Personal Info
Birth date
1952-12-25 (72 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Dover, Delaware, USA
Also known as
-Murphy Guyer
Biography
Murphy Guyer (born December 25, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, writer and director, best known for his plays and for appearances in the films The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Jackal (1997), Arthur (2011) and Joker (2019).
Filmography
Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Sopranos
8.657
Overview:
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.Blue Bloods
7.798
Overview:
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.Person of Interest
8.077
Overview:
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.Elementary
7.599
Overview:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.New Amsterdam
8.352
Overview:
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.Billions
7.744
Overview:
A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.House of Cards
8.006
Overview:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.White Collar
8.246
Overview:
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.24
7.8
Overview:
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.Homicide: Life on the Street
8.053
Overview:
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.The National Parks: America's Best Idea
7.9
Overview:
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.The Good Fight
7.6
Overview:
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.Oz
8
Overview:
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.Bull
7.054
Overview:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.The Deuce
7.6
Overview:
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.NOS4A2
7.256
Overview:
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.Vanishing Son
6
Overview:
Vanishing Son is a short-lived syndicated action television series that was part of Universal Television's Action Pack. Starting as a series of four made for television movies in 1994, the series debuted on January 16, 1995. Vanishing Son I, Vanishing Son II, Vanishing Son III, and Vanishing Son IV, were aired on February 28, July 18, July 25, and October 10, 1994, respectively. The series was ground-breaking for the casting of an Asian male in an attractive leading-man role.The Right Stuff
7.3
Overview:
At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ambition and hope.Third Watch
7.918
Overview:
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.Mildred Pierce
7.019
Overview:
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.Joker
8.135
Overview:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.The Jury
7
Overview:
Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their own opinions about the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Following each verdict, a final flashback will let viewers see the crime as it actually happened and reveal whether or not the jury made the right decision.The West
8.389
Overview:
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.The Devil's Advocate
7.468
Overview:
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
7.4
Overview:
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery – not just of the two Captains, but the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark’s African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacajawea, who brought along her infant son. As important to the story as these many characters, however, was the spectacular land itself, and the promises it held.Joker: Folie à Deux
5.4
Overview:
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.Ed
7.7
Overview:
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.Conviction
5.7
Overview:
A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge their limited experience – and force them to mature quickly or be overwhelmed.The Jackal
6.382
Overview:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.Acting
2024Joker: Folie à Deux as White Chapel Minister
2023The American Buffalo (2 Episodes) as (voice)
2020The Right Stuff (1 Episode) as Unknown
2020Good Friday as Paul Chasse
2020I Can Change as Father
2019Joker as Barry O'Donnell
2019NOS4A2 (2 Episodes) as FBI Agent Daltry
2018New Amsterdam (1 Episode) as Warden Hughes
2018Paterno as Gary Schultz
2017Wonderstruck as Security Chief
2017The Deuce (1, 1, 2 Episode) as Unknown, Donal Merrell, Donald Merrell
2017The Good Fight (1 Episode) as Captain Peter Vorchek
2016Bull (2 Episodes) as AUSA Reynolds
2016Billions (1 Episode) as Chief Mueller
2013House of Cards (1 Episode) as Oren Chase
2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Detective Whitaker
2011Person of Interest (1 Episode) as Bruce Dunphy
2011Arthur as Officer Kaplan
2011Mildred Pierce (5 Episodes) as Mr. Pierce
2010Blue Bloods (1 Episode) as Sam Ellis
2010Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater as Aquila (voice)
2009White Collar (1 Episode) as Sean Loomis
2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Conviction (1 Episode) as Kim's Dad
2006The Feast of the Goat as Turk
2005America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie as Aldo Leopold (voice)
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2004The Jury (1 Episode) as Unknown
200124 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Ed (1 Episode) as Judge
2000Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as John Eller
1999Third Watch (1 Episode) as Lieutenant
1999The Sopranos (1 Episode) as S.E.T. #2
1998Money Kings as Shaughnessy
1998Rounders as Detweiler
1997Liberty! (6 Episodes) as Benjamin Gilbert
1997The Jackal as NSC Representative
1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (2 Episodes) as William Clark (voice)
1997The Devil's Advocate as Barbara's Father
1997The Peacemaker as INS Agent
1997Oz (2 Episodes) as Officer Eddie Hunt
1997Love Walked In as Howard's Boss
1997FireHouse as Det. Leo Patillo
1996The West (9 Episodes) as Self
1996City Hall as Captain Florian
1995Parallel Sons as Sheriff Mott
1994Vanishing Son II as Cole
1994Vanishing Son (1 Episode) as Cole
1993Homicide: Life on the Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990Law & Order (2, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Jeffrey Brandt, Cass Holliman, Mr. Weber, Defense Attorney Leslie Stanton