Peter Weller, his life and filmography
American actor, screenwriter and director PeterWeller is best 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. Actor starred in more than sixty films, and not always in the role of the main character. 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 study 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 bornJune 24, 1947 in the town of Stevens Point, in the state of Wisconsin (USA), in a Catholic family. Her mother, Dorothy, was a simple housewife, but in her family up to the third tribe they were all 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 found in good actors, Peter's wayWeller on 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 Leicester. 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 "The 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 world famous actormade 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. The 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 act in the role of 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 AlexMurphy, a mechanized policeman. But this was only one of the peaks that Peter Weller conquered. Films in which the actor incarnated 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 actor Father Stefan 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).
Writer and director
Over the years, Peter Weller was increasinglyrepeat the learned cues, and most 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. Vee), "Retribution" (Admiral A. Marcus), "The Slave Trade" (Costello). On the channel History Channel, the 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. They are "Indepandent Spirit Air", "Saturn", Genie Award and others, not counting numerous nominations.
