American leading man born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Traveling extensively as a child, Peter Weller's 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 at North Texas State University.

Peter Weller was attracted to the North Texas State University by the chance of playing trumpet in one of the college's celebrated jazz bands.

In 1984 Peter Weller was in a jazz band with actor Jeff Goldblum, they were also in a band together in the movie THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION and at local clubs in LA.

If you were to ask Peter Weller who his favorite performer in any art form is and he'll say Miles Davis. Peter is a huge jazz fan.

Two weeks after graduating, Peter Weller made his first appearance on Broadway as David in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Rabe's STICKS AND BONES.

By portraying "a walking heap of scrap metal," is how Peter Weller earned his fame after being cast as the quick-triggered cyborg of ROBOCOP in 1987.

ROBOCOP co-star, Nancy Allen shares the same birthday as Peter Weller both born on June 24th, three years apart.

In 1983 Peter Weller won the Best Actor Award at the Paris International Film Festival in the film OF UNKNOWN ORGIN fighting a giant rat.

Appearing on and off Broadway, Peter Weller has been in works like William Inge's SUMMER BRAVE, Thomas Babe's REBEL WOMEN and FULL CIRCLE, which was one of the last plays directed by Otto Preminger.

In 1993 Peter Weller directed and coproduced an Oscar-nominated short, PARTNERS.

In Richard Lester's BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS in 1979 Peter Weller made his film debut.

Weller's notable Sci-Fi film credits include:

ROBOCOP
ROBOCOP 2
BUCKAROO BANZAI
NAKED LUNCH
SCREAMERS

Peter Weller's other film credits include:

JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
SHOOT THE MOON
FIRST BORN
SHAKEDOWN
A KILLING AFFAIR
LEVIATHAN
SUNSET GRILL
OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
RAINBOW DRIVE
THE NEW AGE
DECOY
BEYOND THE CLOUDS
SCREAMERS
MIGHTY APHRODITE
TOP OF THE WORLD
DIPLOMATIC SIEGE
SHADOW HOURS
FALLING THROUGH
CONTAMINATED MAN
TO LIVE AND DIE IN HOLLYWOOD
STYX
THE ORDER
THE HARD EASY
MAN OF GOD
UNDISCOVERED
PREY

His television credits include:

CAT CHASER

Weller's cable television credits include:

APOLOGY (cable TV)
WOMEN & MEN: Stories Of Seduction