Michael Moriarty

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Details

Nationality: American
Birthdate: 04/05/1941
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

biography

A stage, screen and TV actor, Michael Moriarty came to prominence with his sensitive performance as baseball pitcher Henry Wiggen in the acclaimed 1973 drama, "Bang the Drum Slowly". Not all of Moriarty's subsequent work has lived up to that early promise, nor has he proven to be "box office", yet he has remained in demand for stage and TV roles. Additionally, he has branched out as a composer and jazz pianist.

Moriarty has worked extensively on the stage, beginning soon after his graduation from Dartmouth in 1963. He was Octavius Caesar in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Continued

Credits

Masters of Horror
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Pick Me Up
Wheeler
2006
The 4400
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Pilot
Orson Bailey
2004
Just Cause
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Death's Details
Actor
2003
Along Came A Spider
Senator Hank Rose
2001
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Himself
2000
Woman Wanted
Actor
2000
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Ray Preston--Father
1999
Shiloh
Ray Preston
1997
Courage Under Fire
General Hershberg
1996
Law & Order
(TV Show)
1990-1994
Old Friends
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Doubles
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Nurture
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Sanctuary
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Wager
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Mayhem
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Big Bang
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Kids
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Censure
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Breeder
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Snatched
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
Golden Years
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1994
The Pursuit of Hapiness
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Born Bad
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
American Dream
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Apocrypha
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Pride and Joy
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Black Tie
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Profile
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Discord
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Volunteers
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Sweeps
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Benevolence
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Manhood
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Securitate
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Virus
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Jurisdiction
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Animal Instinct
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Conduct Unbecoming
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Mother Love
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Promises to Keep
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Night and Fog
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1993
Right to Counsel
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1993
Extended Family
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1993
Consultation
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1992
Point of View
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1992
Prince of Darkness
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1992
Self Defense
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1992
Helpless
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1992
Wedded Bliss
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1992
The Corporate Veil
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1992
Forgiveness
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1992
Conspiracy
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1992
Skin Deep
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1992
The Working Stiff
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1992
Silence
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1992
Intolerance
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1992
Fertile Fields
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1992
Cradle to Grave
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1992
Sisters of Mercy
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1992
Vengeance
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1992
Trust
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1992
Blood is Thicker...
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1992
Severance
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1992
Star Struck
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1992
His Hour Upon the Stage
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Heaven
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1991
Renunciation
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1991
Out of Control
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
In Memory Of
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Misconception
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
God Bless the Child
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Asylum
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Aria
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Wages of Love
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1991
Confession
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Blue Wall
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Sonata for Solo Organ
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Troubles
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Serpent's Tooth
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Secret Sharers
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Mushrooms
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Torrents of Greed (Part 2)
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Torrents of Greed (Part 1)
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
The Violence of Summer
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
A Death in the Family
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Life Choice
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1991
Out of the Half-Light
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
Prisoner of Love
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
Indifference
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
Poison Ivy
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
By Hooker, By Crook
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
Happily Ever After
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
1990
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
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1990
The Reaper's Helper
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1990
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
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1990
Prescription for Death
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1990
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Troll
Harry Potter Sr
1986
The Stuff
David "Mo" Rutherford
1985
Pale Rider
Hull Barret
1985
Q
Jimmy Quinn
1982
Bang the Drum Slowly
Pitcher Henry Wiggin
1973
Neverwas
Dick
Bad Faith
Actor
Swimming Upstream
Morris Bird II
Managua
Actor
The Last Detail
Marine Duty Officer
House of Luk
Mr Kidd
Who'll Stop the Rain?
John Converse
Out of Line
Actor
Renacida
Mark
The Secret of the Ice Caves
Manny Wise
Odd Birds
Brother T S Murphy
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Stephen Jarvis
The Art of Murder
Cole Sheridan
Shoot It: Black, Shoot It: Blue
Herbert G Rucker
Glory Boy
Trubee Pell--GI
The Link
Keith Mannings
Full Fathom Five
MacKenzie
Report to the Commissioner
Bo Lockley
Dark Tower
Dennis Randall
A Return to Salem's Lot
Joe Weber--Dad
The Hanoi Hilton
Williamson

milestones

Year
Milestone
1963 
Stage debut as Octavius, "Antony and Cleopatra" at the New York Shakespeare Festival
1971 
Film debut, "Glory Boy"
1973 
Henry Wiggen in "Bang the Drum Slowly"
1973 
TV movie debut, "A Summer Without Boys"; Jim in "The Glass Menagerie"
1974 
Julian Weston, "Find Your Way Home", Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NY
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