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Peter Boyle
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Peter Boyle

1935 – 2006 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA · Active 1968–2025

Peter Boyle, born in 1935 in Pennsylvania, is known for his compelling performances in cult cinema. He made a notable impact with his role in Crazy Joe (1974), where he portrayed a volatile mobster, and later delivered a gritty performance in Hardcore (1979), embodying a father searching for his daughter in the dark underbelly of the adult film industry. Boyle's versatility is further highlighted in Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), where he plays Dr. Gonzo alongside Bill Murray. His contributions to the genre have solidified his status as a significant figure in the realm of exploitation and grindhouse films.

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Red Heat

Red Heat

1988 ★ 6.1
as Lou Donnelly

A mutually uneasy alliance is formed between the stern Captain Ivan Danko of the Moscow Police and his American equivalent, the Chicago Detective Art Ridzik when the latter captures Viktor Rostavili, a dangerous Georgian drug kingpin. With his partner murdered by Viktor's hands, Ivan lands in Chicago to extradite the crime lord back to Russia, however, when he manages to escape, a frenzied chase in the bustling downtown will begin. In the end, to bring down the ruthless criminal, are the two reluctant comrades who are worlds apart willing to put their differences aside?

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Filmography

114 credits
2020s 3 credits
2025
Movie ★ 7.0
2020
Movie
2010s 4 credits
2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.4
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.2
2011
Movie ★ 6.8
2000s 13 credits
2008
Movie ★ 5.8
2006
Movie ★ 5.6
2005
TV ★ 3.2
2004
Movie ★ 6.1
2004
TV ★ 6.4
2004
TV ★ 6.4
2003
TV ★ 5.6
2002
Movie ★ 4.8
2002
Movie ★ 4.4
2002
The Santa Clause 2 as Father Time (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
2001
Monster's Ball as Buck Grotowski
Movie ★ 6.8
1990s 43 credits
1999
Movie ★ 7.0
1998
Doctor Dolittle as Calloway
Movie ★ 5.7
1998
Species II as Dr. Herman Cromwell
Movie ★ 5.2
1998
The King of Queens as Frank Barone
TV ★ 7.1
1998
Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
TV ★ 7.6
1997
Movie ★ 5.0
1997
A Deadly Vision as Det. Salvatore DaVinci
Movie ★ 5.6
1997
The View as Self
TV ★ 4.4
1996
Sweet Evil as Jay Glass
Movie ★ 2.7
1996
Milk & Money as Belted Galloway
Movie ★ 5.0
1996
Movie ★ 5.3
1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.3
1996
TV ★ 6.8
1995
Movie ★ 7.0
1995
The Surgeon as Lt. McEllwaine
Movie ★ 5.2
1995
Born to Be Wild as Gus Charnley
Movie ★ 5.3
1995
The Single Guy as Walter Eliot
TV ★ 5.8
1994
The Shadow as Moe Shrevnitz
Movie ★ 6.1
1994
Killer as George
Movie ★ 4.7
1994
Royce as Huggins
Movie ★ 5.1
1994
The Santa Clause as Mr. Whittle
Movie ★ 6.5
1993
Movie ★ 5.0
1993
The X-Files as Clyde Bruckman
TV ★ 8.4
1993
Cuentos de Borges as Erik Lonnrot
TV ★ 9.0
1993
NYPD Blue as Dan Breen
TV ★ 7.1
1993
TV ★ 6.9
1993
TV ★ 7.3
1992
Solar Crisis as Arnold Teague
Movie ★ 4.4
1992
Malcolm X as Captain Green
Movie ★ 7.6
1992
Movie ★ 5.9
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas as Chief Orman
Movie ★ 5.7
1992
Nervous Ticks as Ron Rudman
Movie ★ 4.5
1992
Movie ★ 5.4
1991
Movie ★ 5.5
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.3
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.5
1990
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Men Of Respect as Matt Duffy
Movie ★ 4.8
1990
Poochinski as Stanley Poochinski
Movie ★ 5.4
1990
Challenger as Roger Boisjoly
Movie ★ 6.5
1980s 24 credits
1989
Speed Zone as Chief Edsel
Movie ★ 4.5
1989
The Dream Team as Jack McDermott
Movie ★ 6.1
1989
Movie
1988
The In Crowd as "Uncle Pete" Boyle
Movie ★ 6.1
1988
Red Heat as Lou Donnelly
Movie ★ 6.2
1988
Funny as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
1988
Disaster at Silo 7 as Gen. Sanger
Movie ★ 7.3
1987
Walker as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Movie ★ 6.4
1987
Movie ★ 5.0
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Van Nort
Movie ★ 7.5
1987
Movie ★ 7.0
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Vannort
TV
1986
TV ★ 8.0
1986
ScreenPlay as Lonnrot
TV ★ 6.0
1985
Turk 182! as Det. Ryan
Movie ★ 5.9
1984
Movie ★ 6.3
1983
Movie ★ 5.6
1983
Movie ★ 9.0
1982
Hammett as Jimmy Ryan
Movie ★ 6.3
1982
Cagney & Lacey as Phillip Greenlow
TV ★ 7.0
1981
Outland as Mark Sheppard
Movie ★ 6.4
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam as Carl Lazlo, Esq.
Movie ★ 5.9
1980
In God We Tru$t as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
Movie ★ 6.1
1970s 23 credits
1979
Movie ★ 5.1
1979
Hardcore as Andy Mast
Movie ★ 6.7
1979
From Here to Eternity as Fatso Judson
TV ★ 7.3
1978
The Brink's Job as Joe McGinnis
Movie ★ 6.2
1978
F.I.S.T. as Max Graham
Movie ★ 6.5
1977
Tail Gunner Joe as Joseph McCarthy
Movie ★ 6.0
1976
Taxi Driver as Wizard
Movie ★ 8.1
1976
Swashbuckler as Lord Durant
Movie ★ 6.1
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
TV ★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self (uncredited)
TV ★ 6.9
1974
Movie ★ 7.9
1974
Movie ★ 6.6
1973
Movie ★ 7.2
1973
Steelyard Blues as Eagle Thornberry
Movie ★ 5.1
1973
Slither as Barry Fenaka
Movie ★ 5.8
1973
Kid Blue as Preacher Bob
Movie ★ 6.9
1973
Movie ★ 4.9
1973
Movie ★ 6.5
1972
The Candidate as Marvin Lucas
Movie ★ 6.5
1972
FTA as Self
Movie ★ 6.4
1971
T.R. Baskin as Jack Mitchell
Movie ★ 5.1
1970
Joe as Joe Curran
Movie ★ 6.4
1970
Diary of a Mad Housewife as Man in Group Therapy Session
Movie ★ 6.2
1960s 4 credits
1969
Medium Cool as Gun Clinic Manager
Movie ★ 6.7
1969
The Monitors as Production Manager
Movie ★ 4.5
1968
Movie ★ 7.0
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
TV ★ 6.8