Peter Weller

In 2014, Dr. Peter Weller received his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History and Roman History, conferred by UCLA. He had previously received his Master of Arts degree in the same subjects.

He and his wife Sheri Stowe welcomed the birth of their only son in August 2011. The child can be seen in an interview with them on YouTube at the 25th Anniversary of Robocop (1987).

On June 24, 2006, he married his longtime girlfriend Sheri Stowe on his 59th birthday at the Santa Maria Assuna church in Positano, Italy. Among the wedding guests were Carrie Fisher and Marg Helgenberger.

He was at one stage attached to appear in Alien vs. Predator (2004) in a cameo as John Yutani, the other half of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Company from the Alien series.

Is a huge fan of the television series 24 (2001), in which he played Jack Bauer's nemesis Christopher Henderson.

He was considered for the role of the Master in the television movie Doctor Who (1996), which went to Eric Roberts.

Despite his vocal criticisms about the downhill direction the franchise was going in, as well as his physical discomfort wearing the suit, Weller admitted that he was willing to reprise the role of RoboCop in RoboCop 3 (1993) for the fans. However, he was already committed to doing Naked Lunch (1991), so he had to pass.

He was considered for the role of Detective Nick Curran in Basic Instinct (1992), which went to Michael Douglas.

Weller and Robocop (1987) co-star Nancy Allen were both born on June 24th, three years apart (Weller was born in 1947, Allen was born in 1950).

Is a serious runner who finished the New York Marathon (1986) in 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Other film credits include Firstborn (1984) with Teri Garr, the HBO made-for-TV Apology (1986), co-starring Lesley Ann Warren, and Of Unknown Origin (1983), the film which won Weller the Best Actor award at the Paris International Film Festival for his performance as an upwardly mobile bachelor with a serious rat problem.

He then co-starred with Alan King and Ali MacGraw in Sidney Lumet's Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) and, with Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, in Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon (1982).

Peter Frederick Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Dorothy Jean (Davidson) and Frederick Bradford Weller, a federal judge and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. He traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he had attended high schools in Heidelberg, Germany and San Antonio, Texas, then enrolled the University of North Texas -- attracted by the chance of playing trumpet in one of the college's celebrated jazz bands. Music is in his family. Three generations on his mother's side were piano players and jazz is still his overriding interest. Ask him who his favorite performer in any art form is and he will say Miles Davis. It was with a B. A. in Theatre and a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts that he left Texas for New York. Two weeks after graduating, he made his first appearance on Broadway as David in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones", a role he repeated on the London stage. While a student of legendary actress and drama coach, Uta Hagen, Weller appeared on and off Broadway in works like William Inge's "Summer Brave", Thomas Babe's "Rebel Women" and "Full Circle", one of the last plays directed by Otto Preminger. He began garnering critical acclaim with his portrayal of Billie Wilson in "Streamers", directed by Mike Nichols for Joseph Papp at Lincoln Center. He continued that success with his performances as Cliff in "The Woolgatherer" and as Nick in the first American production of David Mamet's "The Woods". During this period, he became a member of the highly respected Actor's Studio, under the aegis of Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg. Weller's film debut was in Richard Lester's Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979).

He and his friend Jeff Goldblum have both appeared in films by Woody Allen (Annie Hall (1977) and Mighty Aphrodite (1995)) and David Cronenberg (The Fly (1986) and Naked Lunch (1991)).

Attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in Los Angeles, California (1972).

Received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) (1969).

Attended and graduated from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas (1965).