Peter MacNicol was born on April 10, 1954 in Dallas, Texas. He has been married to Martha Sue Cumming for almost 20 years now.
Peter has portrayed some rather interesting characters over the years. His first role was Galen in 1981's Dragonslayer. His other well known movie role was Dr. Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II. He has been a part of such shows as Ally McBeal, Harvery Birdman at Law, Chicago Hope, and most recently 24 and of course Numb3rs. Peter was the voice of Doc Ock on the CW animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man for at least five episodes in 2008. His newest project is a film entitled Salvation on Sand Mountain. He hold the title of director, writer, and possible star.