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Michael Moriarty

Actor

Michael Moriarty

Born April 5, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, USA64 films

Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for four seasons on the TV series Law & Order.

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Pale Rider posterFirst watchPale Rider19857.2as Hull BarretA mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.View film

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Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2023Of Things PastMichael Dietrich
  2. 2021Gunfight at Dry RiverJohn 'Boone' Hawkins
  3. 2011The Yellow WallpaperMr. Isaac Hendricks
  4. 2007Hitler Meets ChristHitler
  5. 2006Santa BabyT.J. Hamilton
  6. 2006Deadly SkiesGeneral Dutton
  7. 200612 Hours to LiveDonald Saunders
  8. 2006Pick Me UpJim Wheeler
  9. 2005NeverwasDick
  10. 2005Fugitives RunCallohan
  11. 2003Mob PrincessEddy
  12. 2002Living with the DeadAdrian, Psychic
  13. 2002Swimming UpstreamMorris Bird II
  14. 2001Out of LineLarry Frank
  15. 2001James DeanWinton Dean
  16. 2001Along Came a SpiderSenator Hank Rose
  17. 2001MindstormSchmidt
  18. 2001House of LukMr. Kidd
  19. 2000Children of FortuneSheriff Bast
  20. 2000Cold BloodedMark Solomon
  21. 2000Becoming DickDirector / Mirkin
  22. 1999The Art of MurderCole Sheridan
  23. 1999Woman WantedRichard
  24. 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonRay Preston
  25. 1998Earthquake in New YorkPaul Stenning
  26. 1997Major CrimeGordon Tallas
  27. 1997The ArrowPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower
  28. 1997Galileo: On the Shoulders of GiantsGalileo Galilei
  29. 1996Calm at SunsetRussell Pfeiffer
  30. 1996ShilohRay Preston
  31. 1996Crime of the CenturyGovernor Harold Hoffman
  32. 1996Courage Under FireBrigadier General Hershberg
  33. 1996Managua
  34. 1996Cagney & Lacey: True ConvictionsMatthew Wylie
  35. 1995Broken SilenceFather Mulligan
  36. 1993Born Too SoonFox Butterfield
  37. 1990Full Fathom FiveGarvin
  38. 1989Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner TragedyHank Daniels
  39. 1989The Secret of the Ice CaveManny Wise
  40. 1988Frank Nitti: The EnforcerHugh Kelly
  41. 1987Dark TowerDennis Randall
  42. 1987A Return to Salem's LotJoe Weber
  43. 1987Odd BirdsBrother T.S. Murphy
  44. 1987It's Alive III: Island of the AliveStephen Jarvis
  45. 1987The Hanoi HiltonWilliamson
  46. 1986TrollHarry Potter Sr.
  47. 1985Pale RiderHull Barret
  48. 1985The StuffDavid 'Mo' Rutherford
  49. 1982The Sound of MurderCharles Norberry
  50. 1982Blood LinkKeith Mannings / Craig Mannings
  51. 1982QJimmy Quinn
  52. 1981RebornMark
  53. 1979Too Far to GoRichard Maple
  54. 1978The Winds of Kitty HawkWilbur Wright
  55. 1978Who'll Stop the RainJohn Converse
  56. 1977The Deadliest SeasonGerry Miller
  57. 1975Report to the CommissionerBo Lockley
  58. 1974Shoot It Black, Shoot It BlueHerbert G. Rucker
  59. 1973The Glass MenagerieJim
  60. 1973The Last DetailMarine O. D.
  61. 1973A Summer Without BoysAbe Battle
  62. 1973Bang the Drum SlowlyHenry Wiggen
  63. 1972Hickey & BoggsBallard
  64. 1971My Old Man's PlaceTrubee Pell