Biography
Peter Weller is an American actor and director. Due to its non-standard appearance, it stands out among Hollywood handsome and memorized by the viewer. The latter often associate him with the robot-police, whom he played in the late 80s. At the same time, the artist has a classic theatrical education and experience of the game on Broadway Snaps. And in the cinema, it has been equally successfully embodies the images of heroes and villains in almost half a century.
Peter Weller was born on June 24, 1947 in Stevens-Point, Wisconsin. Pope Frederick Bradforth - Military Pilot, Mom Dorothy Jean - Housewife.
While the boy was small, the family moved a lot, including abroad. They even lived in Germany for several years. After his father resigned, finding himself in jurisprudence, the family settled in Texas. Here, the young man studied at Alamo-Heights High School in San Antonio.
After school, Weller chose between the career of the musician and the actor, as a result, he entered the Theater Faculty of Northern State University of Texas. While studying the future actor played the pipe in the youth jazz-badde. At the end he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.
In his youth, played in the Broadway Theater, and after some time began to be filmed on television and movies.
Films
In 1979, his debut was held in Western Richard Leicester "Butch and Sandans: early days." Tom Berger and William Katt starred in the film. Weller got a small role of the representative of the Joe Le Forsa law. Critics responded about the picture ambiguously, but nevertheless, the work was nominated for the Award American Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences "Academy Award".
The first major role of the artist was the image of a friend of the main heroine of Fate Dunlep (Diane Kyton) in the Drama Alan Parker, which is known to the Russian viewer called "how it will happen and will respond." The film was released in 1981.
After that, Peter Weller starred in the terribly "Unknown Creature" of George Pana Kosmatos. After the premiere in New York Times, an article was published with criticism for the film, but the game of the main character was noted as good.
In 1984, the adventure film "Adventures of Bakar Banzaya in the eighth dimension" came to the screens, which then became cult. The director W. D. Richter invited Weller to the role of a young neurosurgeon scientist and musician.
The actor's swivel in the fate can be considered the role in the film of the floor of the Verkhovena Robot Policeman, filmed in 1987. The film turned out to be unexpected and was accepted by criticism and the audience. " He received one premium, two nominations for Oscar and a number of other awards.
Initially, the main role was considered by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Berenger and Armand Assand, but the actors for one reason or another were not suitable. The most seriously thought about the candidacy of Michael Ironside. In many ways, the problem of choosing the actor to the role of Alex Murphy was stopped due to the size of the costume - not every artist could successfully fit in it.
As a result, the perfect applicant was found. For the role of Peter Weller, much and hardly trained, however, without a suit. And when in the first days of filming, metal "armor" delivered, workouts were in vain. In a suit, perform the movements that the artist has learned was impossible. In the first days, Peter developed claustrophobia. In addition, in Dallas, where the shooting was shoved, there was a heat, and it complicated the process. In the second part of the film, the equipment was improved.
In 1990, the continuation of the film was "Robocop-2". Weller again followed the image of a police robot. It was the last film from this series, in which he starred. The second part was much worse than the first, and the actor decided to leave the project. From invitation to participate in the third part, he resolutely refused, he was replaced by Robert John Berk in the project.
Instead, the artist begins to starve in the drama on the book of William Berrowza "Lunch Nagish." David Kronenberg made director of the painting. The film also starred Judi Davis, Yang Hill, Roy Shaider. The picture liked film crimes, but failed at the box office (at the budget of $ 17-18 million, cash charges accounted for $ 2.6 million). The plot is the "Solonna national team" from the book of the same name and several more works of Burrow, as well as the facts of his biography.
In 1989, a fantastic horror film "Leviathan" with Peter Weller was released on cinema screens. The painting of George Pan of Kosmodos about the terrible monster, which appeared as a result of experiments, did not appreciate the audience or criticism.
In the 90s, the actor is filmed mainly in secondary roles. Many projects with his participation are not very successful and recognized by the audience. In 1995, he was engaged in the fantastic thriller "Krikuna", the militant "Western", the Melodrama Woody Allen "Great Aphrodite", in 1997 - in the Thriller "Roof of the World".
In 2013, the adventure science fiction film J. J. Abrams "Startrette: Retribution" was released on the screens. He became the regulatory part of the mediaphranssia "Star Path". Peter Weller played Admiral Alexander Marcus. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Sidan, Anton Yelchin and others are also involved in the picture.
The actor is removed in the series. Among the most famous: "Dr. House", "Dexter Justice", "24 hours", "Edge". Since 1993, Weller tries himself as a director. He removed the "slaughter department", some episodes of the series "Sons of Anarchy", "Dr. House", "Justice", "Rubber", "Rush Hour" and others.
Personal life
The actor remained a bachelor for a long time. Only celebrating the 59th birthday, Peter Weller married Shari Stowe. Spouses have long been familiar, and in 2006 they decided to legalize relations. Wedding took place in Italy, in the Church of Santa Maria-Assunta.Artist from the star Pleiad, who does not like to advertise a personal life. But their joint photos from events periodically appear on the pages of Internet publications. It is known that his wife also works as an actress, but it is not so successful as a spouse. There are no children from the pair.
Peter Weller now
The filmography of Peter Weller has dozens of films and serials that brought him love and respect for the audience.
Now he is not only a film industry worker, but also a scientist, a candidate of science in the Italian history of the Age of the Renaissance. In October 2018, Weller participated in the Detroit Beauty Laboratory program.
In July 2018, official information appeared on which it is planned to remove the "Return of Robocop". The film will be directed by Neal Blomammp ("District No. 9", "Elysium: Paradise not on Earth"), and Justin Roads will rewrite the original scenario of Neumayer and Michael Mainer. Peter Weller confirmed participation in the project.
Filmography
- 1979 - "Boch and Sandans: Early days"
- 1981 - "How to ASKNET, I will respond"
- 1983 - "Unknown Creature"
- 1984 - "Adventure Bakar Banzaya in the eighth dimension"
- 1984 - "Firstborn"
- 1987 - "Robocop"
- 1988 - "extortion"
- 1988 - "Tunnel"
- 1989 - "Leviathan"
- 1990 - "Robocop 2"
- 1991 - "Lunch Nagishche"
- 1995 - "Creames"
- 1997 - "Roof of the World"
- 2013 - "Starterk: Retribution"
- 2014 - "Slavory"