Peter Onorati Filmography

Justice League Unlimited: The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales

Actors: Peter MacNicol, Ben Browder, Adam Baldwin, Jonathan Joss, Nestor Carbonell

Synopsis: In the first episode of Justice League Unlimited's two-part season three finale, David Clinton, a woebegone inventor from 50 years into the future, dons his own time-travel suit and journeys to "The Present." Stealing Batman's utility belt, Clinton leads Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Green Lantern Read More

Justice League Unlimited: The Once and Future Thing: Time, Warped

Actors: Michael Rosenbaum, Will Friedle, Peter Onorati, Phil LaMarr, Peter MacNicol

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Justice League Unlimited's two-part season-three finale, JL members Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman continue their pursuit of time-traveling thief David Clinton. Chasing their quarry to his own time -- 50 years in the future -- the three Leaguers come face to face with Read More

The Last Ride

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Will Patton, Chris Carmack, Nadine Velazquez, Fred Ward

Synopsis: Inasmuch as the made-for-cable The Last Ride was assembled by the same folks responsible for such action films as The Fast and the Furious and XXX, one shouldn't be surprised that the picture is virtually one long thrill-packed car chase. Released from prison after three decades, modern-day outlaw Read More

Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

Actors: Krista Rae, Lynne Cormack, Peter Onorati, Fred Tucker, Amy Sloan, Flex Alexander

Synopsis: The often-controversial story of one of the world's most popular entertainers comes to life in this made-for-cable biographical drama. Michael Jackson (played by Flex Alexander) grew up in the spotlight as a member of the popular R&B combo the Jackson 5, but his youthful success came with a price Read More

Justice League Unlimited: This Little Piggy

Actors: Jennifer Hale, Rachel York, Jack Carter, Peter Onorati, Laraine Newman

Synopsis: While on a stakeout of the Penguin's headquarters with Batman, Wonder Woman is suddenly and inexplicably turned into a pig by the enchantress Circe. The remainder of the episode finds Batman and the beauteous magician Zatanna combining forces to return "Wonder Pig" to her normal self. Mayhem Read More

Ordinary Sinner

Actors: Kris Park, Elizabeth Banks, Brendan P. Hines

Synopsis: A young man struggles to sort out his feelings and his future as a wave of intolerance sweeps through a college town in this drama. Peter Thompson (Brendan P. Hines) was a student at a seminary studying to be an Episcopalian minister, until a tragic incident involving another student caused him to Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger

Synopsis: Apparently suffering from a mid-life crisis that causes moments of bizarre whimsy, billionaire computer executive Sidney Teal (J.C. McKenzie) pulls a gun and attempts to rob a couple outside a restaurant--and is killed in the process. Though beset with financial problems, and facing the possible Read More

ER: Rampage

Synopsis: The victims of a rampaging gunman are brought into the ER. It soon develops that the man responsible for the shootings is Derek Fosson (Ted Marcoux), the father of the boy whom Greene (Anthony Edwards) treated for abuse in the previous episode. Fosson is out to kill anyone connected with the Read More

Just Looking

Actors: Ryan Merriman, Joseph Franquinha, Peter Onorati, Gretchen Mol, Amy Braverman, Richard V. Licata, Patti LuPone

Synopsis: A wacky screwball sex comedy for the kids and grandpa too? Seinfeld's Jason Alexander makes his directorial debut with this gentle but funny coming-of-age story set in 1955 about Lenny (Ryan Merriman), a 14-year-old from the Bronx who is dedicated to witnessing a copulating couple. His early Read More

Dancing in September

Actors: Nicole Ari Parker, James Avery, Michael Cavanaugh, Marcia Cross, Jenifer Lewis, Vicellous Shannon, Jay Underwood, Isaiah Washington, Malinda Williams

Synopsis: Reggie Rock Bythewood makes his directorial debut with this sharp comedy-drama about love, compromise, and TV. The film opens with the parallel childhoods of Tomasina "Tommy" Crawford (Nicole Ari Parker) and George Washington (Isaiah Washington). Both were utterly shaped by television -- watching Roots Read More

Touched by an Angel: A House Divided

Synopsis: Forever in the middle of an emotional tug of war between his divorced parents, 11-year-old John (Eli Marinthel) turns the tables and demands to BE divorced from both his dad Martin (Peter Onorati) and his mom Janet (Judith Hoag). Monica (Roma Downey) is pressed into service as John's divorce-court Read More

Tycus

Actors: Finola Hughes, Peter Onorati, Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: In this sci-fi drama, Dr. Peter Crawford (Dennis Hopper), a gifted astronomer, discovers that a massive comet is heading toward Earth. Convinced that a major disaster is imminent, Crawford attempts to convince the world's scientific minds that drastic steps must be taken. No one appears to agree Read More

The Art of Murder

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula, Boyd Kestner, Peter Onorati

Synopsis: In this thriller, Elizabeth (Joanna Pacula) is married to Cole (Michael Moriarty), a wealthy man who allows her to live a life of luxury. However, Elizabeth isn't happy with Cole, and she falls into an affair with the young and handsome Tony (Boyd Kestner). Elizabeth's double life is threatened Read More

Pedestrian

Actors: Joe Seely

Synopsis: A writer struggling with his muse finally creates a character so vivid she walks off the page and into the real world in this darkly comic fantasy. Marty (Jeffrey Stubblefield) is a struggling screenwriter living in Los Angeles, where he's gotten used to not having a car and is now having to Read More

True Friends

Actors: James Quattrochi, Loreto Mauro, Rodrigo Botero, Kyle Gibson, Mario Renden

