Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play ''Crimes of the Heart''. His film roles include Galen in ''Dragonslayer'' (1981), Stingo in ''Sophie's Choice'' (1982), Janosz Poha in ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), Gary Granger in ''Addams Family Values'' (1993), Renfield in ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995), and David Langley in ''Bean'' (1997).

MacNicol won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama ''Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002). He is also known for his television roles as attorney Alan Birch in the medical drama ''Chicago Hope'' (1994–98), X the Eliminator on ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' (2000–07), physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama ''Numbers'' (2005–10), Tom Lennox in the sixth season of action-thriller ''24'' (2007), Doctor Octopus in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (2008–09), Dr. Stark on ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2010–11), Jeff Kane on the political satire series ''Veep'' (2016–19), and Nigel the Advisor on ''Tangled: The Series'' (2017–20). He also voiced the Mad Hatter in the ''Batman: Arkham'' video game series. He also played FBI Deputy Director Simon Sifter during season one of ''CSI: Cyber'' (2015-2016). Provided by Wikipedia