Michael Moriarty
Biography
Michael Moriarty is an American actor who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the 1978 miniseries Holocaust and a Tony in 1974 for the play Find Your Way Home. Born in Detroit, he studied theater at Dartmouth College and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before acting at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. In 1973 he played a baseball player in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) opposite Robert De Niro, and he won an Emmy for the television movie The Glass Menagerie (1973). Early credits included The Last Detail (1973) and Who'll Stop the Rain (1978). He starred as Ben Stone on Law & Order from 1990 to 1994. His later credits include Pale Rider (1985), Q (1982), The Stuff (1985), Troll (1986), Courage Under Fire (1996), Shiloh (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), and James Dean (2001), which brought him a third Emmy. He is also a semiprofessional jazz pianist and singer.
85years old
Turns 86 on April 5in 175 days
- Born Detroit
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 46 years1972 to 2018
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Early training
Moriarty trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after winning a Fulbright Scholarship and moving to London.
Behind the camera
In 2007, Moriarty made his debut as a screenwriter on a feature-length film and acted in it as a man who believes he is Adolf Hitler, in Hitler Meets Christ.
Beyond film
Besides acting, Moriarty works as a semiprofessional jazz pianist and singer. He has recorded three jazz albums, but the first one, Reaching Out, was never released.
Michael Moriarty movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Larry Cohen directed four of these films. James Dixon appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Dixon's page
Nick Nolte's page
Tara Reid's page
Danny Aiello's page
Yaphet Kotto's page
Laurene Landon's page
All films by Larry Cohen
Also two films together5 more actors
- Anne LockhartDark Tower (1987) and Troll (1986)
- Jill GatsbyA Return to Salem's Lot (1987) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
- Patch MackenzieDark Tower (1987) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
- Ann DaneIt's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) and The Stuff (1985)
- Peter HockThe Stuff (1985) and Q (1982)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Moriarty's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$264 million
7 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$105M39.9% of the total
- 2$101M38.3% of the total
- 3$41M15.7% of the total
- 4$10M3.8% of the total
- 5$5.5M2.1% of the total
- 6$760K0.3% of the total
- 7$11K0.0% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 1974 to 2002, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2002 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | James Dean | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Holocaust | Won |
| 1974 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Glass Menagerie | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1974 | Best Actor in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1974 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| Fulbright Scholarship | Won | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.