---
name: "Peter Appel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-appel"
fi1m_id: "peter-appel"
imdb_id: "nm0032216"
tmdb_id: 1005
wikidata_id: "Q3376428"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 October 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T00:15:08.233420+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Appel

## Identity

Peter Appel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-appel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-appel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0032216
- **TMDB ID:** 1005
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3376428
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005

Actor. Born 19 October 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 October 1959, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1990–2008
- **Also known as:** 彼得·阿佩爾
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (6), 2000s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 4, Action 3, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,915m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Léon: The Professional*](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Appel is an American actor of stage, film and television. Born on 19 October 1959 in New York City, he graduated with an MFA from Brandeis University in 1987 and completed a two-year programme at the William Esper Studio in New York in 1992.

He has appeared in over thirty films since the late 1980s, including *Léon: The Professional* (1994) as Malky, *Basic Instinct* (1992), *Sleepers* (1996), *Spider-Man* (2002) as a cabbie, *The Happening* (2008) and *Bad Education* (2019). His television credits include multiple roles in the *Law & Order* franchise and appearances in *Oz* (1997), *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2004), *Boardwalk Empire* (2012) and *Blue Bloods* (2012). Appel has also worked extensively in theatre and as a voice actor in video games.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Happening* (2008), Fi1m 38, as Diner Owner — [page](https://film.one/film/the-happening.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, as Cabbie — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Big Night* (1996), Fi1m 84, as Chubby — [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)
- *Sleepers* (1996), Fi1m 57, as Boyfriend — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Léon: The Professional* (1994), Fi1m 74, as Agent Malky — [page](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md)
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Detective — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Days of Thunder* (1990), Fi1m 61, as Cole's Crew — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Glendenning — [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Education* (2019), as Eddie - Custodian
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Joe Salducci
- *Henry's Crime* (2010), as Larry
- *Life on Mars* (2008), series, as Demetri Pantos
- *The Happening* (2008), as Diner Owner — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-happening.md)
- *The Speed of Life* (2007), Actor
- *The Kill Point* (2007), series, as Teddy Sabian
- *Road* (2005), as Bill the truck driver
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Frederick Merriwether
- *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, Actor
- *Marci X* (2003), as Officer at Prison
- *God Has a Rap Sheet* (2003), as Josh Zmirov
- *Tadpole* (2002), as Jimmy - Doorman
- *Roger Dodger* (2002), as Alert Doorman
- *Spider-Man* (2002), as Cabbie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Get Well Soon* (2001), as Angry
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Theodore 'Chubby' Viviano, Louis Bernoff, Dr. Holgreen
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Doorman #2 — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Deadline* (2000), series, as Frankie Esposito
- *Overnight Sensation* (2000), as Chase Davis
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920* (1999), as Ross
- *Judy Berlin* (1999), as Mr. V
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Detective Greenberg, Marvin Friedman
- *Jump* (1999), as Dominick
- *Six Ways to Sunday* (1999), as Abie Pinkwise
- *Above Freezing* (1998), as Al Bergdahl
- *Side Streets* (1998), as Boomir
- *The Tic Code* (1998), as Engineer #1
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Lawrence Bailey — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Sleepers* (1996), as Boyfriend — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Extreme Measures* (1996), as Det. Stone
- *Big Night* (1996), as Chubby — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)
- *The Sunshine Boys* (1996), as Anson Black
- *Man of the House* (1995), as Tony
- *The Jerky Boys* (1995), as Sonny
- *Léon: The Professional* (1994), as Agent Malky — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md)
- *Mr. Wonderful* (1993), as Harry
- *Trip nach Tunis* (1993), as Mark
- *Here and Now* (1992), series, as Plumber
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), as Detective — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Ross
- *Shadows and Fog* (1991), as Cop at Police Station
- *Regarding Henry* (1991), as Eddie the Doorman
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Sturges, Kraków, Baumann — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), as Glendenning — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)
- *Days of Thunder* (1990), as Cole's Crew — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), as Sonny
- *Silence Like Glass* (1989), Actor

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