Peter Gallagher

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

2. 1955 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

3. 1999 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

8 1980s

25 1990s

17 2000s

19 2010s

9 2020s

• Drama54
• Comedy33
• Romance16
• Crime8
• Mystery8
• Thriller6

Highest-rated title The Owl House 2020 8.7 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Peter Gallagher in our catalogue.

Tim Robbins

4 titles together

Michael Lehmann

3 titles together

Cobie Smulders

2 titles together

Kyle Secor

2 titles together

Bridgette Wilson

2 titles together

Eric Dane

2 titles together

Eric Stoltz

2 titles together

Mark Isham

2 titles together

Ruby Dee

2 titles together

Tim Hunter

2 titles together

1. — Cruel Intentions Upcoming as Edward Valmont TV
2. 2025 Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Future John Mulaney TV
3. 2024 Humane as Charles York 5.4 Movie
4. 2022 Reboot as Tyler 6.5 TV
5. 2021 Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Mitch Clarke 6.4 Movie
6. 2021 One December Night as Mike 6.4 Movie
7. 2021 Mr. Mayor as Brett (uncredited) 6.6 TV
8. 2020 Palm Springs as Howard 7.3 Movie
9. 2020 The Owl House as Del Clawthorne (voice) 8.7 TV
10. 2020 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mitch Clarke 7.5 TV
11. 2019 Truth Be Told as Andrew Finney 7.0 TV
12. 2019 After as Ken Scott 7.1 Movie
13. 2018 The Conners as Brian Foster 6.9 TV
14. 2018 Submission as Len 5.9 Movie
15. 2017 The Gifted as Benedict Ryan 7.6 TV
16. 2017 A Bad Moms Christmas as Hank 6.3 Movie
17. 2017 Literally, Right Before Aaron as Orson Schwartzman 4.8 Movie
18. 2016 Center Stage: On Pointe as Jonathan Reeves 6.4 Movie
19. 2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris as Willy Williams 6.4 Movie
20. 2015 Grace and Frankie as Nick Skolka 7.7 TV
21. 2015 Man Seeking Woman as Joel Greenberg 7.0 TV
22. 2015 Togetherness as Larry 6.8 TV
23. 2012 Step Up Revolution as Bill Anderson 6.9 Movie
24. 2012 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You as Paul Sveck 5.5 Movie
25. 2011 Whitney as Vince 5.2 TV
26. 2011 New Girl as Gavin 7.4 TV
27. 2010 Burlesque as Vince Scali 7.2 Movie
28. 2010 Conviction as Barry Scheck 7.1 Movie
29. 2010 Covert Affairs as Arthur Campbell 6.9 TV
30. 2009 The Good Wife as Ethan Carver 7.6 TV
31. 2009 Adam as Marty Buchwald 6.8 Movie
32. 2009 The War Boys as Slater 5.9 Movie
33. 2008 Center Stage: Turn It Up as Jonathan Reeves 6.8 Movie
34. 2007 The Gathering as Dr. Michael Foster TV
35. 2007 Californication as Dean Stacy Koons 7.6 TV
36. 2006 Shark as Frank Bell 6.7 TV
37. 2005 How I Met Your Mother as Professor Vinick 8.1 TV
38. 2005 Grey's Anatomy as David Hamilton 8.2 TV
39. 2003 The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as The Mole King (voice) 5.3 Movie
40. 2003 The O.C. as Sandy Cohen 7.7 TV
41. 2003 How to Deal as Len Martin 5.5 Movie
42. 2002 Page to Screen TV
43. 2002 Mr. Deeds as Chuck Cedar 5.9 Movie
44. 2001 Feast of All Saints as Philippe Ferronaire Movie
45. 2001 Perfume as Guido 4.8 Movie
46. 2000 Center Stage as Jonathan Reeves 6.9 Movie
47. 1999 House on Haunted Hill as Donald W. Blackburn, M.D. 5.6 Movie
48. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as William Dodds 8.0 TV
49. 1999 American Beauty as Buddy Kane 8.0 Movie
50. 1999 Family Guy as Jared (voice) 7.4 TV
51. 1998 The Secret Lives of Men TV
52. 1998 Brave New World as Bernard Marx 5.5 Movie
53. 1998 Virtual Obsession as Dr. Joe Messenger Movie
54. 1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little as James Ritchie 6.4 Movie
55. 1996 Titanic as Wynn Park 6.0 TV
56. 1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday as David Lewis 5.5 Movie
57. 1996 Superman: The Animated Series as Kurt (voice) 7.7 TV
58. 1996 Last Dance as John Hayes 5.7 Movie
59. 1995 The Underneath as Michael Chambers 5.7 Movie
60. 1995 While You Were Sleeping as Peter Callaghan 7.0 Movie
61. 1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Alan Campbell 5.9 Movie
62. 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy as Vic Tenetta 7.1 Movie
63. 1993 Short Cuts as Stormy Weathers 7.2 Movie
64. 1993 Mother's Boys as Robert Madigan 5.4 Movie
65. 1993 Malice as Atty. Dennis Riley 6.3 Movie
66. 1993 Fallen Angels as Mitch Allison TV
67. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Chris Rawls 8.1 TV
68. 1992 Bob Roberts as Dan Riley 6.6 Movie
69. 1992 The Player as Larry Levy 7.2 Movie
70. 1991 Late for Dinner as Bob Freeman 5.7 Movie
71. 1991 An Inconvenient Woman as Philip Quennell TV
72. 1989 sex, lies, and videotape as John Mullany 7.0 Movie
73. 1988 High Spirits as Brother Tony 5.8 Movie
74. 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan as Leo Frank TV
75. 1985 Dreamchild as Jack Dolan 6.6 Movie
76. 1982 Summer Lovers as Michael Pappas 5.4 Movie
77. 1982 American Playhouse as Logan Melton TV
78. 1980 The Idolmaker as Caesare 5.6 Movie
79. 1980 Skag TV
80. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Harry TV

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