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Michael Cristofer

マイケル・クリストファー　/　まいける・くりすとふぁー

American film director

January 22, 1945 (age 81)　・　Trenton, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
film director
screenwriter
playwright

My Take

Michael Cristofer is one of those rare talents who has genuinely done it all across the stage and screen. Winning both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977 is the kind of double that defines a writer's reputation for life. What I admire is that he didn't stop there: he kept working as an actor and filmmaker, and a whole new generation discovered him as the unsettling Phillip Price on Mr. Robot from 2015 to 2019. That late-career television turn, decades after the Pulitzer, is what makes him fascinating to me. A true man of letters who never stopped performing.

Overview

Michael Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977. From 2015 to 2019, he played the role of Phillip Price in the television series Mr. Robot.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Michael Cristofer
Name (Japanese): マイケル・クリストファー
Reading: まいける・くりすとふぁー
Born: January 22, 1945 (age 81)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rooster
Origin: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / playwright / writer / librettist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1977 Theatre World Award
star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Shadow Box	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

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