
Michael Moriarty
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1941-04-05 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for four seasons on the TV series Law & Order.
Known For
TV Shows (19)

Law & Order
1990
as Ben Stone

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Chester Crayton

The Equalizer
1985
as Dr. Peter Kapik / Wayne 'Seti' Virgil

Hotel
1982

Cagney & Lacey
1982

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Outer Limits
1995
as Solicitor-General Wallace Gannon

The 4400
2004
as Orson Bailey

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996

Masters of Horror
2005
as Jim Wheeler

Taken
2002
as Colonel Thomas Campbell

Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)

Holocaust
1978
as Erik Dorf

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Russell Pfeiffer

Emily of New Moon
1998
as Douglas Starr

Children of the Dust
1995
as John Maxwell

The Arrow
1997
as Dwight D. Eisenhower

Windmills of the Gods
1988
as Ellison

Living with the Dead
2002
as Adrian - Psychic
Movies (66)

Pale Rider
1985
as Hull Barret

The Stuff
1985
as David 'Mo' Rutherford

Along Came a Spider
2001
as Senator Hank Rose

Courage Under Fire
1996
as Brigadier General Hershberg

Q: The Winged Serpent
1982
as Jimmy Quinn

Troll
1986
as Harry Potter Sr.

The Last Detail
1973
as Marine O. D.

James Dean
2001
as Winton Dean

A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
as Joe Weber

The Arrow
1997
as President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
as John Converse

Shiloh
1996
as Ray Preston

Fugitives Run
2005
as Callohan

Blood Link
1982
as Keith Mannings / Craig Mannings

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
as Stephen Jarvis

Neverwas
2005
as Dick

Woman Wanted
1999
as Richard

Living with the Dead
2002
as Adrian, Psychic

Managua
1996

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self

12 Hours to Live
2006
as Donald Saunders

Too Far to Go
1979
as Richard Maple

Bang the Drum Slowly
1973
as Henry Wiggen

Report to the Commissioner
1975
as Bo Lockley

Crime of the Century
1996
as Governor Harold Hoffman

Dark Tower
1987
as Dennis Randall

Mindstorm
2001
as Schmidt

The Hanoi Hilton
1987
as Williamson

Swimming Upstream
2002
as Morris Bird II

Santa Baby
2006
as T.J. Hamilton

The Glass Menagerie
1973
as Jim O'Connor

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
as Hugh Kelly

Becoming Dick
2000
as Director / Mirkin

Earthquake in New York
1998
as Captain Paul Stenning

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999
as Ray Preston

Calm at Sunset
1996
as Russell Pfeiffer

The Secret of the Ice Cave
1989
as Manny Wise

Cold Blooded
2000
as Mark Solomon

Deadly Skies
2006
as General Dutton

Reborn
1981
as Mark
Mob Princess
2003
as Eddy

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996
as Matthew Wylie

The Yellow Wallpaper
2011
as Mr. Isaac Hendricks

The Deadliest Season
1977
as Gerry Miller

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
as Hank Daniels

Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Ballard

Pick Me Up
2006
as Jim Wheeler

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Wilbur Wright

Of Things Past
2023
as Michael Dietrich

Gunfight at Dry River
2021
as John 'Boone' Hawkins

Born Too Soon
1993
as Fox Butterfield

Children of Fortune
2000
as Sheriff Bast

Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
1997
as Galileo Galilei

My Old Man's Place
1971
as Trubee Pell

Broken Silence
1995
as Father Mulligan

A Summer Without Boys
1973
as Abe Battle

The Art of Murder
1999
as Cole Sheridan

Out of Line
2001
as Larry Frank

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974
as Herbert G. Rucker

Major Crime
1997
as Gordon Tallas

Odd Birds
1987
as Brother T.S. Murphy

The Sound of Murder
1982
as Charles Norberry

Full Fathom Five
1990
as Garvin

House of Luk
2001
as Mr. Kidd

How Holocaust came to Television
2019
as Self
Hitler Meets Christ
2007
as Hitler
About Michael Moriarty
Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for four seasons on the TV series Law & Order. With 85 credits spanning from 1951 to 2023, Michael Moriarty has appeared in 66 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Pale Rider (1985) — as Hull Barret
- The Stuff (1985) — as David 'Mo' Rutherford
- Along Came a Spider (2001) — as Senator Hank Rose
- Courage Under Fire (1996) — as Brigadier General Hershberg
- Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) — as Jimmy Quinn
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