Peter Venkman, Ph.D. is a fictional character from the Ghostbusters franchise. He is a parapsychologist and member of the Ghostbusters, appearing in the films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II and in the animated television series The Real Ghostbusters. In both the live action films, he was portrayed by Bill Murray, and was voiced in the animated series first by Lorenzo Music and then by Dave Coulier.

Coincidentally, Lorenzo Music and Bill Murray also shared another role. Music provided the voice of the popular cartoon cat Garfield in his animated specials and television series in the 1980s and 1990s. Murray later took over the role in two live-action feature films following Music's death.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Peter is one of three doctors of parapsychology on the team, though he also holds a PhD in psychology. In the movies, he is characterized by his flippant persona, his lackadaisical approach to his profession, and his womanizing demeanor; of the three doctors in the Ghostbusters, he is the least committed to the academic and scientific side of their profession, and tends to regard his field, in the words of Dean Yeager, his employer at "the University" in the first film, as "a dodge or hustle". However, he created from time to time inventions that help save the Ghostbusters but end up destroyed at the end, and he possesses more savvy and street-smarts than either Ray Stantz or Egon Spengler.

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