Michael Murphy (actor)
Michael Murphy | |
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Murphy at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | Michael George Murphy May 5, 1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
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| Children | 2 |
Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is a multi-award-winning American film, television and stage actor. He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives, administrators, clerics, doctors, law enforcement agents, and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve (film, TV series and miniseries) productions directed by Altman in a period spanning from 1963 to 2004, including his leading titular role in the acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning HBO cable miniseries Tanner '88. He had roles in the films M*A*S*H (1970), Brewster McCloud (1970), McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Phase IV (1974), Nashville (1975), The Front (1976), An Unmarried Woman (1978), The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978), Manhattan (1979), Strange Behavior (1981), The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), Salvador (1986), Shocker (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Magnolia (1999), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Away from Her (2007), and Fall (2014), among others. Murphy's performance in Fall earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film.