Movies by Peter Gallagher
As part of the cast:
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Conviction (2010)
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo …
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne Waters (Hilary…
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GasHole (2010)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Joshua Jackson, Curtis Wright …
Directed by: Jeremy Wagener, Scott D. Roberts
An unsettling wake-up call to all Americans, this documentary dissects the country's dependence on foreign pipelines, exposes rich oil companies' devious dealings, and explores…
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Burlesque (2010)
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane …
Directed by: Steve Antin
After leaving Iowa with stars in her eyes, Ali arrives at a Los Angeles burlesque lounge with dreams of taking the stage with her soaring voice. Club owner Tess is about to lose the place and…
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Covert Affairs: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Peter Gallagher …
Bright, young and beautiful, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) goes from CIA trainee to operative in the field in the blink of an eye, thanks to a gift for languages, a gung-ho attitude and…
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Covert Affairs (2010)
Cast: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett …
Annie Walker is a CIA operative who is yanked out of training and thrust into active duty. As she contends with the intrigues of international spy rings, she comes to understand she's…
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Adam (2009)
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Max Mayer
When beautiful teacher Beth (Rose Byrne) moves into a nearby apartment, strangely awkward Adam (Hugh Dancy), who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, breaks through his limited social…
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The War Boys (2009)
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Peter Gallagher, Brian J. Smith …
Directed by: Ron Daniels
Hoping for fast cash, David (Benjamin Walker), George (Brian J. Smith) and Greg (Victor Rasuk) -- friends whose high school pastime was chasing illegals back across the Texas-Mexico border --…
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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
Cast: Rachele Brooke Smith, Kenny Wormald, Sarah Jayne Jensen …
Directed by: Steven Jacobson
When she fails to make it into New York's prestigious American Ballet Academy, self-taught Detroit native Kate Parker (Rachele Brooke Smith) begins to question whether she has what it…
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The Gathering (2007)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Peter Fonda, Jamie-Lynn Sigler …
Directed by: Bill Eagles
When Dr. Michael Foster (Peter Gallagher) awakens from the grips of a harrowing nightmare to discover that his wife (Kristin Lehman) has mysteriously disappeared, he launches an all-out…
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Guys and Dolls: Off the Record (2006)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Nathan Lane, Faith Prince …
This compelling documentary takes you backstage for all the excitement behind the Tony Award-winning 1992 revival of the classic musical "Guys and Dolls." Sit in on the recording of the cast…
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How to Deal (2003)
Cast: Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford …
Directed by: Clare Kilner
What is love, anyway, but the fast lane to heartache? At least, that's what teenaged Halley thinks when learning "how to deal" with the complicated relationships in her life, which seem…
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Roast of Denis Leary: Uncensored (2003)
Cast: Jeff Garlin, Denis Leary, Michael J. Fox …
Directed by: John Fortenberry
Trenchant funnyman Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." This uncensored…
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Mr. Deeds (2002)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Steven Brill
While living in tiny Mandrake Falls, N.H., unassuming Longfellow Deeds suddenly inherits controlling interest in a media empire and must move to the Big Apple -- where a TV tabloid reporter…
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002)
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Glenn Chaika
Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are together for the first time in this…
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Perfume (2001)
Cast: Rita Wilson, Leslie Mann, Jeff Goldblum …
Directed by: Michael Rymer
When international fashion folks head to a major show, their personal and professional lives get out of control and combustible drama and comedy ensue! This favorite from the 2001 Sundance…
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Protection (2001)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Peter Gallagher, Aron Tager …
Directed by: John Flynn
Mobster Sal is put in the witness protection program after he turns against his boss and blows the whistle on him. Desperate to resume a normal life, Sal and his family find refuge in an…
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Other Voices (2000)
Cast: David Aaron Baker, Mary McCormack, Stockard Channing …
Directed by: Dan McCormack
Trendy New York couple Phil (David Aaron Baker) and Anna (Mary McCormack) each suspect the other of infidelity and are itching to spice up their trust-deficient marriage through deceit and…
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Cupid & Cate (2000)
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth …
Directed by: Brent Shields
This heartwarming drama explores what happens when fate steers people down a path they hadn't planned to travel, which is what happens to Cate DeAngelo (Mary-Louise Parker) when she…
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My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2000)
Cast: Michael Crawford, Peter Gallagher, Nathan Lane …
Julie Andrews serves as host for this one-off concert spectacular saluting Broadway's greatest love songs, sung by stage and screen greats such as Nathan Lane, Michael Crawford, Robert…
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American Experience: The Wizard of Photography (2000)
Cast: Judith Light, Peter Gallagher
Directed by: James A. DeVinney
This episode of the superb PBS series "American Experience" explores the innovations of George Eastman, the man who brought photography to the masses by developing the technology that put…
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House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs …
Directed by: William Malone
When five strangers accept tycoon Steven Price's $1 million proposal to stay one night in a former insane asylum, they think it's child's play until Price's rigged antics…
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American Beauty (1999)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
While struggling to endure his perfection-obsessed wife (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling job and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch), suburbanite Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) falls deep…
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Center Stage (1999)
Cast: Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt …
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Vying for a spot in the prestigious American Ballet Company, 12 ambitious dance students are ready to push their bodies and minds to the limit to realize their ultimate dreams. With the…
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Brotherhood of Murder (1999)
Cast: William Baldwin, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Lynch …
Directed by: Martin Bell
