Steve Kahan

Steve Kahan

1939-08-06 New York City, New York, USA 24 Credits

Biography

Stephen Samuel Kahan (August 6, 1939 – August 4, 2019) was an American character actor, best known for playing Captain Ed Murphy in the Lethal Weapon film series. He has appeared in fourteen films directed by his cousin Richard Donner: Superman (1978), Inside Moves (1980), The Toy (1982), Lethal Weapon (1987), Scrooged (1988), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Radio Flyer (1992), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Maverick (1994), Assassins (1995), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Timeline (2003) a...

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16 Blocks

16 Blocks

2006

as Resturant Owner

6.4
Acting

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running t...

Timeline

Timeline

2003

as Baker

5.7
Acting

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century F...

Out Cold

Out Cold

2001

as Powder Room Bartender

5.8
Acting

Rick Rambis and his friends are having the time of their lives on Bull Mountain—until the legendary Papa Muntz' son decides to sell the mountain to a ...

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4

1998

as Captain Murphy

6.6
Acting

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads trying to free their former leaders from ...

Conspiracy Theory

Conspiracy Theory

1997

as Mr. Wilson

6.6
Acting

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he h...

Assassins

Assassins

1995

as Alan Branch

6.5
Acting

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly resul...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

as Captain Nilson

5.9
Acting

Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from ...

Maverick

Maverick

1994

as Dealer

6.9
Acting

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game b...

The Favor

The Favor

1994

as Helpful Fisherman

5.0
Acting

On the eve of her high school reunion, bored housewife Kathy convinces her single best friend Emily to seduce an old flame Tom, so she can get all the...

Demolition Man

Demolition Man

1993

as Captain Healy

6.7
Acting

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a res...

Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993

as Will Travis

5.3
Acting

Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the ev...

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

as Captain Murphy

6.7
Acting

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...

Dead On: Relentless II

Dead On: Relentless II

1992

as Ibsen

5.4
Acting

Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.

Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer

1992

as Coffee Shop Manager

7.0
Acting

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. W...

Predator 2

Predator 2

1990

as Sergeant

6.3
Acting

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next ...

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

1989

as Captain Murphy

7.0
Acting

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Scrooged

Scrooged

1988

as Technician

6.8
Acting

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987

as Paulis

5.3
Acting

Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.

Destination: America

Destination: America

1987

as Bambeck

Acting

A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father's mu...

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

1987

as Captain Ed Murphy

7.3
Acting

Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

The Last Fling

The Last Fling

1987

as Amigo de Jason

4.2
Acting

A young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.

The Toy

The Toy

1982

as State Trooper

5.9
Acting

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eri...

Inside Moves

Inside Moves

1980

as Burt

6.4
Acting

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. Wh...

Superman

Superman

1978

as Officer 1

7.1
Acting

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...