Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American actor. He made his film debut in John Landis’s Animal House (1978), with John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, Karen Allen, and Donald Sutherland. Other films in the late 1970s include Neal Israel’s Americathon (1979), with John Ritter, Fred Willard, Chief Dan George, Harvey Korman, Nancy Morgan, Cybil Shepherd, and narration by George Carlin; and Joan Micklin Silver’s Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979), with John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, and Griffin Dunne.

Films in the 1980s include National Lampoon’s Movie Madness (1981), with Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Christopher Lloyd, and Ann Dusenberry; Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero (1983), with Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay; Diane Kurys’s A Man in Love (1987), with Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, John Berry, and Vincent Landon; Adolfo Aristarain’s The Stranger (1987), with Bonnie Bedelia, Barry Primus, Ricardo Darín and Cecilia Roth; Joan Micklin Silver’s Crossing Delancey (1988), with Amy Irving, Reizl Bozyk, David Hyde-Pierce, Sylvia Miles, and Rosemary Harris; and Harry Hurwitz’s That’s Adequate (1989), with Tony Randall, James Coco, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller, and Bruce Willis.

Films in the early 1990s include A Shock to the System (1990), with Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, and Jenny Wright; The Object of Beauty (1991), with John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Joss Ackland, Rudi Davies, and Lolita Davidovich; Oscar (1991), with Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano, Chazz Palminteri, Linda Gray, Tim Curry, and Kirk Douglas; The Runestone (1991), with Joan Severance, William Hickey, Alexander Godunov, and Lawrence Tierney; Utz (1992), with Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, and Paul Scofield; Passed Away (1992), with Bob Hoskins, Blair Brown, Curry, Frances McDormand, William Peterson, Pamela Reed, Maureen Stapleton, Nancy Travis, and Jack Warden; and The Mask (1994), with Jim Carrey, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz.

Films in the mid to late 1990s include Coldblooded (1995), with Jason Priestley, Robert Loggia, Kimberly Williams, Janeane Garofalo, and Michael J. Fox; Pie in the Sky (1995), with Josh Charles, Anne Heche, Christine Ebersole, Wil Wheaton, Christine Lahti, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, and Dey Young; Infinity (1996), with Matthew Broderick (who also directed), Patricia Arquette, Željko Ivanek, Joyce Van Patten, James LeGros, and James Hong; Saul Rubinek’s Jerry and Tom (1998), with Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning, William H. Macy, and Sarah Polley; and Hi-Life (1998), with Katrin Cartlidge, Durning, Daryl Hannah, Moira Kelly, Campbell Scott and Eric Stoltz.

Films in the 2000s Passion of Mind (2000), with Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Julianne Nicholson, and Sinéad Cusack; In the Weeds (2000), with Joshua Leonard, Molly Ringwald, Ellen Pompeo, Bridget Moynahan, and Eric Bogosian; How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog (2000), with Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright, Jared Harris, Lynn Redgrave, and David Krumholtz; Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic (2000), with Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Erika Christensen, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Tomas Milian, Topher Grace, James Brolin, Steven Bauer, and Benjamin Bratt; and King of the Corner (2004), with Isabella Rossellini, Eric Bogosian, Eli Wallach, Beverly D’Angelo and Rita Moreno.

Films in the 2010s include The Chosen One (2010), with Rob Schneider (who also directed), Steve Buscemi, and Holland Taylor; White Irish Drinkers (2010), with Nick Thurston, Geoffrey Wigdor, Stephen Lang, and Allen; Oka! (2011), with Isaach De Bankolé, Will Yun Lee, and Kris Marshall; Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo (2011), with Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, Colin Ford, and John Michael Higgins; At Middleton (2013), with Andy García, Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, and Tom Skerritt; and American Pastoral (2016), with Ewan McGregor (who also directed), Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, and David Strathairn.

He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Barbarians at the Gate (1989), with James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Joanna Cassidy. Other TV movies and miniseries from the 1980s to 1990s include Ellis Island (1984), with Gregory Paul Martin, Alice Krige, Judi Bowker, Faye Dunaway, Richard Burton, Kate Burton, Ann Jillian, Milo O’Shea, Ben Vereen, Melba Moore, Emma Samms, Stubby Kaye, Cherie Lunghi, Michael Byrne, and Liam Neeson; News at Eleven (1986), with Martin Sheen and Barbara Babcock; Gypsy (1993), with Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, Ed Asner, Michael Jeter, Andrea Martin, and Tony Shalhoub; The Infiltrator (1995), with Oliver Platt, Arliss Howard, Tony Haygarth, Alan King, and Julian Glover; North Shore Fish (1997), with Mercedes Ruehl. Tony Danza, Carol Baker, and Wendie Malick; Face Down (1997), with Mantegna, Kelli Maroney, Cameron Thor, Adam Ant, and J.K. Simmons; and The Baby Dance (1998), with Stockard Channing and Laura Dern.

