Movies by Peter Weller
As part of the cast:
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Cast: William S. Burroughs, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg …
Directed by: Yony Leyser
Filmmaker Yony Leyser offers this fascinating portrait of Beat-era writer William S. Burroughs, a man whose sexuality, enthusiasm for guns and public struggle with opiate addiction made him a…
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Once Fallen (2010)
Cast: Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Ash Adams
After getting out of prison, Chance (Brian Presley) wants nothing other than to lead a law-abiding life. But living links to his criminal past -- including his still-imprisoned father, Liam…
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Egypt: Engineering an Empire (2006)
Cast: Peter Weller, Charles Van Siclen
Directed by: Christopher Cassel
Peter Weller takes audiences back 5,000 years to meet the world's first structural engineers -- the architects of Egypt's great pyramids -- in this presentation that provides a…
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Prey (2006)
Cast: Bridget Moynahan, Peter Weller, Carly Schroeder …
Directed by: Darrell James Roodt
While her husband stays behind to take care of business, young bride Amy Newman and her two stepchildren head out on an African safari. But the bonding moment between Amy and the kids turns…
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Undiscovered (2005)
Cast: Pell James, Carrie Fisher, Steven Strait …
Directed by: Meiert Avis
Aspiring model Brier Tucket (Pell James) takes her shot at Hollywood stardom in this romantic comedy. With the support of her agent, Carrie (Carrie Fisher), and an acting-class friend, Clea…
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The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Cast: Adam Baldwin, Steve Guttenberg, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: John Putch
After a terrorist's bomb capsizes a luxury liner, a group of disparate survivors -- including a philandering husband (Steve Guttenberg), a European pop star, a Homeland Security agent…
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The Hard Easy (2005)
Cast: Gary Busey, Bruce Dern, Henry Thomas …
Directed by: Ari Ryan
Paul Weston (Henry Thomas) and his crew have the perfect jewel heist planned. Every detail has been organized, every contingency prepared for ... except one: Roger Hargitay (David Boreanaz)…
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Rome: Engineering an Empire (2005)
Cast: Peter Weller, Michael Carroll, David J. Oliver …
Directed by: Christopher Cassel
This fascinating History Channel documentary highlights the engineering feats involved in the construction of ancient Rome, reinforcing the adage that the city was hardly built in a day.…
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Tower of the Firstborn (2004)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ione Skye, Peter Weller …
Directed by: Alberto Negrin
Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious…
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The Order (2003)
Cast: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Furmann …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
When an ex-priest is brutally murdered, his body inscribed with Aramaic religious symbols, detectives enlist the help of Father Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger), a rebel priest, to decipher the…
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Dracula: The Dark Prince (2001)
Cast: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Roger Daltrey …
Directed by: Joe Chappelle
Based on the history of Vlad the Impaler (Rudolf Martin), this made-for-TV drama follows the Romanian prince as he fights for peace and justice in his homeland, only to endure heartbreak and…
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Styx (2001)
Cast: Peter Weller, Bryan Brown, Angus Macfadyen …
Directed by: Alex Wright
Peter Weller stars as Nelson, a safecracker who decides to go straight after a heist goes terribly awry. But when his brother, buried by gambling debts, runs afoul of loan sharks, Nelson…
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Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Cast: Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger …
Directed by: Gustavo Graef-Marino
Computer expert Steve Parker (Peter Weller) travels to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, to complete a top-secret mission -- to disarm a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. But…
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Shadow Hours (1999)
Cast: Balthazar Getty, Peter Weller, Rebecca Gayheart …
Directed by: Isaac H. Eaton
Ex-addict Michael Holloway (Balthazar Getty) is trying to walk the straight and narrow, supporting his pregnant wife by working nights at a gas station -- a job that frays his nerves. So when…
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Top of the World (1997)
Cast: Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper, Tia Carrere …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
When ex-cop turned ex-con Ray Mercer (Peter Weller) gets dragged to Las Vegas for a quickie divorce, things are looking bleak. But then he wins $450,000 at the casino owned by black-hearted…
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Screamers (1996)
Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin …
Directed by: Christian Dugay
Set on a war-torn mining planet in the year 2078, this sci-fi thriller follows a small band of humans as they find themselves battling "Screamers" -- robots that are programmed to kill and…
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Woody Allen, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Years after adopting a baby, a happily married family man becomes obsessed with learning about the child's birth mother, only to discover she is a high-priced call girl in this superior…
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Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Cast: John Malkovich, Vincent Perez, Jean Reno …
