Peter Riegert

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1947-04-11

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA
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Peter Riegert

Biography

Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On television, he is best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on The Sopranos.

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Acting History

2023
Harlan Coben's Shelter as Alan Bolitar
2023
Extrapolations as Ben Zucker
2020
Talking Sopranos as Self
2019
Extra Innings as Pete
2018
Succession as Roger Pugh
2016
American Pastoral as Lou Levov
2015
Show Me a Hero as Oscar Newman
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Artie Goodman
2013
At Middleton as Boneyard Sims
2012
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness as Tevye
2011
We Bought a Zoo as Delbert McGinty
2011
Oka! as Dr. Maguire
2011
White Irish Drinkers as Whitey
2010
The Chosen One as Bob
2009
The Good Wife as Judge Harvey Winter
2009
Love Conquers Paul as Mr. Feigenbaum
2008
Leverage as Peter Blanchard
2008
Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2008
The Response as Colonel Jefferson
2008
Starz Inside: In the Gutter as Self
2008
Cashmere Mafia
2007
Damages as The Executive
2007
Damages as George Moore
2006
Surrender, Dorothy as Mel
2004
Back When We Were Grownups as Zeb
2004
King of the Corner as Leo Spivak
2003
One Tree Hill as August Kellerman
2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein
2002
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog as Larry
2001
Bleacher Bums as Decker
2001
The Beast
2001
Club Land as Rabbi
2001
Bojangles as Marty
2000
Traffic as Attorney Michael Adler
2000
In the Weeds as Barry
2000
Passion of Mind as Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Chauncey Zeirko
1999
Family Guy as Max Weinstein (voice)
1999
The Sopranos as Assemblyman Ronald Zellman
1998
Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story
1998
Jerry and Tom as Stanley
1998
Hi-Life as Minor
1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Boone
1998
Sports Night
1998
The Baby Dance as Richard Luckman
1997
Face Down as Lt. Coop Cooper
1997
North Shore Fish as Porker
1996
Infinity as Mel Feynman
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self
1996
Pie in the Sky as Dad Dunlap
1995
An Element of Truth as Sidney Wiltz
1995
Bleeding Hearts as Doctor
1995
Coldblooded as Steve
1995
The Infiltrator
1994
The Mask as Mitch Kellaway
1993
Gypsy as Herbie Sommers
1993
Barbarians at the Gate as Peter Cohen
1992
Middle Ages as Walter Cooper
1992
Passed Away as Peter Syracusa
1992
Utz as Marius Fisher
1991
Oscar as Aldo
1991
The Object of Beauty as Lawrence "Larry" Oates
1991
The Runestone as Capt. Gregory Fanducci
1990
Law & Order as Jerold Dixon
1990
Beyond the Ocean as Eric
1990
A Shock to the System as Robert Benham
1989
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult as W. Eugene Smith
1989
Seinfeld as James Kimbrough
1989
That's Adequate as Adult Baby Elroy
1988
Crossing Delancey as Sam Posner
1987
The Stranger as Dr. Harris Kite
1987
A Man in Love as Michael Pozner
1986
News at Eleven as Eric Ross
1985
The Twilight Zone as Gus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
1984
Ellis Island as Jacob Rubinstein
1984
The City Girl as Tim
1983
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) as Self
1983
Le Grand Carnaval as Walter Giammanca, le boss américain
1983
Local Hero as "Mac" MacIntyre
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")
1979
Chilly Scenes of Winter as Sam
1979
Americathon as Eric McMurkin
1978
Animal House as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein
1972
M*A*S*H
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Zeb