Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement...

Max

5.6

20K votes

5.6

20K votes

By Dawn's Early Light (TV)

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jack Sholder

Cast Powers Boothe · Rebecca De Mornay · James Earl Jones · Martin Landau

Synopsis The crew of a nuclear bomber attack the Soviet Union while the President of the United States tries desperately to regain control of his military after his helicopter crashes during a limited nuclear exchange.

5.6

22 votes

5.6

22 votes

Addams Family Values

1993 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Barry Sonnenfeld

Cast Anjelica Huston · Raul Julia · Christopher Lloyd · Christina Ricci

Synopsis Pugsley and Wednesday Addams aren't very happy with the new addition to the family: their new baby brother, Pubert. Morticia is restless, and Gomez only wants her to be happy, so he tries to fix everyone's problems by hiring a...

5.4

13K votes

5.4

13K votes

Radioland Murders

1994 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Mel Smith

Cast Brian Benben · Mary Stuart Masterson · Ned Beatty · George Burns

Synopsis 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead.

5.4

67 votes

5.4

67 votes

Numb3rs (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Cheryl Heuton · Nicolas Falacci · Dennis Smith · Alex Zakrzewski

Cast Rob Morrow · David Krumholtz · Judd Hirsch · Alimi Ballard

Synopsis TV Series (2005-2010). 6 Seasons. NUMB3RS is a drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding...

5.4

4K votes

5.4

4K votes

Roswell (TV)

1994 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Jeremy Kagan

Cast Kyle MacLachlan · Martin Sheen · Dwight Yoakam · Xander Berkeley

Synopsis In July 1947 an alien craft allegedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. For the first time we see filmed evidence of the crashed spacecraft and supposedly the actual autopsy of an alien being.

5.4

96 votes

5.4

96 votes

Direction Mel Smith

Cast Rowan Atkinson · Peter MacNicol · Pamela Reed · Harris Yulin

Synopsis Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997) follows the misadventures of Mr. Bean, a lovably clumsy and eccentric man, who is mistakenly sent to Los Angeles as an art expert. Tasked with overseeing the transfer of a priceless painting, Bean's bumbling...

5.1

15K votes

5.1

15K votes

Housesitter

1992 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Steve Martin · Goldie Hawn · Dana Delany · Julie Harris

Synopsis Martin plays an architect who builds his dream house for his high school sweetheart (Dana Delany), then surprises her with a marriage proposal--both of which she rejects. Distraught, he goes back to New York and pours out his heart to...

4.6

5K votes

4.6

5K votes

Battleship

2012 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

Direction Peter Berg

Cast Taylor Kitsch · Liam Neeson · Alexander Skarsgård · Brooklyn Decker

Synopsis Battleship (2012) follows a reckless naval officer, Alex Hopper, who is forced to grow up quickly when an international fleet encounter an alien armada during a naval exercise. As the extraterrestrial forces unleash devastating attacks, Hopper must lead his crew...

4.5

15K votes

4.5

15K votes

Heat

1986 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Dick Richards · Jerry Jameson

Cast Burt Reynolds · Karen Young · Peter MacNicol · Howard Hesseman

Synopsis Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.

4.4

111 votes

4.4

111 votes