Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	May 5, 1938 (1938-05-05) (age 71) Los Angeles, California

Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film and television actor.

Biography

Career

Murphy played Woody Allen's friend Yale in the film Manhattan. He has worked frequently with director Robert Altman, and gave his best-known performances for Altman as political operative John Triplette in Nashville and as presidential candidate Jack Tanner in the acclaimed 1988 HBO miniseries Tanner '88, a role he reprised in 2004's Sundance Channel miniseries Tanner on Tanner. He played Mayor Hamilton Hill in Batman Returns, and sleazy journalist Pete Curtis in Peter Weir's The Year of Living Dangerously. In 2006, he played Warren Worthington II, the father of Angel, in X-Men: The Last Stand.

He can be seen on the Canadian series This is Wonderland, for which he won Gemini Awards in 2004 and 2005. That same year, he appeared in the film Childstar with Don McKellar. His TV credits also include Law & Order and its spin-off, Criminal Intent.

He can be seen next in Greta. He stars alongside Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn and Evan Ross, playing Duff's grandfather. Theatrical release is scheduled for 2009.

Personal life

Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Georgia Arlyn (née Money), a teacher, and Bearl Branton Murphy, a salesman.^[1] He served in the United States Marine Corps and attended the University of California at Los Angeles.^[2] After working as a high school teacher for two years, he pursued an acting career. Murphy has been married to Canadian actress Wendy Crewson since 1988, and they have two children Maggie, born 1989 and John, born 1992.

References

External links

• Michael Murphy at the Internet Movie Database