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders
A wandering film director (John Malkovich) on the hunt for movie plots narrates this dreamlike work about complex relationships between men and women based on Michelangelo Antonioni's…
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The Substitute Wife (1994)
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson, Peter Weller …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Frontier wife Amy (Lea Thompson) is sick and knows she's dying. Concerned about the fate of her husband and children once she's gone, she takes the unusual step of searching for a…
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The New Age (1994)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau …
Directed by: Michael Tolkin
Writer-director Michael Tolkin (The Player) takes aim at the West Coast again with this whip-smart satire about married yuppies (Judy Davis and Peter Weller) who decide to "find themselves"…
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Sunset Grill (1993)
Cast: Peter Weller, Lori Singer, Stacy Keach …
Directed by: Kevin Connor
Ryder Hart (Peter Weller) is a tough private eye investigating his wife's brutal murder, which turns out to be part of a trail of grisly killings. He teams up with a sexy woman hiding a…
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Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Cast: Peter Weller, Robert Hays, Charles Martin Smith …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Two mismatched mercenaries (Peter Weller, Robert Hayes) must overthrow the tyrannical dictator of a South Seas island in this action-packed adventure comedy directed by Charles Martin Smith.…
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Naked Lunch (1991)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Director David Cronenberg brings William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory, "unfilmable" novel to the screen. Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges…
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RoboCop 2 (1990)
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, John Glover …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
The gory sequel to 1987's sci-fi blockbuster brings back half-machine, half-human RoboCop to face his greatest challenge ever. This time, the cyborg law enforcer is out to rid Detroit of…
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melanie Griffith, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Ken Russell, Tony Richardson
A trio of classic short stories springs to life in this made-for-cable anthology. Elizabeth McGovern and Beau Bridges star as traveling strangers who become intimate in "The Man in the Brooks…
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Leviathan (1989)
Cast: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays …
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners (including Hector Elizondo, Ernie Hudson and Daniel Stern) -- led by head oceanographer Steven Beck (Peter Weller)…
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Cat Chaser (1989)
Cast: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Miami hotel owner and former U.S. paratrooper George Moran (Peter Weller) finds trouble when he gets mixed up with the wife (Kelly McGillis) of a deposed general (Tomas Milian) of the…
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Shakedown (1988)
Cast: Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, George Loros …
Directed by: James Glickenhaus
A public defender (Peter Weller) is torn between doing the right thing and fattening his wallet when he's offered big bucks to defend a scumbag drug dealer who shot a crooked cop.…
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RoboCop (1987)
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
In Paul Verhoeven's landmark sci-fi thriller, the monolithic corporation controlling a futuristic, crime-riddled Detroit transforms a dead cop into a cybernetic law-enforcement unit…
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Killing Affair (1986)
Cast: Bill Smitrovich, Kathy Baker, John Glover …
Directed by: David Saperstein
Peter Weller stars as Baston Morris, a drifter who arrives in an Appalachian town and confesses to widow Maggie Grisham (Kathy Baker) that he murdered her husband (Bill Smitrovich), a…
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Cast: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: W.D. Richter
Peter Weller stars as the titular hero, who makes his living as a physicist, neurosurgeon, secret agent and rock star traveling through a comic book universe with his band of assistants and…
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Of Unknown Origin (1983)
Cast: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane …
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Bart Hughes (Peter Weller), a powerful businessman, can handle anything. Well, almost anything. When his wife and son embark on a trip, leaving Bart alone in their Manhattan brownstone, his…
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen …
Directed by: Alan Parker
Oscar winner Diane Keaton and Albert Finney star in this poignant drama as George and Faith Dunlap, a liberal-minded couple who find themselves struggling with the pitfalls of divorce after…
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
Cast: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Before their "Wanted" posters hung in every saloon in the Wild West, the Sundance Kid (William Katt) and his partner in crime, Butch Cassidy (Tom Berenger), honed their Wild West skills on a…
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Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast (1997)
Cast: David Caruso, Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger …
Directed by: Peter Weller
Karen stands to inherit millions from her dead husband on one condition: she must stay away from other men. Two of the deceased's former associates seek his money by getting closer to…