Robert Picardo
Biography
Robert Picardo is an American actor who trained in drama at Yale University and got his start on stage, making his Broadway debut in the late 1970s in Gemini and Tribute. He made his film debut as a serial killer werewolf in Joe Dante's The Howling (1981) and became a regular in Dante's casts, appearing in Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Matinee (1993) and Small Soldiers (1998). He is best known as the Emergency Medical Hologram on Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001 and in the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and he played Richard Woolsey across the Stargate series. On television he also played Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years and Dr. Dick Richard on China Beach, and he directed two episodes of Voyager. His voice work includes the robotic Johnny Cab in Total Recall (1990).
72years old
Turns 73 on October 27in 15 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Robert Alphonse Picardo
Movie Career
- Films
- 46
- Career span
- 42 years1981 to 2023
Genres
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A role that slipped away
Before he was accepted for the role of the Emergency Medical Hologram, Picardo auditioned for Neelix. He played the EMH on Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001.
First role
Robert Picardo's first role in a feature film was Eddie Quist, the serial killer werewolf, in Joe Dante's The Howling, which came out in 1981.
Beyond film
Picardo was at Yale when he took a major part in the 1973 European premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass in Vienna, with John Mauceri conducting.
First role
Robert Picardo's early career included roles in David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Primary English Class with Diane Keaton.
Robert Picardo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Joe Dante directed seven of these films, John Putch three and Russ Emanuel three. Dick Miller appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dick Miller's page
Wendy Schaal's page
Patrick Stewart's page
James Cromwell's page
Henry Gibson's page
Jonathan Frakes's page
All films by Joe Dante
All films by John Putch
Russ EmanuelDirector, 3 films, 2008 to 2015
All films by Russ Emanuel
Box office
What Robert Picardo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$499 million
19 of the 46 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 46 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 13 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 13Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 89% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$146M29.3% of the total
- 2$91M18.3% of the total
- 3$55M11.0% of the total
- 4$49M9.8% of the total
- 5$41M8.3% of the total
- 6$26M5.2% of the total
- 7$18M3.6% of the total
- 8$16M3.1% of the total
$57.3 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 11% of the total