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Michael Moriarty

Acting

Born April 5, 1941 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2002
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1978
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1974
  • Theatre World Award · 1974
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1974
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  • Fulbright Scholarship

Filmography49 titles

House of Luk

2001as Mr. Kidd

Emily of New Moon

as Douglas Starr

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

1996as Matthew Wylie

Out of Line

2001as Larry Frank

The Outer Limits

1995as Solicitor-General Wallace Gannon

Baseball

1994as (voice)

Taken

2002as Colonel Thomas Campbell

Law & Order

1990as Ben Stone

The 4400

2004as Orson Bailey

Touched by an Angel

1994as Dr. Chester Crayton

Pale Rider

1985as Hull Barret

Masters of Horror

2005as Jim Wheeler

The Secret of the Ice Cave

1989as Manny Wise

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Last Detail

1973as Marine O. D.

PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

1996

Report to the Commissioner

1975as Bo Lockley

Courage Under Fire

1996as Brigadier General Hershberg

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978as John Converse

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018as Self

Neverwas

2005as Dick

Along Came a Spider

2001as Senator Hank Rose

Pick Me Up

2006as Jim Wheeler

Calm at Sunset

1996as Russell Pfeiffer

Bang the Drum Slowly

1973as Henry Wiggen

Windmills of the Gods

as Ellison

The Stuff

1985as David 'Mo' Rutherford

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

1999as Ray Preston

A Return to Salem's Lot

1987as Joe Weber

Hickey & Boggs

1972as Ballard

Shiloh

1996as Ray Preston

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

1988as Hugh Kelly

Woman Wanted

1999as Richard

Q: The Winged Serpent

1982as Jimmy Quinn

Living with the Dead

2002as Adrian, Psychic

The Hanoi Hilton

1987as Williamson

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987as Stephen Jarvis

Troll

1986as Harry Potter Sr.

Of Things Past

2023as Michael Dietrich

Managua

1997

Santa Baby

2006as T.J. Hamilton

12 Hours to Live

2006as Donald Saunders

Reborn

1981as Mark

Deadly Skies

2006as General Dutton

Dark Tower

1987as Dennis Randall

Gunfight at Dry River

2021as John 'Boone' Hawkins

The Art of Murder

1999as Cole Sheridan

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978as Wilbur Wright

Living with the Dead

as Adrian - Psychic