Peter Riegert

Career timeline

1. 1947 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

4. 2001 · Directing debut

   By Courier (Movie)

5. 2004 · Writing debut

   King of the Corner (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   Cupertino (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

4 1970s

14 1980s

26 1990s

17 2000s

10 2010s

3 2020s

• Drama52
• Comedy34
• Crime14
• Romance13
• Tv Movie12
• Thriller4

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

Frequent collaborators

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

Karen Allen

3 titles together

Gregory Hines

2 titles together

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

Dick Wolf

2 titles together

John Erman

2 titles together

Seth Green

2 titles together

David Rasche

2 titles together

Ruby Dee

2 titles together

1. 2026 Cupertino as Judge Stewart Hohnstein 5.8 TV
2. 2023 Harlan Coben's Shelter as Alan Bolitar 6.8 TV
3. 2023 Extrapolations as Ben Zucker 6.1 TV
4. 2018 Succession as Roger Pugh 8.3 TV
5. 2016 American Pastoral as Lou Levov 6.2 Movie
6. 2015 Show Me a Hero as Oscar Newman 7.0 TV
7. 2013 At Middleton as Boneyard Sims 6.3 Movie
8. 2013 Dads as David Sachs 5.3 TV
9. 2012 Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness as Tevye Movie
10. 2011 We Bought a Zoo as Delbert McGinty 6.8 Movie
11. 2011 Oka! as Dr. Maguire Movie
12. 2011 White Irish Drinkers as Whitey 5.8 Movie
13. 2010 The Chosen One as Bob 4.4 Movie
14. 2009 The Good Wife as Judge Harvey Winter 7.6 TV
15. 2008 Leverage as Peter Blanchard 7.6 TV
16. 2008 The Response as Colonel Jefferson Movie
17. 2008 Cashmere Mafia TV
18. 2006 Surrender, Dorothy as Mel 5.2 Movie
19. 2004 Back When We Were Grownups as Zeb Movie
20. 2004 King of the Corner as Leo Spivak Movie
21. 2003 One Tree Hill as August Kellerman 7.8 TV
22. 2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein Movie
23. 2002 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog as Larry 5.9 Movie
24. 2001 Bleacher Bums as Decker Movie
25. 2001 The Beast TV
26. 2001 Club Land as Rabbi Movie
27. 2001 Bojangles as Marty Movie
28. 2000 Traffic as Attorney Michael Adler 7.1 Movie
29. 2000 Passion of Mind as Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist 5.8 Movie
30. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Chauncey Zeirko 8.0 TV
31. 1999 Family Guy as Max Weinstein (voice) 7.4 TV
32. 1999 The Sopranos as Assemblyman Ronald Zellman 8.7 TV
33. 1998 Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story Movie
34. 1998 Jerry and Tom as Stanley 6.2 Movie
35. 1998 Hi-Life as Minor 6.7 Movie
36. 1998 Sports Night as Jay Rydell 7.3 TV
37. 1998 The Baby Dance as Richard Luckman Movie
38. 1997 Face Down as Lt. Coop Cooper Movie
39. 1997 North Shore Fish as Porker Movie
40. 1996 Infinity as Mel Feynman 6.3 Movie
41. 1996 Pie in the Sky as Dad Dunlap Movie
42. 1995 Bleeding Hearts as Doctor Movie
43. 1995 Coldblooded as Steve 6.3 Movie
44. 1995 The Infiltrator Movie
45. 1994 Gypsy as Herbie Sommers 6.2 Movie
46. 1994 The Mask as Mitch Kellaway 7.0 Movie
47. 1993 Barbarians at the Gate as Peter Cohen 6.9 Movie
48. 1992 Middle Ages as Walter Cooper TV
49. 1992 Passed Away as Peter Syracusa 5.4 Movie
50. 1992 Utz as Marius Fisher Movie
51. 1991 Oscar as Aldo 6.4 Movie
52. 1991 The Object of Beauty as Lawrence "Larry" Oates 5.2 Movie
53. 1991 The Runestone as Capt. Gregory Fanducci 4.7 Movie
54. 1990 Law & Order as Jerold Dixon 7.3 TV
55. 1990 A Shock to the System as Robert Benham 6.5 Movie
56. 1989 W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult as W. Eugene Smith Movie
57. 1989 Seinfeld as James Kimbrough 8.2 TV
58. 1989 That's Adequate as Adult Baby Elroy Movie
59. 1988 Crossing Delancey as Sam Posner 6.0 Movie
60. 1987 The Stranger as Dr. Harris Kite 6.2 Movie
61. 1987 A Man in Love as Michael Pozner 4.5 Movie
62. 1986 News at Eleven as Eric Ross Movie
63. 1985 The Twilight Zone as Gus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty") 7.7 TV
64. 1984 Ellis Island as Jacob Rubinstein TV
65. 1984 The City Girl as Tim Movie
66. 1983 Le Grand Carnaval as Walter Giammanca, le boss américain 5.6 Movie
67. 1983 Local Hero as "Mac" MacIntyre 6.8 Movie
68. 1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself") 3.5 Movie
69. 1982 American Playhouse as Richard M. Nixon TV
70. 1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter as Sam 6.7 Movie
71. 1979 Americathon as Eric McMurkin Movie
72. 1978 Animal House as Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein 7.0 Movie
73. 1972 M*A*S*H 8.0 TV
74. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Zeb TV

1. 2004 King of the Corner Movie
2. 2001 By Courier Movie

1. 2004 King of the Corner Movie

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