Michael Murphy

Actor May 5 (age 87) Los Angeles, California, USA 1959–2024 (65 year career)

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Biography

Michael Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film and television actor.

Known For

Film

Magnolia

Alan Kligman, Esq.

Film

Batman Returns

Mayor

Film

Manhattan

Yale

Film

X-Men: The Last Stand

Warren Worthington II

Film

White House Down

Vice President Hammond

Film

MAS*H

'Me Lai' Marston

Film

What's Up, Doc?

Mr. Smith

Film

Nashville

John Triplette

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (112)

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

7.0

The Feud

2019

as Narrator

Indian Horse

as Father Quinney

The Circus

as Narrator

The Race Underground

as Narrator

Grand Coulee Dam

as Narrator

Way Out on a Limb

as Self

The Battle Of Chosin

as Narrator

Tesla

as Narrator (voice)

Murder of a President

2016

as Narrator

7.6

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

2016

as Self

6.9

Space Men

2016

as Narrator

The Forgotten Plague

2015

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Edison

as Narrator (voice)

Fall

as Father Sam Ryan

Altman

as Self

They Came Together

as Roger

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

2014

as Narrator

7.7

White House Down

2013

as Vice President Hammond

6.5

Silicon Valley

2013

as Narrator

Custer's Last Stand

as Narrator (voice)

Billy the Kid

as Narrator

Angle of Attack

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dinosaur Wars

as Narrator

Triangle Fire

as narrator

The Greely Expedition

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Panama Canal

2011

as Narrator

Robert E. Lee

2011

as Narrator

The Trotsky

as Frank McGovern

Wyatt Earp

as Narrator

According to Greta

as Joseph

Depression: Out of the Shadows

2008

as Himself - Narrator

6.5

Kit Carson

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Away from Her

as Aubrey

Playing House

as Hubbard

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as Warren Worthington II

6.4

The Wind in the Willows

2006

as Judge

5.8

Jesse James

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City

as Narrator

Heights

as Jesse

Mayday

as Captain Randall Williams

4.9

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 - American Mecca

2005

as Narrator

7.0

Tricks

2004

as Arthur

Silver City

2004

as Senator Judson Pilager

6.1

H2O

2004

as U.S. Ambassador Conrad

4.7

Childstar

2004

as Reed Harrison

5.1

On the Set: Alex’s Loft

2004

as Self

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

2004

as Narrator

9.5

On the Set: Loews Theater

2004

as Self

What’s Happened Since ‘88

2004

as Self

Footsteps

2003

as Robbie

5.3

The Transcontinental Railroad

as Narrator (voice)

Live from Baghdad

as Tom Johnson

Tart

as Mike Storm

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

as Michael Deaver

6.4

The Art of War

2000

as Politician (uncredited)

5.7

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

2000

as Self

6.0

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

Magnolia

1999

as Alan Kligman, Esq.

7.7

Indiscretion of an American Wife

1998

as Russell Burton

Sleeping Dogs Lie

1998

as Edgar Trott

5.0

Norma Jean, Jack, and Me

1998

as John F. Kennedy

Private Parts

1997

as Roger Erlick

6.5

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

as Pete Louganis

The Ultimate Lie

as Malcolm McGrath

Kansas City

as Henry Stilton

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

as Dean Rumplemeyer

5.0

Bad Company

1995

as William V. 'Smitty' Smithfield (uncredited)

4.9

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

7.8

Truman

1995

as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)

Clean Slate

as Dr. Doover

Batman Returns

as Mayor

Folks!

as Ed

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992

as Bill Reilly - Presidential Delegation

5.2

Shocker

1989

as Lt. Don Parker

5.6

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

1989

as Richard Burt

5.7

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988

as Captain Blakely

6.4

Salvador

1986

as Ambassador Thomas Kelly

7.0

Mesmerized

1985

as Wilson

4.7

Countdown to Looking Glass

as Bob Calhoun

Cloak & Dagger

as Rice

Talk to Me

as Ross

Hot Money

1983

as Burt / Tom

2.0

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982

as Pete Curtis

6.7

The Rules of Marriage

as Alan Murray

Strange Behavior

as John Brady

Manhattan

as Yale

O Youth and Beauty!

as Cash Bentley

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

as Martin

An Unmarried Woman

as Martin Benton

The Great Bank Hoax

as Reverend Everett Manigma

The Front

as Alfred Miller

Nashville

as John Triplette

I Love You...Good-bye

1974

as Alec Shield

Phase IV

1974

as James R. Lesko

6.3

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

as Quentin Lerner

6.6

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

as Ted

The Crooked Hearts

as Frank Adamic

What's Up, Doc?

as Mr. Smith

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Eugene Sears

Brewster McCloud

as Shaft

M*A*S*H

as 'Me Lai' Marston

Count Yorga, Vampire

as Paul

The Lawyer

as Intern in Legal Office (uncredited)

5.0

The Arrangement

1969

as Father Draddy

6.5

That Cold Day in the Park

1969

as The Rounder

6.5

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Mark Peter Sheean

Double Trouble

as Morley

Countdown

as Rick

Television (24)

Rogue

as George Kelly

Person of Interest

as Jim Hallen

The Bridge

as Ed Wycoff

The Path to 9/11

as William Cohen

Tilt

as Jimmy Molloy

This Is Wonderland

as Judge Maxwell Fraser

LAX

as Emmet

H2O

as U.S. Ambassador Conrad

9.0

Tanner on Tanner

2004

as Jack Tanner

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Peter Blakemore

7.6

Judging Amy

1999

as Judge Alistair McNeil

Family Law

as Ian Lumberg

Law & Order

as Nolan Tinsdale

American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Tanner '88

as Jack Tanner

Hard Copy

L.A. Law

as Bobby Lewis

American Masters

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Baretta

as Mike Parsons

The Sixth Sense

Hogan's Heroes

as Corporal Walter Comminsky

7.5

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Interne

Ben Casey

Bonanza

as Will Holt