Michael Moriarty
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Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series Holocaust as well as a Tony Award in 1974 for his performance in the play Find Your Way Home. He played Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone for the first four seasons (1990–1994) of the television show Law & Order. Moriarty is also known for his roles in films such as Bang the Drum Slowly, Who'll Stop the Rain, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, Pale Rider, Troll, Courage Under Fire, and Shiloh.
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Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | My Old Man's Place | Trubee Pell | |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Ballard | |
| 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Henry "Author" Wiggen | |
| 1973 | A Summer Without Boys | Abe Battle | Television film |
| 1973 | The Last Detail | First Lieutenant Marine Duty Officer | |
| 1973 | The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor | Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1974 | Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue | Herbert G. Rucker | |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Bo Lockley | |
| 1977 | The Deadliest Season | Gerry Miller | Television film, featuring Meryl Streep in her first film role |
| 1978 | Who'll Stop the Rain | John Converse | |
| 1978 | The Winds of Kitty Hawk | Wilbur Wright | Television film |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Richard Maple | Television film |
| 1981 | Reborn | Mark | |
| 1982 | The Sound of Murder | Charles Norberry | |
| 1982 | Q | Jimmy Quinn | |
| 1982 | Blood Link | Keith Mannings | |
| 1985 | Odd Birds | Brother T.S. Murphy | |
| 1985 | Pale Rider | Hull Barret | |
| 1985 | The Stuff | David "Mo" Rutherford | |
| 1986 | Troll | Harry Potter Sr. | |
| 1987 | The Hanoi Hilton | Williamson | |
| 1987 | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Jarvis | |
| 1987 | A Return to Salem's Lot | Joe Weber | |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods | President Paul Ellison | Television film |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer | Hugh Kelly | Television film |
| 1989 | The Secret of the Ice Cave | Manny Wise | |
| 1989 | Dark Tower | Dennis Randall | |
| 1989 | Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy | USAF Major Hank Daniels | HBO film |
| 1990 | Full Fathom Five | McKenzie | |
| 1993 | Born Too Soon | Fox Butterfield | Television film |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | John Maxwell | Television film |
| 1995 | Broken Silence | Pater Mulligan | Chicago International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | General Hershberg | |
| 1996 | Crime of the Century | Governor Harold Hoffman | Television film |
| 1996 | Shiloh | Ray Preston | |
| 1997 | The Arrow | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Television film |
| 1998 | Earthquake in New York | Captain Paul Stenning | |
| 1999 | The Art of Murder | Cole Sheridan | |
| 1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Ray Preston | |
| 2000 | Woman Wanted | Richard Goddard | |
| 2000 | Children of My Heart | Rodrique Eymard | Television film |
| 2001 | House of Luk | Mr. Kidd | |
| 2001 | James Dean | Winton Dean | Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Senator Hank Rose | |
| 2003 | Cold Blooded | Mark Solomon | |
| 2005 | Fugitives Run | Callohan | |
| 2005 | Neverwas | Dick | |
| 2006 | 12 Hours to Live | Donald Saunders | Television film |
| 2006 | Deadly Skies | General Dutton | Television film |
| 2006 | Santa Baby | T.J. Hamilton | ABC Family television film |
| 2007 | Hitler Meets Christ | Hitler | |
| 2012 | The Yellow Wallpaper | Mr. Isaac Hendricks | |
| 2017 | King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen | Himself | |
| TBA | The Sons of Summer | Spectator | Unknown |
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Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Holocaust | Erik Dorf | 4 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1986 | Cagney & Lacey | Patrick Lowell | Episode: "Act of Conscience" |
| 1986 | Hotel | Brad Carlton | Episode: "Heroes" |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | Dr. Peter Kapik | Episode: "Encounter in a Closed Room" |
| 1988 | The Twilight Zone | Warren Cribbens | Episode: "20/20 Vision" |
| 1989 | The Equalizer | Wayne "Seti" Virgil | Episode: "Starfire" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| 1990–1994 | Law & Order | Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone | 88 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1991–94) |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | John Maxwell | 2 episodes Miniseries |
| 1997–1999 | PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Michael Kelly | 10 episodes |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | John Pike | Episode: "Death Warrant" |
| 1998 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Major Robert "Johnathan" Boyle | Episode: "Father to Son" |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Charles Crayton | Episode: "Seek and Ye Shall Find" |
| 1998 | Emily of New Moon | Douglas Starr | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Strange World | Unknown | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Jules Verne | Dr. Draco | Episode: "The Eyes of Lazzaro" |
| 2000 | The Outer Limits | Solicitor-General Wallace Gannon | Episode: "Final Appeal" |
| 2001 | Mentors | William Randolph Hearst | Episode: "Citizen Cates" |
| 2002 | Stephen King's Dead Zone | Reverend Gene Purdy | Episode: "Unaired Pilot" |
| 2002 | Taken | Colonel Thomas Campbell | Episode: "Beyond the Sky" |
| 2002 | Just Cause | Dr. Hamilton Whitney | Episode: "Death's Detail" |
| 2004 | The 4400 | Orson Bailey | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | Jim Wheeler | Episode: "Pick Me Up" |
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