Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy is the kind of actor I file under "a face you trust to be untrustworthy." Born in 1938 and a UCLA man, he built a long career playing executives, politicians, lawyers and other authority figures with a smooth surface and something off underneath. That niche, the morally ambiguous man in a good suit, is harder to pull off than leading-man heroics, and it ages well because it never relied on looks. I appreciate performers who quietly anchor a film instead of chasing the spotlight. Six-plus decades across film, television and stage tells me he's a craftsman first, a celebrity a distant second.

Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film, television and stage actor. He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including executives, politicians, law enforcement agents, lawyers, judges, academics, doctors and clerics.

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Name (English)

Michael Murphy

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・マーフィー

Reading

まいける・まーふぃー

Born

May 5, 1938 (age 88)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / character actor / film producer

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.