Synopsis: In NYC's Spanish Harlem, Puerto Rican emigrant Juan Jose (Bryan Burke) enters a new school where he becomes friendly with Joey (Kyle Gibson) and Louie (Mario Renden), who call their new pal J.J. The three unite as a tight trio of close friends, hoping to someday open a bar together. The story Read More

Fallen Arches

Actors: Carmine Giovinazzo, Justin Louis, Karen Black, Peter Onorati, Richard Portnow

Synopsis: Ron Cosentino writes and directs this gangland screwball tragedy about a young street smart kid trying to protect his family. Though his mother (Karen Black) is an alcoholic, Duke Romano (Carmine D. Giovinazzo) is primarily concerned with his loser brother Frankie, who makes the monumentally Read More

NYPD Blue: Emission Impossible

Synopsis: The detectives of the 15th investigate the baffling murder of five Ecuardorians at a nightclub. Working undercover, Simone (Jimmy Smits) agrees to do a favor for mobster Joey Salvo (Peter Onorati) -- and then another. Diane (Kim Delaney) and Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) explore the possibility that a Read More

NYPD Blue: I Love Lucy

Synopsis: Lillian (Tamara Tunie), the wife of Lt. Fancy (James McDaniel), has become a home entrepreneur, but some of the products she coerces her husband into selling may not exactly be beneficial -- as Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) learns the hard way. Jill (Andrea Thompson) is reunited with an old school Read More

Rocketman

Actors: Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, Bill Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, James Pickens, Jr.

Synopsis: During training, a member of the first manned mission to Mars is injured, and NASA chooses a replacement, spaced-out spacecraft designer Fred Z. Randall (Canadian stand-up comic Harland Williams), to team with cocky crew captain William "Wild Bill" Overbeck (William Sadler), efficient mission Read More

NYPD Blue: A Draining Experience

Synopsis: Simone (Jimmy Smits) regrets his covert participation in an FBI sting against Joey Salvo when he is suspended from the force by Internal Affairs. An arrogant journalist who earlier wrote an article smearing the New York Police Department continues rubbing people the wrong way after he is mugged. Read More

Shelter

Actors: Charles Durning, Costas Mandylor, John Allen Nelson, Brenda Bakke, Peter Onorati

Synopsis: Charles Durning, Costas Mandylor and Brenda Bakke star in this drama about an ATF agent who is set up by his superiors, and is then forced to seek protection with criminals after a price is put on his life. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Not Like Us

Actors: Joanna Pacula, Paul Bartel, Annabelle Gurwitch

Synopsis: Bored Anita (Joanna Pacula) wants to escape small-town life but finds herself stuck in the middle of nowhere until her scientist husband finishes his research in a local swamp. Thus, Anita is understandably thrilled when brother and sister John and Janet Jones move to town and make life Read More

Dead Ahead

Actors: Peter Onorati, Stephanie Zimbalist, Brendan Fletcher, Sarah Chalke, John Tench

Synopsis: In this modestly suspenseful backwoods thriller, a hostage situation turns an ordinary mom into a fearsome huntress, thereby bringing her family together. Set in a heavily forested part of the Oregon coast, the tale of terror begins when a quartet of desperate bank robbers botch their escape and Read More

Donor Unknown

Actors: Peter Onorati, Alice Krige, Sam Robards, Clancy Brown, Richard Portnow

Synopsis: In this drama a transplant recipient learns the deeply disturbing truth about his donor. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Camp Nowhere

Actors: Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, Andrew Keegan, Marnette Patterson, Melody Kay

Synopsis: This light-hearted comedy depicts a typical summer camp, but with a special twist: this camp was designed by the campers themselves! "Mud" Himmel is a nerd. Once again he is faced with attending computer camp. His buddy Zack will be marching into go to military camp while Trish is acting happy Read More

With Hostile Intent

Actors: Mel Harris, Melissa Gilbert, Peter Onorati, Cotter Smith, Holland Taylor

Synopsis: Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner and Mel Harris star as two female police officers fighting the police force in this made-for-TV movie about sexual harassment in the workplace. After Miranda Berkley (Harris) breaks up with her boyfriend/superior officer, she and her partner find themselves on-the-job Read More

River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

Actors: Victoria Principal, Peter Onorati, John Fleck

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV suspense story, Maggie (Victoria Principal) is a divorced mother of two who is invited on a rafting trip by the new man in her life. She is nervous that something could happen along the way, and her intuition proves to be right on the money when one of the members of the Read More

GoodFellas

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish Read More

Postcards from the Edge

Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point Read More

Fire Birds

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner, Bert Rhine, Dale Dye

Synopsis: Nicolas Cage stars in the below-par action film Firebirds -- a dying ember from Reagan-era nationalistic jingoism. In this Top Gun retread, Cage plays Jake Preston, a hotshot Army helicopter pilot who is being trained to use the U.S. Army's Apache aircraft to destroy the drug fields of a South Read More

Scrooged

Actors: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane

Synopsis: A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-heavy Bill Murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former SNL funnyman assuming the role of television executive Frank Cross, the meanest and most depraved man on earth. Cross will stoop to unheard Read More

Firehouse

Actors: Gianna Rains, Martha Peterson, Renee Raiford, Gideon Fountain, Peter MacKenzie

Synopsis: A trio of female firefighters uncover an arson conspiracy in this insipid sex comedy. Gianna Rains, Martha Peterson, and Renee Raiford expose political candidate Warren Frump (Henry David Keller) as the mastermind behind the scheme to make the burned-out neighborhood the sight of a condominium Read More