From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Macdissi is an actor who was born in Beirut, Lebanon. His filmography consists mostly of television work, most notably playing long-time recurring character Olivier Castro-Staal on Alan Ball's hit HBO series Six Feet Under. In 2007 and in 2008, he was seen in Towelhead, a feature film which was written and directed by Alan Ball. The film was based upon the novel of the same name by Alicia Erian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Macdissi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 14, 1974 (52)
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Actor and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Peter Macdissi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Threshold guardianas Rifat Maroun in Towelhead (2007)
- Heraldas Wally in Uncle Frank (2020)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Peter Macdissi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Peter Macdissi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Uncle Frank(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Here and Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Banshee(2013)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Burning Palms(2010)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Losers(2010)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Towelhead(2007)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
True Blood(2008)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Tiptoes(2002)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Bad Company(2002)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
24(2001)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Six Feet Under(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Three Kings(1999)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
JAG(1995)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1993 to 2020; peak year 2020.
Biggest box office
The Losers (2010)
Highest rated
Uncle Frank (2020)
Most popular right now
The Losers (2010)
Film career
Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2001Screen debut· Six Feet Under
- 2001Screen Actors Guild Award win· Six Feet Under
- 2002First film· Bad Company
- 2020Career best· Uncle Frank
- 2020Primetime Emmy nomination· Uncle Frank
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
a Screen Actors Guild Award from 3 major nominations, 2004–2021.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Peter Macdissi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Peter Macdissi's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Peter Macdissi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Peter Macdissi's MovieCove titles; Alan Ball shares the most, 3.
- Alan BallShared titles: Uncle Frank (2020), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), Towelhead (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Alan Ball
