Michael Murphy (actor)

Michael George Murphy is an American film, television and stage actor. He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives, administrators, clerics, doctors, law enforcement agents, and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve films, TV series and miniseries directed by Altman from 1963 to 2004, including the title role in the miniseries Tanner '88. He had roles in the films Manhattan, An Unmarried Woman, Nashville, The Year of Living Dangerously, Phase IV, The Front, Shocker, Magnolia, Cloak & Dagger, Salvador, Away from Her, Strange Behavior, Fall, X-Men: The Last Stand, M*A*S*H and Batman Returns, among others.

5 May 1938

Born on the same birth day (5 May): Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell • Celeste (singer) • Charles Nagy • Dorothy Garrod • Emanuele Giaccherini • Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery • Helen Redfield • Ignacio Ramonet • Justin Kluivert • Lance Henriksen • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor • Minami Takayama • P. J. Tucker • Rupert, King of the Romans • Tammy Wynette • Viktor Hartmann • William C. Campbell (golfer) • Yossi Benayoun

Born in the same month (May 1938): Carroll Cole • Charles Simic • Fay Vincent • Geoffrey Robinson (politician) • Lyudmila Petrushevskaya • Manuel Santana • Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho • Pervis Jackson • Richard Benjamin