Peter Gallagher

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1955-08-19

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA
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Peter Gallagher

Biography

Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).

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Acting History

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Future John Mulaney
2024
Humane as Charles York
2022
Reboot as Tyler
2022
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" as Self
2021
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Mitch Clarke
2021
One December Night as Mike
2021
Mr. Mayor as Brett (uncredited)
2020
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway as Self
2020
Palm Springs as Howard
2020
Stars in the House as Self
2020
The Owl House as Del Clawthorne (voice)
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mitch Clarke
2019
Truth Be Told as Andrew Finney
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2019
After as Ken Scott
2019
Stepdaddy
2018
The Conners as Brian Foster
2018
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape" as Self
2018
Submission as Len
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2017
The Gifted as Benedict Ryan
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas as Hank Mitchell
2017
Literally, Right Before Aaron as Orson Schwartzman
2016
Center Stage: On Pointe as Jonathan Reeves
2016
Cruel Intentions as Edward Valmont
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris as Willy Williams
2015
Grace and Frankie as Nick Skolka
2015
In a Relationship as The Interviewer (voice)
2015
Man Seeking Woman as Joel Greenberg
2015
Togetherness as Larry
2012
Step Up Revolution as Bill Anderson
2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You as Paul Sveck
2011
Whitney as Vince
2011
New Girl as Gavin
2010
Burlesque as Vince Scali
2010
Conviction as Barry Scheck
2010
Covert Affairs as Arthur Campbell
2010
GasHole as Narrator (voice)
2009
The Good Wife as Ethan Carver
2009
Adam as Marty Buchwald
2009
The War Boys as Slater
2008
Center Stage: Turn It Up as Jonathan Reeves
2007
The Gathering as Dr. Michael Foster
2007
Californication as Dean Stacy Koons
2006
Shark as Frank Bell
2006
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2005
How I Met Your Mother as Professor Vinick
2005
Grey's Anatomy as David Hamilton
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Sky Masterson (segment "Guys & Dolls")
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self - The O.C.
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary as Self
2003
Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as The Mole King (voice)
2003
The O.C. as Sandy Cohen
2003
How to Deal as Len Martin
2003
A Tale of Two Wives as Bill Goodman
2002
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon as Self
2002
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Host
2002
Page to Screen
2002
Mr. Deeds as Chuck Cedar
2001
Feast of All Saints as Philippe Ferronaire
2001
Protection as Ted
2001
Good Day Live as Self
2001
Perfume as Guido
2001
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs as Self
2000
The Last Debate as Tom Chapman
2000
American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
2000
Jesus Christ Superstar as First Priest
2000
Center Stage as Jonathan Reeves
2000
Cupid & Cate as Harry
2000
Other Voices as Jordin
1999
Brotherhood of Murder as Bob Matthews
1999
House on Haunted Hill as Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as William Dodds
1999
American Beauty as Buddy Kane
1999
Family Guy as Jared (voice)
1998
The Secret Lives of Men
1998
Brave New World as Bernard Marx
1998
Virtual Obsession as Dr. Joe Messenger
1998
Johnny Skidmarks as Johnny Scardino
1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little as James Ritchie
1997
The View as Self
1997
Cafe Society as Jack Kale
1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing as John Anticev
1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Gideon Hausner (voice)
1996
Titanic as Wynn Park
1996
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday as David Lewis
1996
Superman: The Animated Series as Kurt (voice)
1996
Cannes Man as Self
1996
Last Dance as John Hayes
1996
The Great Irish Famine as narrator
1995
The Underneath as Michael Chambers
1995
While You Were Sleeping as Peter Callaghan
1994
Everybody Just Stay Calm as Self
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Alan Campbell
1994
White Mile as Jack Robbins
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy as Vic Tenetta
1993
Short Cuts as Stormy Weathers
1993
Mother's Boys as Robert Madigan
1993
Malice as Atty. Dennis Riley
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
Fallen Angels as Mitch Allison
1993
Fallen Angels as Dr. Yorgrau
1993
Watch It as John
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1992
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record as Himself / Sky Masterson
1992
Bob Roberts as Dan Riley
1992
Buying a Landslide as Philip Kautsky
1992
The Player as Larry Levy
1992
Robert Altman's Players as Self
1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez as Matt
1991
Late for Dinner as Bob Freeman
1991
Milena as Pollak
1991
An Inconvenient Woman as Philip Quennell
1990
Tune in Tomorrow... as Richard Quince
1990
Love and Lies as David West
1989
sex, lies, and videotape as John Mullany
1988
I'll Be Home for Christmas as Aaron Copler
1988
High Spirits as Brother Tony
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as Lt. Cmdr. John Challee
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan as Leo Frank
1987
Long Day's Journey Into Night as Edmund Tyrone
1986
My Little Girl as Kai
1985
Dreamchild as Jack Dolan
1984
Terrible Joe Moran as Nick
1982
Summer Lovers as Michael Pappas
1980
The Idolmaker as Caesare
1980
Skag
1980
Skag as John Skagska
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harry
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Cruel Intentions as Edward Valmont