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Peter Mackenzie
Born	(1961-01-23) January 23, 1961
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Relatives	Douglas S. Cook (brother)

Peter Mackenzie (born January 23, 1961) is an American actor.

Career

He co-starred in films Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and Trumbo (2015). He is also known for his television roles on Herman's Head (1991–1994), ER (2002), Criminal Minds (2005), Gilmore Girls (2006), Grey's Anatomy (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2011) and Black-ish (2014–2022).

In 2014, Mackenzie installed a small curbside book exchange on public land near his home which he called "The Tenn-Mann Library". Popular in the neighborhood, it was cited for a local ordinance violation after an anonymous complaint.

Personal life

Mackenzie's brother, Douglas S. Cook, died in 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Firehouse	Dickson Willoughby
	Good Morning, Vietnam	Sergeant #2 at Jimmy Wah's
1988	Off Limits	MP
	Torch Song Trilogy	Young Man #1
1992	Lorenzo's Oil	Immunosuppression Doctor
1994	Speechless	Andy
1995	Nick of Time	JBN Reporter
	Theodore Rex	Alex Summers
	Tom and Huck	Mr. Sneed
1998	Major League: Back to the Minors	Carlton 'Doc' Windgate
1999	Chill Factor	Technician
2000	The In Crowd	Bob Mead
2002	One Hour Photo	Hotel Desk Manager
2004	Off the Lip	Rick
	A One Time Thing	Larry
2006	Room 6	Dr. Kent
2007	Good Time Max	Anesthesiologist
2008	Player 5150	Mr. Barman
2009	It's Complicated	Dr. Allen
2010	Five Star Day	Mr. Peterson
2011	The Chicago 8	David Dellinger
2012	Project X	Dad
2013	42	Happy Chandler
2014	Earth to Echo	James Hastings
	Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?	Head of State Thompson
	The Hive	Man in Suit
2015	Any Day	Dr. Cole
	Trumbo	Robert Kenny
2016	Love Meet Hope	Todd
	Term Life	Counselor
	Spaceman	Tim Manning
	Rules Don't Apply	Gene Handsaker
2017	Kings	Police Officer #3
2018	A Simple Wedding	Bill Talbot

