ACTOR

Peter Riegert

1947 - Today

Photo of Peter Riegert

Icon of person Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert ( REE-gert; born April 11, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988) and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). He directed the short film By Courier (2000), for which he was nominated along with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Peter Riegert is the 4,088th most popular actor (up from 4,220th in 2024), the 6,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,221st in 2019) and the 1,895th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Peter Riegert by language

Loading...

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Riegert ranks 4,088 out of 13,578. Before him are Jude Ciccolella, Julie Dreyfus, Joel Kinnaman, Colm Feore, Aliki Vougiouklaki, and Gabrielle Anwar. After him are Michel Subor, Julian Fellowes, Garry Chalk, Arnoldo Foà, Frank Gorshin, and Masayuki Mori.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Riegert ranks 464. Before him are Ephraïm Inoni, Nina Matviienko, John Aston Jr., Michael Ignatieff, Jude Ciccolella, and Michèle Pierre-Louis. After him are William Bonin, Kathy Acker, Rita Kühne, Teemu Sippo, Linda Thorson, and John Johnson.

Others Born in 1947

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Riegert ranks 6,570 out of 20,380. Before him are Shonda Rhimes (1970), Colm Feore (1958), Otis Davis (1932), Pat Smear (1959), Schelte J. Bus (1956), and Robert Barro (1944). After him are Robert Ridgway (1850), Arthur Shaw (1886), Diane Ackerman (1948), Braxton Bragg (1817), Randy Crawford (1952), and Paul Gray (1972).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Peter Riegert ranks 1,895. Before him are Debbie Allen (1950), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Jude Ciccolella (1947), and Colm Feore (1958). After him are Frank Gorshin (1933), Barry Van Dyke (1951), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Will Rogers (1879), Rob Delaney (1977), and Tony Lo Bianco (1936).

American born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous