Biography

Peter Riegert is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director, best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on the HBO television series "The Sopranos".

Most Famous Work

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Chauncey Zeirko

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Law & Order

(1990) Jerold Dixon

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The Sopranos

(1999) Assemblyman Ronald Zellman

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The Good Wife

(2009) Judge Harvey Winter

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One Tree Hill

(2003) August Kellerman

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The Twilight Zone

(1985) Gus Rosenthal

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Damages

(2007) George Moore

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Harlan Coben's Shelter

(2023) Alan Bolitar

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Sly 2023-09-16 Movie
	Alan Bolitar	Harlan Coben's Shelter 2023-08-17 TV Show
	Ben Zucker	Extrapolations 2023-03-16 TV Show
2020	Self	Talking Sopranos 2020-04-07 TV Show
2019	Pete	Extra Innings 2019-07-05 Movie
2018	Roger Pugh	Succession 2018-06-03 TV Show
2016	Lou Levov	American Pastoral 2016-10-20 Movie
2015	Oscar Newman	Show Me a Hero 2015-08-16 TV Show
	Artie Goodman	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2015-03-06 TV Show
2013	Boneyard Sims	At Middleton 2013-10-09 Movie
2012	Tevye	Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness 2012-02-24 Movie
2011	Delbert McGinty	We Bought a Zoo 2011-12-08 Movie
	Dr. Maguire	Oka! 2011-10-14 Movie
	Whitey	White Irish Drinkers 2011-03-25 Movie
2010	Bob	The Chosen One 2010-09-03 Movie
2009	Judge Harvey Winter	The Good Wife 2009-09-22 TV Show
	Mr. Feigenbaum	Love Conquers Paul 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Peter Blanchard	Leverage 2008-12-07 TV Show
	Self	Animal House: The Inside Story 2008-08-13 Movie
	Colonel Jefferson	The Response 2008-08-08 Movie
	Self	Starz Inside: In the Gutter 2008-07-29 Movie
	N/A	Cashmere Mafia 2008-01-06 TV Show
2007	The Executive	Damages 2007-07-24 TV Show
	George Moore	Damages 2007-07-24 TV Show
2006	Mel	Surrender, Dorothy 2006-01-01 Movie
2004	Zeb	Back When We Were Grownups 2004-11-21 Movie
	Leo Spivak	King of the Corner 2004-06-08 Movie
2003	August Kellerman	One Tree Hill 2003-09-23 TV Show
	Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein	Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update 2003-08-26 Movie
2002	Larry	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog 2002-02-22 Movie
2001	Decker	Bleacher Bums 2001-10-18 Movie
	N/A	The Beast 2001-06-13 TV Show
	Rabbi	Club Land 2001-04-08 TV Show
	Rabbi	Club Land 2001-04-08 Movie
	Marty	Bojangles 2001-02-04 Movie
2000	Attorney Michael Adler	Traffic 2000-12-27 Movie
	Barry	In the Weeds 2000-06-11 Movie
	Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist	Passion of Mind 2000-01-07 Movie
1999	Chauncey Zeirko	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
	Max Weinstein (voice)	Family Guy 1999-01-31 TV Show
	Assemblyman Ronald Zellman	The Sopranos 1999-01-10 TV Show
1998	N/A	Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story 1998-12-09 Movie
	Stanley	Jerry and Tom 1998-12-04 Movie
	Minor	Hi-Life 1998-11-27 Movie
	Self - Boone	The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion 1998-10-13 Movie
	N/A	Sports Night 1998-09-22 TV Show
	Richard Luckman	The Baby Dance 1998-08-23 Movie
	N/A	LateLine 1998-03-17 TV Show
1997	Lt. Coop Cooper	Face Down 1997-11-15 Movie
	Porker	North Shore Fish 1997-02-20 Movie
1996	Mel Feynman	Infinity 1996-10-04 Movie
	Self	Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach 1996-03-15 Movie
	Dad Dunlap	Pie in the Sky 1996-02-09 Movie
1995	Sidney Wiltz	An Element of Truth 1995-09-26 Movie
	Doctor	Bleeding Hearts 1995-09-22 Movie
	Steve	Coldblooded 1995-09-15 Movie
	N/A	The Infiltrator 1995-06-24 Movie
1994	Mitch Kellaway	The Mask 1994-07-29 Movie
1993	Herbie Sommers	Gypsy 1993-12-12 Movie
	Peter Cohen	Barbarians at the Gate 1993-03-20 Movie
1992	Walter Cooper	Middle Ages 1992-09-03 TV Show
	Peter Syracusa	Passed Away 1992-04-24 Movie
	Marius Fisher	Utz 1992-03-15 Movie
1991	Aldo	Oscar 1991-04-26 Movie
	Lawrence "Larry" Oates	The Object of Beauty 1991-04-12 Movie
	Capt. Gregory Fanducci	The Runestone 1991-02-01 Movie
1990	Jerold Dixon	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Eric	Beyond the Ocean 1990-04-09 Movie
	Robert Benham	A Shock to the System 1990-03-23 Movie
1989	W. Eugene Smith	W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult 1989-09-25 Movie
	James Kimbrough	Seinfeld 1989-07-05 TV Show
	Adult Baby Elroy	That's Adequate 1989-01-20 Movie
1988	Sam Posner	Crossing Delancey 1988-08-17 Movie
1987	Dr. Harris Kite	The Stranger 1987-12-04 Movie
	Michael Pozner	A Man in Love 1987-05-07 Movie
1986	Eric Ross	News at Eleven 1986-04-02 Movie
1985	Gus Rosenthal	The Twilight Zone 1985-09-27 TV Show
1984	Jacob Rubinstein	Ellis Island 1984-11-11 TV Show
	Tim	The City Girl 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Self	The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) 1983-12-31 Movie
	Walter Giammanca, le boss américain	Le Grand Carnaval 1983-12-07 Movie
	Self	The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' 1983-02-27 Movie
	Mac	Local Hero 1983-02-17 Movie
1982	Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")	National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982-04-23 Movie
1979	Sam	Chilly Scenes of Winter 1979-10-19 Movie
	Eric McMurkin	Americathon 1979-08-10 Movie
1978	Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein	Animal House 1978-07-28 Movie
1972	N/A	M*A*S*H 1972-09-17 TV Show
1951	Zeb	Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24 TV Show
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Director	King of the Corner 2004-06-08 Movie
2001	Director	By Courier 2001-04-01 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Writer	King of the Corner 2004-06-08 Movie
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