Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

1941-04-05 Detroit, Michigan, USA 66 Credits

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.

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Of Things Past

Of Things Past

2023

as Michael Dietrich

5.0
Acting

A young couple struggling to save their marriage after the tragic loss of their baby son moves to idyllic Mammoth Lakes, CA. Filmed over thirty-five y...

Gunfight at Dry River

Gunfight at Dry River

2021

as John 'Boone' Hawkins

3.2
Acting

The closing years of the nineteenth century Old West. Dry River tells the story of a Mexican border town ravaged by severe drought, with the only wate...

How Holocaust came to Television

How Holocaust came to Television

2019

as Self

Acting

At the beginning of 1979, after more than 30 years of collective repression, a dramatized and emotional US television miniseries ensured that the Germ...

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018

as Self

6.6
Acting

A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," ...

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

2011

as Mr. Isaac Hendricks

4.5
Acting

The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an "Origins Myth"... rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story. Drawing fr...

Hitler Meets Christ

2007

as Hitler

2.5
Acting

Hitler Meets Christ premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2007 and went on to play at other festivals internationally. Written as a play by Mich...

Hitler Meets Christ

2007

Screenplay

2.5
Writing

Hitler Meets Christ premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2007 and went on to play at other festivals internationally. Written as a play by Mich...

Santa Baby

Santa Baby

2006

as T.J. Hamilton

4.9
Acting

Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns...

Deadly Skies

Deadly Skies

2006

as General Dutton

4.3
Acting

When scientist Dr Madison Taylor discovers an asteroid the size of Texas is heading for Earth, she sets out to destroy it - with or without the help o...

12 Hours to Live

12 Hours to Live

2006

as Donald Saunders

4.8
Acting

Eighteen-year-old Amy is having a bad day. Not only has she been kidnapped by a deranged gunman, but as a diabetic without her insulin, her chances of...

Pick Me Up

Pick Me Up

2006

as Jim Wheeler

6.3
Acting

On a desolate stretch of mountain road, a friendly truck driver who enjoys slaughtering hitchhikers meets a charming hitchhiker who prefers to butcher...

Neverwas

Neverwas

2005

as Dick

6.4
Acting

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What h...

Fugitives Run

Fugitives Run

2005

as Callohan

Acting

There's never a dull moment from the time Clint Northern meets Dan John Fighting Bear at his granddaughter's birthday party. The two take an instant d...

Mob Princess

2003

as Eddy

5.0
Acting

A woman wants to clear her father's name. He supposedly murdered a shady night club owner. She starts looking for clues about the real perpetrator, bu...

Living with the Dead

Living with the Dead

2002

as Adrian, Psychic

5.2
Acting

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of how...

Out of Line

Out of Line

2001

as Larry Frank

7.0
Acting

Henry, a hitman hired to take out a socialite, finds himself falling for Jenny, a parole officer, instead.

James Dean

James Dean

2001

as Winton Dean

6.8
Acting

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life ech...

Along Came a Spider

Along Came a Spider

2001

as Senator Hank Rose

6.3
Acting

After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the pea...

Mindstorm

Mindstorm

2001

as Schmidt

3.2
Acting

A psychic's investigation into the disappearance of a Senator's daughter leads her to a dangerous cult and the truth about her mysterious past.

House of Luk

House of Luk

2001

as Mr. Kidd

Acting

House of Luk is a quirky drama following the lives of three loveable losers who frequent a Chinese restaurant and discover the true meaning in their l...

Children of Fortune

Children of Fortune

2000

as Sheriff Bast

3.0
Acting

Navy detective Dave Passenger is assigned to investigate the murder of a sailor's girlfriend. Dave follows the trail of evidence to a small Arizona co...

Cold Blooded

Cold Blooded

2000

as Mark Solomon

4.3
Acting

A serial murderer of teenage girls is loose, and working the case are a possibly corrupt detective Lou Miles a probably corrupt chief inspector Brodsk...

Becoming Dick

Becoming Dick

2000

as Director / Mirkin

2.0
Acting

Story of a struggling New York actor who discovers the formula for success and suddenly finds himself richer and more famous than he could have imagin...

The Art of Murder

The Art of Murder

1999

as Cole Sheridan

3.2
Acting

Elizabeth Sheridan is a painter, living in a beautiful home on the coast near Seattle, where her wealthy husband Cole runs a yacht-building company. E...

Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted

1999

as Richard

5.6
Acting

After the death of his wife, Richard hires a recently divorced housekeeper, Emma. Soon finding himself falling for her, his emotionally destructive so...

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

1999

as Ray Preston

6.0
Acting

When Shiloh's abusive previous owner, Judd Travers, tries to retake Shiloh again, Ray tries to find a way to end the rivalry and open up the hidden ki...

