
Michael Murphy
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Acting Credits
Biography
Michael Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film and television actor.
Known For
Filmography

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024
as Self

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024
as Himself

The Man Who Tried to Feed the World
2020
as narrator

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Politician

The Feud
2019
as Narrator

Indian Horse
2018
as Father Quinney

The Circus
2018
as Narrator

The Race Underground
2017
as Narrator

Grand Coulee Dam
2017
as Narrator

Space Men
2016
as Narrator

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
as Self

The Battle Of Chosin
2016
as Narrator

Murder of a President
2016
as Narrator

Tesla
2016
as Narrator (voice)

Way Out on a Limb
2016
as Self

Way Out on a Limb
2016

The Forgotten Plague
2015
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Edison
2015
as Narrator (voice)

Fall
2014
as Father Sam Ryan

They Came Together
2014
as Roger

Altman
2014
as Self

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2014
as Narrator

White House Down
2013
as Vice President Hammond

Silicon Valley
2013
as Narrator

Rogue
2013
as George Kelly

Custer's Last Stand
2012
as Narrator (voice)

Billy the Kid
2012
as Narrator

Robert E. Lee
2011
as Narrator

Dinosaur Wars
2011
as Narrator

Triangle Fire
2011
as narrator

Panama Canal
2011
as Narrator

The Greely Expedition
2011
as Narrator (voice)

Angle of Attack
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Person of Interest
2011
as Jim Hallen

The Trotsky
2010
as Frank McGovern

Wyatt Earp
2010
as Narrator

The Bridge
2010
as Ed Wycoff

According to Greta
2009
as Joseph

Depression: Out of the Shadows
2008
as Himself - Narrator

Kit Carson
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Away from Her
2007
as Aubrey

The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Judge

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Warren Worthington II
Jesse James
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Playing House
2006
as Hubbard

The Path to 9/11
2006
as William Cohen

Heights
2005
as Jesse

Mayday
2005
as Captain Randall Williams

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 - American Mecca
2005
as Narrator

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005
as Narrator

Tilt
2005
as Jimmy Molloy
Tricks
2004
as Arthur

Childstar
2004
as Reed Harrison

H2O
2004
as U.S. Ambassador Conrad

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
2004
as Narrator

Silver City
2004
as Senator Judson Pilager
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004
as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
as Self
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004
as Self

This Is Wonderland
2004
as Judge Maxwell Fraser

LAX
2004
as Emmet

Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Jack Tanner

H2O
2004
as U.S. Ambassador Conrad
The Transcontinental Railroad
2003
as Narrator (voice)

Footsteps
2003
as Robbie

Live from Baghdad
2002
as Tom Johnson

The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Michael Deaver

Tart
2001
as Mike Storm

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Peter Blakemore

The Art of War
2000
as Politician (uncredited)
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
as Self

Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self

Magnolia
1999
as Alan Kligman, Esq.

Judging Amy
1999
as Judge Alistair McNeil

Family Law
1999
as Ian Lumberg

Sleeping Dogs Lie
1998
as Edgar Trott

Indiscretion of an American Wife
1998
as Russell Burton
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me
1998
as John F. Kennedy

Private Parts
1997
as Roger Erlick

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
1997
as Pete Louganis

Kansas City
1996
as Henry Stilton

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Dean Rumplemeyer

The Ultimate Lie
1996
as Malcolm McGrath

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self

Bad Company
1995
as William V. 'Smitty' Smithfield (uncredited)

Truman
1995
as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)

Clean Slate
1994
as Dr. Doover

Batman Returns
1992
as Mayor

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Bill Reilly

Folks!
1992
as Ed

Law & Order
1990
as Nolan Tinsdale

Shocker
1989
as Lt. Don Parker

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
as Richard Burt

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
as Captain Blakely

Tanner '88
1988
as Jack Tanner

American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)

American Experience
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hard Copy
1987

Salvador
1986
as Ambassador Thomas Kelly

L.A. Law
1986
as Bobby Lewis

American Masters
1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Mesmerized
1985
as Wilson

Countdown to Looking Glass
1984
as Bob Calhoun

Cloak & Dagger
1984
as Rice

Talk to Me
1984
as Ross

Hot Money
1983
as Burt / Tom

The Year of Living Dangerously
1982
as Pete Curtis

The Rules of Marriage
1982
as Alan Murray

Strange Behavior
1981
as John Brady

Manhattan
1979
as Yale

The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1979
as Martin

O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Cash Bentley

An Unmarried Woman
1978
as Martin Benton

The Great Bank Hoax
1978
as Reverend Everett Manigma

The Front
1976
as Alfred Miller

Nashville
1975
as John Triplette

Baretta
1975
as Mike Parsons

Phase IV
1974
as James R. Lesko

I Love You...Good-bye
1974
as Alec Shield

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
as Quentin Lerner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Ted

What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Mr. Smith

The Crooked Hearts
1972
as Frank Adamic

The Sixth Sense
1972

Brewster McCloud
1971
as Shaft

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
as Eugene Sears

M*A*S*H
1970
as 'Me Lai' Marston

Count Yorga, Vampire
1970
as Paul

The Lawyer
1970
as Intern in Legal Office (uncredited)

That Cold Day in the Park
1969
as The Rounder

The Arrangement
1969
as Father Draddy

The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Mark Peter Sheean

Countdown
1967
as Rick

Double Trouble
1967
as Morley

Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Corporal Walter Comminsky

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Interne

Ben Casey
1961

Bonanza
1959
as Will Holt