Biography
Michael Goodwin (born 9 October 1941) is an American actor. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota, USA and is known for The Dead Pool (1988), Lolita (1997) and Fair Game (2010).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Secretary of State Seward
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon ...
Freedom
2014
as Garrett
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantat...
Killing Lincoln
2013
as Captain Arvold
April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our...
Lincoln
2012
as Chilton A. Elliot
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...
Fair Game
2010
as David Addington
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...
The New World
2005
as Helmsman
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Boys on the Run
2003
as Warden Murphy
When Jessy burns down his adoptive parents garage he is put into a youth prison. There he meets Roark another troublemake with whom he escapes and end...
Songcatcher
2001
as Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who...
The Contender
2000
as Reporter
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. W...
Cherry Falls
2000
as Mr. Duwald
When students in the town of Cherry Falls hear that a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize that the only way to protect themselves is to b...
Lolita
1997
as Mr. Beale
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at...
Timepiece
1996
as Father Mike
Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner come...
Murderous Intent
1995
A woman discovers that she's the linchpin of a plot by her mother and her mother's lover to kill his wife.
Life 101
1995
as Detective
A college freshman Ramsy, played by Corey Haim experiences love for the first time in the 1960s when he asks out Joy, played by Ami Dolenz. An educati...
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Dr. Frank Linniman
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...
Linda
1993
as Carl Shepp
Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time to...
Buy & Cell
1989
as Reggie
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successful...
The Dead Pool
1988
as Lt. Ackerman
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and ...
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Pogue
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
as David Holland
A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.
Latino
1985
as Becket
The fighting between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the Contra rebels backed by U.S. money and expertise is the focus of this pro-Sandinis...
Obsessed with a Married Woman
1985
as Richard Putnam
A man falls in love with a married co-worker and wants her to divorce her husband, but she refuses because she has a ten-year-old son.
Remembrance Of Love
1982
as Ken
Joe Rabin is a Holocaust survivor. After the war he went to America, married someone and had a family. Today, he is on his way to Israel for a reunion...
Sizzle
1981
as Danny Clark
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1980
Gaffer, Driver
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever c...
Letters from Frank
1979
as Mr. Carstairs
When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes...
Act of Violence
1979
as Michael
A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, ca...
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
as Jack Dent
The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain con...