Portrait of Peter MacNicol

Acting

Peter MacNicol

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, busiest in 1992 and 1999 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter MacNicol Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.2, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Childhood Nostalgia 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Floss
Floss

as Dr. Rivus

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 55
Home Delivery
Home Delivery (2026)

as Howard Evans

Shell
Shell (2025)
GoodWatch score 52

as Dr. Thaddeus Brand

All's Fair
All's Fair (2025)
GoodWatch score 27

TV show ยท as Robert DeLancie

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Invader (voice)

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

as Psycho Date

2010s

16 titles ยท average score 71
All Rise
All Rise (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Albert Campbell

A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Ishmael

CSI: Cyber
CSI: Cyber (2015)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Simon Sifter

Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Tseebo (voice)

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Professor Elliott Randolph

Game Change
Game Change (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Rick Davis

Veep
Veep (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Jeff Kane

The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Rabbi Adler

Battleship
Battleship (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

as Secretary of Defense

Doc McStuffins
Doc McStuffins (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Egghead (voice)

Young Justice
Young Justice (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Professor Ivo (voice) / Professor Ivo / Amazo / M.O.N.Q.I. (voice)

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Oliver / Forever Knight #1 (voice)

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 69
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Robert Wolcott

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Larry Fleinhardt

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Robert Stark

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
GoodWatch score 40

as Troopmaster (voice)

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Santa's Elf (voice) / Old Man Hanson (voice)

Breakin' All the Rules
Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
GoodWatch score 41

as Philip Gascon

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Dr. Sydney Field

Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as David Clinton (voice)

The Batman
The Batman (2004)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Langstrom (voice)

Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Sidney Poindexter (voice)

Balto: Wolf Quest
Balto: Wolf Quest (2002)
GoodWatch score 58

as Muru (voice)

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Tom Lennox

1990s

22 titles ยท average score 58
Baby Geniuses
Baby Geniuses (1999)
GoodWatch score 18

as Dan

Olive, the Other Reindeer
Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

as Fido (voice)

Snowden's Christmas
Snowden's Christmas (1999)

as Snowden (voice)

CatDog
CatDog (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Runt (voice)

Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as John Cage

Bean
Bean (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

as David Langley

Mojave Moon
Mojave Moon (1996)
GoodWatch score 43

as Tire Repairman

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
GoodWatch score 33

as Thomas Renfield

Roswell
Roswell (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Lewis Rickett

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Alan Birch

Housesitter
Housesitter (1992)
GoodWatch score 53

as Marty

The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Bradley Grist

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 69
American Blue Note
American Blue Note (1989)

as Jack Solow

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II (1989)
GoodWatch score 61

as Janosz Poha

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman (1988)

as Narrator

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Steve Cooper

Heat
Heat (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Cyrus Kinnick

Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull (1986)

as Joe Kovacs

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

as Martin

Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice (1982)
GoodWatch score 74

as Stingo

Cheers
Cheers (1982)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Mario

Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Martin

Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Galen