Robert MacNaughton
Biography
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor known for playing Michael, Elliott's brother, in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). That role won him a 1982 Young Artist Award in the young supporting actor category. He also starred as Adam Farmer in I Am the Cheese, a 1983 adaptation of Robert Cormier's novel. In the theater he was the first to play Buddy Layman in The Diviners by Jim Leonard Jr. at the Circle Repertory Company. He appeared with Kevin Kline in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Henry V in Central Park, and for South Coast Repertory he played Hally in Master Harold and the Boys, by Athol Fugard. On television he appeared in Newhart, Amen, HBO's Vietnam War Story, and Dennis Potter's BBC production Visitors. He retired from acting in 2002 and returned in 2013, with roles in Laugh Killer Laugh (2015) and Frankenstein vs. The Mummy (2015).
59years old
Turns 60 on December 19in 39 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 33 years1982 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015Frankenstein vs. The MummyIMDb rating 3.7
- 2015Laugh Killer LaughIMDb rating 4.8
- 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialIMDb rating 7.9
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First role
Robert MacNaughton's career centered on the stage, before and after E.T. While with the Circle Repertory Company, he was the first to play Buddy Layman in Jim Leonard Jr.'s The Diviners.
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