Peter Weller, his life and filmography

American actor, screenwriter and director Peter Weller is most known to the Russian audience for roles in the films "The Adventures of Bacar Banzai: Through the Eighth Dimension" and "The Robot Police" with its sequel "Robocop 2"). However, the work of this celebrity is not limited only to these famous ribbons. The actor starred in more than sixty films, and not always in the role of the protagonist. Therefore, in this article, we list only key milestones in his work. Recently, the actor increasingly stands "on the other side of the camera" - he writes scripts and is engaged in directing. A characteristic feature of Peter Weller is that he never believes that it is too late to learn for him. Not so long ago he graduated from another university. Now, in addition to the set, it can be found in the auditoriums of Syracuse University, where the professor teaches literature and fine arts.

Childhood

Peter Weller (Peter Frederick Weller) was born on June 24, 1947 in the town of Stevens Point, in the state of Wisconsin (USA), in a Catholic family. Mother, Dorothy, was a simple housewife, but in her family up to the third tribe, all were musicians, and she herself played beautifully on the piano. The father of the future actor, Frederick Weller, was a military pilot. In connection with the service of the head of the family, little Peter often changed his place of residence. When his father retired, he settled in San Antonio , Texas, and became a lawyer. There Peter graduated from high school. He could not immediately decide for himself what to become. He, like his mother, loved music. In his school years the boy even played a trumpet in a jazz orchestra. But he was fond of acting. After some hesitation, the young man entered the University of North Texas. There he was educated in the field of theatrical skill. After that, he graduated from the second high school - the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

Carier start

As is often the case with good actors, Peter Weller's way to the wide screen lay through the theatrical stage and television. He started working in the distant 1973, but the debut in the movie can be called 1979. Then the actor starred in the western "Butch and Sundance: Early Days" directed by Richard Lester. The role was small: Peter Weller played a representative of the law. More noticeable was his work in the film "How to call it, and will respond" (friend Diane Keaton). Horror "Unknown creature" George Pan Kosmatos and the fantastic thriller "Adventures of Bacar Banzai: Through the Eighth Dimension" by WD Richter opened the actor's doors to the wide world of cinema and provided the main roles. In the last film, the audience saw the actor in the image of a young neurosurgeon.

Peter Weller: "Robocop"

You can say that the famous to the world of the actor did Paul Verhoeven. He decided to invite Peter Weller to the main role in his action movie "Robot-policeman" (the original name of the film is "RoboCop"). The director was bribed by the characteristic appearance of the actor: a long face and cold eyes of the color of the northern sea. It was a hellish job. As the actor recalls, the shootings were conducted in the summer, in the heat. Only the face of the face took more than three hours. In the costume, the actor felt as if inside a blast furnace. But the film was a resounding success, so the director immediately took up the sequel. Costume for a robot policeman made more "humane" for Peter Weller. But the work in "RoboCop-2" disappointed the actor. He saw all the flaws in the script. As he warned, the masterpiece of the sequel did not work out, and the actor gave the floor to never again be removed as a robot policeman. And when the invitation to shoot "RoboCop-3" came, he refused, referring to participation in "Lunch naked".

Peter Weller's filmography

The whole world now associated the actor with Alex Murphy, a mechanized policeman. But this was only one of the vertices that Peter Weller conquered. Films in which the actor was embodied in the main character or played the role of the second plan are very numerous. Let's name only the most significant ones. This is Leviathan (Stephen Beck), Cat Fighter (George Moran), Lunch Naked (Bill Lee), Screamers (Joe Hendrickson), Hour of Shadows (Stuart Chappel). Brilliantly played the actor Father Stephen in "Prince Dracula", Driscoll in the "Eater of Sins", Tom Newman in the "Extraction". In the two thousandths, Weller increasingly began to give preference to television. He starred in the series "Odyssey-5" (Chuck Taggart), in the fourth season "Star Trek: Enterprise" (John Frederick Paxton), in "24" (Chris Henderson).

Script writer and director

Over the years, Peter Weller more and more liked not to repeat memorized remarks, and most to create them. Actor's success allowed him to test himself in the role of director and screenwriter. He is happy to work in this field. As a result of this work on the screens there were serials "Slaughter department" and "Odyssey-5", a television short film "Partners", in which the director and scriptwriter was Peter Weller. Films with his participation continue to please viewers. Among the latest works are the "Dragon's Eye" (Mr. Wee), "Retribution" (Admiral A. Marcus), "The Slave Trade" (Costello). On the channel History Channel actor conducts the popular science series "How the empires were created."

Personal life

For a long time Peter Weller remained a bachelor. Finally, in 2006, when he was already fifty-nine years old, he decided to legitimize relations with his long-time friend, actress Shari Stow. So far, a couple of children do not have. The actor smoked and still continues to be committed to this bad habit. And even more. Contrary to the fashion trend, he defends the right of smokers to live as they want. Actor for his long career was awarded many awards. This is the "Indepandent Spirit Air", "Saturn", the Genie Award and others, not counting the numerous nominations.