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Peter MacNicol

Actor

Peter MacNicol

Acting
1981 — present · 19 films
Born
10 April 1954 · age 72
From
Dallas, Texas, USA

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).

Career Signature

How Peter MacNicol’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

crowd-pleaser
kinetic urgency
joyful exuberance
theatrical style
ensemble mosaic

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Jeffrey TamborJeffrey Tambor39 filmsChristopher LloydChristopher Lloyd54 filmsBrendan FraserBrendan Fraser35 filmsMichael Clarke DuncanMichael Clarke Duncan25 filmsLucy LiuLucy Liu38 filmsJim CarreyJim Carrey37 filmsNeil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick Harris19 filmsGeena DavisGeena Davis21 films

Filmography

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

2024

Battleship

2012

Game Change

2012

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005

Breakin' All the Rules

2004

Balto: Wolf Quest

2002

Olive, the Other Reindeer

1999

Baby Geniuses

1999

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue

1998

Bean

1997

Mojave Moon

1996

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995

Roswell

1994

Housesitter

1992

By Dawn's Early Light

1990

Ghostbusters II

1989

Heat

1986

Sophie's Choice

1982

Dragonslayer

1981