Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He is known in films for his roles of Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II, Stingo in Sophies Choice, and David Langley in Bean. For television he is known for the roles of the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedydrama Ally McBeal, as Tom Lennox in the sixth season of actionthriller 24, Alan Birch in the medical drama Chicago Hope, and as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama Numb3rs.

MacNicol was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the youngest of five children of Barbara Jean , a homemaker, and John Wilbur Johnson, a corporate executive who became an Episcopal priest later in life. MacNicol began his career studying at the University of Dallas and University of Minnesota. While in Minnesota, he performed in two seasons at the Guthrie Theater. A New York talent agent spotted him and told him to make a move to Manhattan.

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