Acting

Peter Gallagher

Born 1955-08-19 · New York City, New York, USA

Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).

Credits

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TOVAH
as Self
2026
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Future John Mulaney
2025
Humane
as Charles York
2024
Reboot
as Tyler
2022
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
as Self
2022
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Mitch Clarke
2021
One December Night
as Mike
2021
Mr. Mayor
as Brett (uncredited)
2021
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
as Self
2020
Palm Springs
as Howard
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
The Owl House
as Del Clawthorne (voice)
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
as Mitch Clarke
2020
Truth Be Told
as Andrew Finney
2019
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
After
as Ken Scott
2019
Stepdaddy
2019
The Conners
as Brian Foster
2018
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
as Self
2018
Submission
as Len
2018
The Gifted
as Benedict Ryan
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas
as Hank
2017
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Orson Schwartzman
2017
Center Stage: On Pointe
as Jonathan Reeves
2016
Cruel Intentions
as Edward Valmont
2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Willy Williams
2015
Grace and Frankie
as Nick Skolka
2015
In a Relationship
as The Interviewer (voice)
2015
Man Seeking Woman
as Joel Greenberg
2015
Togetherness
as Larry
2015
DeTour
as Professor Zaring
2015
Step Up Revolution
as Bill Anderson
2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Paul Sveck
2012
Whitney
as Vince
2011
New Girl
as Gavin
2011
Burlesque
as Vince Scali
2010
Conviction
as Barry Scheck
2010
Covert Affairs
as Arthur Campbell
2010
GasHole
as Narrator (voice)
2010
The Good Wife
as Ethan Carver
2009
Adam
as Marty Buchwald
2009
The War Boys
as Slater
2009
Center Stage: Turn It Up
as Jonathan Reeves
2008
The Gathering
as Dr. Michael Foster
2007
Californication
as Dean Stacy Koons
2007
Shark
as Frank Bell
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
How I Met Your Mother
as Professor Vinick
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as David Hamilton
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Sky Masterson (segment "Guys & Dolls")
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self - The O.C.
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
as Self
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as The Mole King (voice)
2003
The O.C.
as Sandy Cohen
2003
How to Deal
as Len Martin
2003
A Tale of Two Wives
as Bill Goodman
2003
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
as Self
2002
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Host
2002
Page to Screen
2002
Mr. Deeds
as Chuck Cedar
2002
Feast of All Saints
as Philippe Ferronaire
2001
Protection
as Ted
2001
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
Perfume
as Guido
2001
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
as Self
2001
The Last Debate
as Tom Chapman
2000
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self
2000
Jesus Christ Superstar
as First Priest
2000
Center Stage
as Jonathan Reeves
2000
Cupid & Cate
as Harry
2000
Other Voices
as Jordin
2000
Brotherhood of Murder
as Bob Matthews
1999
House on Haunted Hill
as Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as William Dodds
1999
American Beauty
as Buddy Kane
1999
Family Guy
as Jared (voice)
1999