Struggling to find a job and support his family after his recent discharge from the military, Tom Martinez (William Baldwin) falls in with a group of neo-Nazis called "the Order," led by…
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Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow …
Directed by: John Raffo
Crime-scene photographer Johnny Scardino (Peter Gallagher) has become so emotionally detached from his work that he doesn't mind dabbling in blackmail on the side, acting as a hired…
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Virtual Obsession (1998)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Mimi Rogers, Jake Lloyd …
Directed by: Mick Garris
After designing a computer that can download the contents of the human brain, a brilliant scientist (Peter Gallagher) decides to end the affair he's been having with his terminally ill…
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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Cast: Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley …
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Bill Murray stars as video store clerk Wallace Ritchie in this satire of the spy thriller genre. Wallace wants to celebrate his birthday with younger brother James (Peter Gallagher), but…
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Path to Paradise (1997)
Cast: Paul Guilfoyle, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Leslie Libman
This gripping docudrama recounts how global terrorism first arrived in the United States with the bombing of New York City's World Trade Center in 1993. Chronicling events preceding the…
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The Titanic (1996)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, George C. Scott, Catherine Zeta-Jones …
Directed by: Robert Lieberman
A glamorous wife considers an affair with an old flame while a harmless pickpocket falls in with a conniving crook in this miniseries that reveals the private lives of passengers aboard the…
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To Gillian on her 37th Birthday (1996)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Baker, Claire Danes …
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Two years after his wife, Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer), died in a boating accident, David (Peter Gallagher) still fantasizes his wife is alive and talks with her "ghost" on the beach every…
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Last Dance (1996)
Cast: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
This drama directed by Bruce Beresford stars Sharon Stone as Cindy Liggett, a Southern woman on death row (for the murder of her two classmates) who gets one more chance at justice. Her…
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The Underneath (1995)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, William Fichtner, Adam Trese …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
In this remake of the film-noir classic Criss Cross, scalawag Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns home for his mother's nuptials after running out on his gambling debts. Before…
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While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Sandra Bullock plays a transit worker who pulls a commuter off the tracks after he's mugged. While he's comatose, his family wrongly assumes she's his fiancee and she…
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Mother's Boys (1994)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley …
Directed by: Yves Simoneau
After abandoning her family, Jude Madigan (Jamie Lee Curtis) abruptly returns home three years later to discover another woman (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) has taken her place. Obsessed with…
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays writer Dorothy Parker -- one of the Prohibition era's wittiest and most tragic intellects -- through her triumphs and trials as a fixture of…
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White Mile (1994)
Cast: Alan Alda, Peter Gallagher, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Robert Butler
A corporate team-building trip ends in tragedy in this drama. Hoping to build bonds between his employees and clients, advertising executive Dan Cutler (Alan Alda) takes the group on a…
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Malice (1993)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: Harold Becker
Jed, an egotistical surgeon, moves in with Andy, the associate dean of a college, and his wife, Tracy. But Tracy is immediately uneasy around Jed. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose…
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Short Cuts (1993)
Cast: Frances McDormand, Bruce Davison, Anne Archer …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Robert Altman's mosaic masterpiece, based on Raymond Carver's short stories, presents a variety of characters -- including a baker, a phone-sex provider and a clown -- whose stale…
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The Player (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's wickedly funny masterpiece about a slick Hollywood studio executive named Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) -- a hotshot whose life is falling apart -- is packed with…
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Bob Roberts (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Taking aim at political skullduggery, false populism and press manipulation, this caustic mockumentary stars Tim Robbins as the titular Bob Roberts, a folk-singing right-winger trying to…
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Late for Dinner (1991)
Cast: Brian Wimmer, Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: W.D. Richter
On the lam in 1962 for a crime he thinks he committed, family guy Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) flees his picture-perfect Santa Fe wife, Joy (Marcia Gay Harden), and child, lands in a…
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sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
Cast: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Director Steven Soderbergh's voyeuristic indie drama paints an intimate portrait of discord among a frigid housewife, her philandering husband, her adulterous sibling and an intriguing…
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High Spirits (1988)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole), the owner of a debt-ridden Irish castle, hatches a plan to lure American tourists by advertising the place as haunted. But when Peter and his staff don…
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My Little Girl (1986)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Connie Kaiserman
This earnest drama, which marks the last film of iconic actress Geraldine Page and the debut of Jennifer Lopez, tells the story of idealistic teenager Franny (Mary Stuart Masterson), who…
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Dreamchild (1985)
Cast: Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
At the celebration of the centennial of Lewis Carroll's (Ian Holm) birth, 80-year-old Alice Hargreaves (Coral Browne), who inspired his Alice in Wonderland books, reflects on the strange…
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Summer Lovers (1982)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Michael (Peter Gallagher) and Cathy (Daryl Hannah), a young American couple, travel to the Greek Isles for what they hope will be a quiet and isolated summer vacation. But when they meet a…
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The Idolmaker (1980)
Cast: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Loosely based on the life of rock promoter Bob Marucci, this film follows Vincent Vacarri (Ray Sharkey), a charismatic music fan who becomes a successful producer. Vacarri's tenacity…