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Spenser: For Hire	Lt. Travis Williams	Episode: "McAllister"
	Crossbow	Captain of the Guard	Episode: "Exit the Dragon"
1989	The Equalizer	1st Man	Episode: "Past Imperfect"
	Guiding Light	Bruce Daly	Recurring; July - September, 1989
1991–1994	Herman's Head	Genius (Intellect)	72 episodes
1994	The George Carlin Show	George Washington	Episode: "George Speaks His Mind"
	The Boys Are Back	John	Episode: "The Christmas Show"
1996	The Faculty	Clark Edwards	13 episodes
	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Chick Hunter	Episode: "Gays in the Military"
1996–1997	Homeboys in Outer Space	Andrew Lloyd Wellington III	7 episodes
1998	Caroline in the City	Lionel	Episode: "Caroline and the Secret Bullfighter: Part 1"
1998, 2004	The Drew Carey Show	Arbitrator / Mr. Firestein	2 episodes
1999	Profiler	Mr. Wells	Episode: "Spree of Love"
	Inherit the Wind	Jesse Dunlap	Television film
1999–2000	The Parkers	Coach Patrick Melville	2 episodes
2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Terry	Episode: "Smunday"
	Strong Medicine	Asher	Episode: "Misconceptions"
	Gideon's Crossing	David Porter	Episode: "The Mistake"
	American Tragedy	Bill Blasier	Television film
	Ally McBeal	Kendall Stevens	Episode: "Tis the Season"
2001	Dharma & Greg	Matthew	Episode: "Judy & Greg"
	Yes, Dear	Reverend Green	Episode: "The Daddies Group"
	Judging Amy	Howlett	Episode: "Redheaded Stepchild"
	So Little Time	Roger Slotnick	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2001–2002	Off Centre	Jay	3 episodes
2002	The Tick	Male Nurse	Episode: "The Terror"
	Will & Grace	Mean Guy	Episode: "Went to a Garden Potty"
	ER	Mr. Pasbalas	Episode: "One Can Only Hope"
	The Practice	D.A. Brenner	Episode: "Small Sacrifices"
	In My Opinion	Tom	Television film
2002, 2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Eisling / Doctor	2 episodes
2003	One on One	Blaine Lockraven	Episode: "One Hand Washington's the Other"
2004	Sweden, Ohio	Howard	Television film
2005	The West Wing	George Rohr	Episode: "Message of the Week"
	Still Standing	Mr. Kruger	Episode: "Still Beauty and the Greek"
	Twins	Don	Episode: "Model Student"
2005–2021	American Dad!	Various roles	10 episodes
2006	Criminal Minds	Jack Foster	Episode: "Poison"
	Gilmore Girls	Dr. Schultz	2 episodes
	Cold Case	Harvey James	Episode: "Saving Sammy"
	CSI: Miami	Russell Tanninger	Episode: "Backstabbers"
	Justice	Judge Ira Tasker	Episode: "Christmas Party"
2007	Big Day	Minister	Episode: "The Unstable Minister"
	Boston Legal	Reid Harrington	Episode: "Selling Sickness"
	Close to Home	Daryl Denham	Episode: "Hoosier Hold Em"
	Crossing Jordan	Frank Ripton	Episode: "Seven Feet Under"
	George Lopez	Dr. Loftusi	Episode: "George Gets Smoking Mad at Benny and Develops an Órale Fixation"
2008	Eli Stone	Dr. Stephen Goodman	Episode: "Help!"
2009	My Name Is Earl	Daniel	Episode: "Got the Babysitter Pregnant"
	Grey's Anatomy	Warren Kramer	Episode: "Beat Your Heart Out"
	The Mentalist	Holman Perry	Episode: "Carnelian, Inc."
	Jonas	Mr. Phelps	Episode: "That Ding You Do"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Man in Shorts	Episode: "The Hot Towel"
2010	Law & Order: LA	Attorney Simms	Episode: "Playa Vista"
2011	Big Love	Bishop	Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part"
	Better with You	Neil	Episode: "Better Without a Job"
	How I Met Your Mother	Mr. Horvath	Episode: "Landmarks"
	State of Georgia	Paul Leary	Episode: "Know When to Fold 'em"
	Circling the Drain	Chris Carroll	Television film
2011–2012	Harry's Law	Attorney Neville Johnson	2 episodes
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	Reverend Peter Mayfair	12 episodes
2012	House of Lies	Brant Butterfield	Episode: "Utah"
	NCIS	Jack Murdoch	Episode: "Rekindled"
	Scandal	Brad Loeb	Episode: "Hunting Season"
2012–2013	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Donald Colburn	8 episodes
2013	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Financial Aid Advisor	Episode: "Money for Nothin'"
	Mad Men	Cliff Perry	Episode: "For Immediate Release"
	Castle	Sgt. Roman	Episode: "Number One Fan"
	Raising Hope	Mr. Gunderson	Episode: "Bee Story"
	Jacked Up	Gordon	Television film
2013, 2018	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Doctor	2 episodes
2014	Bones	Congressman Efran Hadley	Episode: "The Recluse in the Recliner"
	Friends with Better Lives	Jim	Episode: "Something New"
	Franklin & Bash	Marcel Ziff	Episode: "The Curse of Hor-Aha"
2014–2022	Black-ish	Mr. Stevens / Doctor White / Kimble	165 episodes Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2015	2 Broke Girls	Devon	Episode: "And the Great Unwashed"
	Murder in the First	Sherman Brown	Episode: "Blue on Blue"
	Masters of Sex	Leslie H. Farber	Episode: "Masters of Gravity"
	Supergirl	Dirk Armstrong	Episode: "Hostile Takeover"
2015–2017	Grace and Frankie	Peter Warren	2 episodes
2016	The Fighter & the Kid 3D	Dr. Rouse	Episode: "Therapy"
	Aquarius	Sean Boyle	Episode: "Revolution 9"
2018	So Close	Dr. Salinger	Television film
2021	Your Honor	Calvin Bloom	Episode: "Part Seven"
	Them	Mr. Stoat	Episode: "Day 6"
	Nine Perfect Strangers	Marty	Episode: "Random Acts of Mayhem"

External links

• Peter Mackenzie at IMDb