Personal Info
Birth date
1941-04-05 (84 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as
-Michael Moriarty
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.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.395
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 Equalizer
7.169
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.Touched by an Angel
7.2
Overview:
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
6.9
Overview:
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner of paranormal phenomena around the world; from alien abductions to possessions. The organization depicted in the series is loosely inspired by a real-life scientific organization. While locations in the series took place worldwide, the series was primarily filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000.The Twilight Zone
7.763
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Masters of Horror
7.158
Overview:
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.Cagney & Lacey
6.9
Overview:
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.The Outer Limits
7.719
Overview:
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.The 4400
7.179
Overview:
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.Taken
7.457
Overview:
The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the crash.Baseball
7.341
Overview:
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.Hotel
6.8
Overview:
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.Children of the Dust
7
Overview:
Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that 'good day to die'. White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian and not really white but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter. Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a 'white' name') is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and Pyrric triumph.Holocaust
7.4
Overview:
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.Windmills of the Gods
5.8
Overview:
When Mary Ashley is approached to become ambassador of the United States of America in Romania she does not take the offer because her husband does not want to give up his well-going doctor's office. Shortly afterward Dr. Edward Ashley gets killed in a car accident. After this Mary Ashley reconsiders the offer and finally accepts. Arrived in Romania she is confronted with a complex plot in which the American President's current plans to improve relations between the US and communist countries shall be sabotaged.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.Emily of New Moon
8.8
Overview:
Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg. The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off. Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.The Arrow
10
Overview:
The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Though the jet was an engineering marvel, cost over-runs, U.S. government pressure from the military industrial complex, and the election of the Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government, stopped the jet just as it was getting off the ground.Pale Rider
7.173
Overview:
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.Along Came a Spider
6.326
Overview:
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.The Stuff
6
Overview:
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!Courage Under Fire
6.5
Overview:
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...Troll
5.014
Overview:
When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.The Last Detail
7
Overview:
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.Q
5.713
Overview:
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?A Return to Salem's Lot
5.9
Overview:
Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.Who'll Stop the Rain
6.5
Overview:
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
5.382
Overview:
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.Living with the Dead
5.18
Overview:
A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of how they died, and how their murderer is still out there. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case.Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
5.545
Overview:
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.Acting
2023Of Things Past as Michael Dietrich
2021Gunfight at Dry River as John 'Boone' Hawkins
2019How Holocaust came to Television as Self
2018King Cohen as Self
2011The Yellow Wallpaper as Mr. Isaac Hendricks
2007Hitler Meets Christ as Hitler
2006Santa Baby as T.J. Hamilton
2006Deadly Skies as General Dutton
200612 Hours to Live as Donald Saunders
2006Pick Me Up as Jim Wheeler
2005Masters of Horror (1 Episode) as Jim Wheeler
2005Neverwas as Dick
2005Fugitives Run as Callohan
2004The 4400 (1 Episode) as Orson Bailey
2003Mob Princess as Eddy
2002Taken (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002Living with the Dead as Adrian, Psychic
2001Out of Line as Larry Frank
2001James Dean as Winton Dean
2001Along Came a Spider as Senator Hank Rose
2001Mindstorm as Schmidt
2001House of Luk as Mr. Kidd
2000Children of Fortune as Sheriff Bast
2000Cold Blooded as Mark Solomon
2000Becoming Dick as Director / Mirkin
1999The Art of Murder as Cole Sheridan
1999Woman Wanted as Richard
1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Ray Preston
1998Earthquake in New York as Captain Paul Stenning
1998Emily of New Moon (4 Episodes) as Douglas Starr
1997Major Crime as Gordon Tallas
1997The Arrow as President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1997The Arrow (2 Episodes) as Dwight D. Eisenhower
1997Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants as Galileo Galilei
1996Calm at Sunset as Russell Pfeiffer
1996Shiloh as Ray Preston
1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Crime of the Century as Governor Harold Hoffman
1996Courage Under Fire as Brigadier General Hershberg
1996Managua as Unknown
1996Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions as Matthew Wylie
1995Broken Silence as Father Mulligan
1995The Outer Limits (2 Episodes) as Solicitor-General Wallace Gannon
1995Children of the Dust (2 Episodes) as John Maxwell
1994Touched by an Angel (1 Episode) as Dr. Chester Crayton
1994Baseball (0, 2 Episode) as Various (voice), (voice)
1993Born Too Soon as Fox Butterfield
1990Law & Order (88 Episodes) as Ben Stone
1990Full Fathom Five as Garvin
1989Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy as Hank Daniels
1989The Secret of the Ice Cave as Manny Wise
1988Frank Nitti: The Enforcer as Hugh Kelly
1988Windmills of the Gods (2 Episodes) as Ellison
1987Dark Tower as Dennis Randall
1987A Return to Salem's Lot as Joe Weber
1987Odd Birds as Brother T.S. Murphy
1987It's Alive III: Island of the Alive as Stephen Jarvis
1987The Hanoi Hilton as Williamson
1986Troll as Harry Potter Sr.
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985The Equalizer (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Peter Kapik, Wayne 'Seti' Virgil
1985Pale Rider as Hull Barret
1985The Stuff as David 'Mo' Rutherford
1984The Sound of Murder as Charles Norberry
1982Blood Link as Keith Mannings / Craig Mannings
1982Q as Jimmy Quinn
1982Hotel (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Reborn as Mark
1979Too Far to Go as Richard Maple
1978The Winds of Kitty Hawk as Wilbur Wright
1978Who'll Stop the Rain as John Converse
1978Holocaust (4 Episodes) as Erik Dorf
1977The Deadliest Season as Gerry Miller
1975Report to the Commissioner as Bo Lockley
1974Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue as Herbert G. Rucker
1973The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor
1973The Last Detail as Marine O. D.
1973A Summer Without Boys as Abe Battle
1973Bang the Drum Slowly as Henry Wiggen
1972Hickey & Boggs as Ballard
1971My Old Man's Place as Trubee Pell
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Russell Pfeiffer
Writing
2007Hitler Meets Christ ... Screenplay