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Michael Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American character actor. After working as a high school teacher for two years he pursued an acting career. He played Woody Allen's friend Yale in the film Manhattan. He has worked frequently with director Robert Altman, and gave his best-known performances for Altman as political operative John Triplette in Nashville and as presidential candidate Jack Tanner in the acclaimed 1988 HBO miniseries Tanner '88. He played the mayor of Gotham City in Batman Returns, and sleazy journalist Pete Curtis in Peter Weir's The Year of Living Dangerously. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A character actor is an actor who predominantly performs supporting parts, often in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Woody Allen. ... Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film. ... Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman (born February 20, 1925) is an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a somewhat skewed perspective. ... Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... HBO logo HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Tanner 88 was a groundbreaking HBO television series. ... Gotham Citys skyline, as it appears in the 1989 Batman movie. ... Batman Returns is both the second Tim Burton Batman movie and the second Batman film starring Michael Keaton as the title character. ... Peter Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... DVD cover The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 film directed by Peter Weir and written by C. J Koch (from his novel), Weir, and David Williamson. ...

He can now be seen on the Canadian series This is Wonderland, for which he won Gemini Awards in 2004 and 2005. That same year, he appeared in the film Childstar with Don McKellar. His TV credits also include Law & Order and its spinoff, Criminal Intent. Cara Pifko, right, of This is Wonderland. ... The Gemini Awards are an annual awards ceremony in Canada. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker. ... Law & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television, and only one other current primetime series, The Simpsons, has been on the air longer. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ...

He is married to Canadian actress Wendy Crewson. Wendy Crewson (born May 9, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. ...

External link

• Michael Murphy at the Internet Movie Database