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Acting

Michael Murphy

Career: Active from 1967 to 2020, busiest in 2004 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Manhattan
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Murphy Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 8
Moral Ambiguity 6
Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 5
Political Intrigue 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Historical Drama 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Biographical Drama 3
Melancholy 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Melancholic Tone 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

The Man Who Tried to Feed the World

as narrator

2010s

27 titles · average score 72

The Feud

as Narrator

Tesla

76

as Narrator (voice)

The Battle Of Chosin

75

as Narrator

Edison

as Narrator (voice)

Silicon Valley

79

as Narrator

Custer's Last Stand

as Narrator (voice)

Triangle Fire

as narrator

Dinosaur Wars

as Narrator

Person of Interest

81

TV show · as Jim Hallen

The Greely Expedition

as Narrator (voice)

The Bridge

63

TV show · as Ed Wycoff

Wyatt Earp

as Narrator

2000s

28 titles · average score 59

According to Greta

59

as Joseph

Away from Her

83

as Aubrey

Tilt

47

TV show · as Jimmy Molloy

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City

as Narrator

Tanner on Tanner

82

TV show · as Jack Tanner

This Is Wonderland

79

TV show · as Judge Maxwell Fraser

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

as Narrator

H2O

57

as U.S. Ambassador Conrad

Footsteps

43

as Robbie

Live from Baghdad

76

as Tom Johnson

The Day Reagan Was Shot

62

as Michael Deaver

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Peter Blakemore

1990s

18 titles · average score 61

Judging Amy

76

TV show · as Judge Alistair McNeil

Magnolia

81

as Alan Kligman, Esq.

Family Law

74

TV show · as Ian Lumberg

Indiscretion of an American Wife

as Russell Burton

Norma Jean, Jack, and Me

as John F. Kennedy

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

63

as Pete Louganis

The Ultimate Lie

56

as Malcolm McGrath

Kansas City

57

as Henry Stilton

Clean Slate

32

as Dr. Doover

Batman Returns

73

as Mayor

Folks!

27

as Ed

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Nolan Tinsdale

1980s

16 titles · average score 66

Shocker

46

as Lt. Don Parker

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

as Richard Burt

Tanner '88

81

TV show · as Jack Tanner

TV show

Salvador

77

as Ambassador Thomas Kelly

Mesmerized

37

as Wilson

Cloak & Dagger

63

as Rice

Countdown to Looking Glass

64

as Bob Calhoun

Talk to Me

as Ross

The Year of Living Dangerously

73

as Pete Curtis

The Rules of Marriage

as Alan Murray

Strange Behavior

66

as John Brady

1970s

20 titles · average score 66

Manhattan

84

as Yale

O Youth and Beauty!

as Cash Bentley

An Unmarried Woman

77

as Martin Benton

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

52

as Martin

The Front

69

as Alfred Miller

Baretta

44

TV show · as Mike Parsons

Phase IV

55

as James R. Lesko

I Love You...Good-bye

as Alec Shield

What's Up, Doc?

81

as Mr. Smith

Brewster McCloud

75

as Shaft

Count Yorga, Vampire

47

as Paul

M*A*S*H

78

as 'Me Lai' Marston

1960s

8 titles · average score 61

That Cold Day in the Park

55

as The Rounder

The Arrangement

35

as Father Draddy

The Legend of Lylah Clare

55

as Mark Peter Sheean

Countdown

59

as Rick

Double Trouble

49

as Morley

Hogan's Heroes

82

TV show · as Corporal Walter Comminsky

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

87

TV show · as Interne

Ben Casey

65

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 73

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Will Holt