TV movies and miniseries in the 2000s include Bojangles (2001), with Gregory Hines; Club Land (2001), with Alan Alda, Steven Weber, and Brad Garett; Bleacher Bums (2001), with Garrett, Wayne Knight, Matt Craven, and Hal Sparks; Back When We Were Grownups (2004), with Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance, Dunaway, Ione Skye, Anjul Nigam, and Betsy Brandt; Surrender Dorothy (2005), with Diane Keaton, Tom Everett Scott, and Alexa Davalos; and Show Me a Hero (2015), with Oscar Isaac, Balaban, Jim Belushi, Jon Bernthal, Dominique Fishback, Ilfenesh Hadera, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Catherine Keener, Terry Kinney, Alfred Molina, Natalie Paul, Carla Quevedo, and Winona Ryder.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

Isabella and the Magic Brush (1976) – directed by Barbara Dourmaskin-Case – short
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) – directed by John Landis
Americathon (1979) – directed by Neal Israel
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) – directed by Joan Micklin Silver
National Lampoon’s Movie Madness (1982) – directed by Bob Giraldi & Henry Jaglom
Table Settings (1982) – directed by Trevor Evans – TV movie
Local Hero (1983) – directed by Bill Forsyth
Le Grand Carnaval (1983) – directed by Alexandre Arcady
The City Girl (1984) – directed by Martha Coolidge
Concealed Enemies (1984) – directed by Jeff Bleckner – miniseries
Ellis Island (1984) – directed by Jerry London – miniseries
News at Eleven (1986) – directed by Mike Robe – TV movie
A Man in Love (1987) – directed by Diane Kurys
The Stranger (1987) – directed by Adolfo Aristarain
Crossing Delancey (1988) – directed by Joan Micklin Silver
That’s Adequate (1989) – directed by Harry Hurwitz
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989) – directed by Gene Lasko – TV movie
A Shock to the System (1990) – directed by Jan Egleson
Beyond the Ocean (1990) – directed by Ben Gazzara
The Object of Beauty (1991) – directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Oscar (1991) – directed by John Landis
The Runestone (1991) – directed by Willard Carroll
Utz (1992) – directed by George Sluizer
Passed Away (1992) – directed by Charlie Peters
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) – directed by Glenn Jordan
Gypsy (1993) – directed by Emile Ardolino – TV movie
The Mask (1994)* – directed by Chuck Russell
Bleeding Hearts (1994) – directed by Gregory Hines
Coldblooded (1995) – directed by Wallace Wolodarsky
The Infiltrator (1995) – directed by John Mackenzie – TV movie
Pie in the Sky (1995) – directed by Bryan Gordon
An Element of Truth (1995) – directed by Larry Peerce – TV movie
Infinity (1996) – directed by Matthew Broderick
North Shore Fish (1997) – directed by Steve Zuckerman – TV movie
Face Down (1997) – directed by Thom Eberhardt – TV movie
Jerry and Tom (1998) – directed by Saul Rubinek
The Baby Dance (1998) – directed by Jane Anderson – TV movie
Hi-Life (1998) – directed by Roger Hedden
Scandalous Me: Jacqueline Susann Story (1998) – directed by Bruce McDonald – TV movie
By Courier (2000) – director only – short
Passion of Mind (2000) – directed by Belgian director Alain Berliner
In the Weeds (2000) – directed by Michael Rauch
How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog (2000) – directed by Michael Kalesniko
Traffic (2000) – directed by Steven Soderbergh
C-Scam (2000) – directed by Larry Gelbart
Club Land (2001) – directed by Saul Rubinek – TV movie
Bojangles (2001) – directed by Joseph Sargent – TV movie
Bleacher Bums (2001) – directed by Saul Rubinek – TV movie
King of the Corner (2004) – also director, co-writer
Back When We Were Grownups (2004) – directed by Ron Underwood – TV movie
Surrender, Dorothy (2005) – directed by Charles McDougall – TV movie
Welcome to the Jungle Gym (2006) – directed by John Pasquin – TV movie
The Response (2008) – directed by Adam Rogers – short
Love Conquers Paul (2009) – directed by Colin Bannon
The Chosen One (2010) – directed by Rob Schneider
White Irish Drinkers (2010) – directed by John Gray
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) – directed by Joseph Dorman – himself – documentary
Oka! (2011) – directed by Lavinia Currier
We Bought a Zoo (2011) – directed by Cameron Crowe
At Middleton (2013) – directed by Adam Rodgers
The Walk (2014) – directed by
Show Me a Hero (2015) – directed by Paul Haggis – miniseries Aaron Wolf – short
American Pastoral (2016) – directed by Ewan McGregor
Extra Innings (2019) – directed by John Gray – short

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