Earthquake in New York

Earthquake in New York

1998

as Captain Paul Stenning

5.6
Acting

A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.

Major Crime

Major Crime

1997

as Gordon Tallas

10.0
Acting

Undercover police work to bring a pedophile to justice.

The Arrow

The Arrow

1997

as President Dwight D. Eisenhower

7.0
Acting

The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from ...

Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants

Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants

1997

as Galileo Galilei

8.0
Acting

Galileo is thwarted in his pursuit to uncover the universe's mysteries by a lack of money, a lazy brother and a jealous rival. Luckily, he finds suppo...

Calm at Sunset

Calm at Sunset

1996

as Russell Pfeiffer

5.6
Acting

Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the footsteps of ...

Shiloh

Shiloh

1996

as Ray Preston

5.7
Acting

An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the d...

Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century

1996

as Governor Harold Hoffman

6.7
Acting

In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Ri...

Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

1996

as Brigadier General Hershberg

6.5
Acting

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female cho...

Managua

Managua

1996

4.3
Acting

When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special commando Paul Gleason is dispatched to Nicaragua ...

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

1996

as Matthew Wylie

10.0
Acting

Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital murd...

Broken Silence

Broken Silence

1995

as Father Mulligan

8.2
Acting

A Carthusian monk, dedicated to silence and meditation for the last 25 years, must travel from France to Jakarta to get a signature that will renew th...

Born Too Soon

Born Too Soon

1993

as Fox Butterfield

4.0
Acting

American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.

Full Fathom Five

Full Fathom Five

1990

as Garvin

2.0
Acting

Adapted from the bestselling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest assignment when the Soviet nuclear sub KIROV is stolen and th...

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

1989

as Hank Daniels

5.7
Acting

Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.

The Secret of the Ice Cave

The Secret of the Ice Cave

1989

as Manny Wise

Acting

A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave.

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

1988

as Hugh Kelly

5.5
Acting

Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic ...

Dark Tower

Dark Tower

1987

as Dennis Randall

3.8
Acting

A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.

A Return to Salem's Lot

A Return to Salem's Lot

1987

as Joe Weber

5.9
Acting

Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the i...

Odd Birds

Odd Birds

1987

as Brother T.S. Murphy

Acting

In 1965, an Asian-American girl wants to be an actress despite the odds. Her mother thinks it's just a silly dream. However, her quirky middle-aged hi...

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987

as Stephen Jarvis

5.4
Acting

The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system ...

The Hanoi Hilton

The Hanoi Hilton

1987

as Williamson

5.6
Acting

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known a...

Troll

Troll

1986

as Harry Potter Sr.

5.0
Acting

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby pavin...

Pale Rider

Pale Rider

1985

as Hull Barret

7.2
Acting

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

The Stuff

The Stuff

1985

as David 'Mo' Rutherford

6.0
Acting

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dess...

The Sound of Murder

1984

as Charles Norberry

Acting

The wife of a cynical children's author and her navy man lover decide to murder him because he won't give her a divorce. Their plan is so diabolically...

Blood Link

Blood Link

1982

as Keith Mannings / Craig Mannings

5.1
Acting

A man who has been having psychic visions of himself killing naked women soon discovers that it's not himself he's seeing, it's his Siamese twin. (yes...

Q

Q

1982

as Jimmy Quinn

5.7
Acting

New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat ...

Reborn

Reborn

1981

as Mark

4.1
Acting

A man discovers that his girlfriend is a "stigmata" (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucifi...

Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

1979

as Richard Maple

1.0
Acting

Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For ...

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

as Wilbur Wright

Acting

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

Who'll Stop the Rain

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978

as John Converse

6.5
Acting

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside...

The Deadliest Season

The Deadliest Season

1977

as Gerry Miller

6.0
Acting

Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. During one parti...

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

1975

as Bo Lockley

6.6
Acting

Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instr...

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

1974

as Herbert G. Rucker

6.0
Acting

A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in h...

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

1973

as Jim O'Connor

7.6
Acting

Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter ...

The Last Detail

The Last Detail

1973

as Marine O. D.

7.0
Acting

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

A Summer Without Boys

A Summer Without Boys

1973

as Abe Battle

6.5
Acting

A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge where the girl experiences a powerful awakening to life's challenges.

Bang the Drum Slowly

Bang the Drum Slowly

1973

as Henry Wiggen

6.0
Acting

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher w...

Hickey & Boggs

Hickey & Boggs

1972

as Ballard

5.8
Acting

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | Al Hickey (Cosby) & Frank Boggs (Culp) are two ja...

My Old Man's Place

My Old Man's Place

1971

as Trubee Pell

6.8
Acting

Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A...