Michael Murphy (actor)
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 politicians, executives 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.
Early life
Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Georgia Arlyn (née Money), a teacher, and Bearl Branton Murphy, a salesman. He served in the United States Marine Corps and attended the University of California at Los Angeles. After working as a high school teacher for two years at University High School in West Los Angeles, he pursued an acting career.
Career
Murphy is best known for his performances as Jill Clayburgh's adulterous husband Martin in Paul Mazursky's An Unmarried Woman (1978), as Woody Allen's morally ambiguous best friend Yale in Manhattan (1979), as ethically enigmatic lawyer Alan Kligman in Magnolia (1999), and as the star of Garry Trudeau and Robert Altman's HBO miniseries Tanner '88.
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy, Mick Murphy or Mike Murphy may refer to:
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Michael Murphy (journalist)
Michael Murphy (born 1948/1949) is an Irish journalist, newsreader, psychoanalyst and author. He works for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and is considered "one of the most popular voices on radio".
Murphy is from Castlebar, County Mayo. He is the brother of Fintan, Tom, John and Kieran. Kieran was killed by cancer aged 42. Murphy has lectured at both St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin (UCD). He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. He published his autobiography At Five in the Afternoon: My Battle with Male Cancer in 2009. It was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. In June 2011, Murphy registered a civil partnership with his male partner of 26 years, Terry O'Sullivan, a psychotherapist, at a ceremony in Dublin.
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Michael Murphy (New Jersey politician)
William Michael Murphy, Jr. (born 1949) is a New Jersey Democratic Party politician, lobbyist and political consultant and is currently a partner at the lobbying firm Impact NJ. Murphy has served as the Morris County Prosecutor and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1997.
A resident of Chatham Township, Murphy is a scion of the powerful Murphy-Hughes political legacy. His stepfather was two-term Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes. His brother, Brian M. Hughes, is the Mercer County Executive (the county's highest elected official). Another brother, John Hughes, is a retired federal magistrate judge.
Murphy was identified by PoliticsNJ.com as one of New Jersey's 100 most influential people as of 2004. He was closely aligned with former Governor Jon Corzine and the state's legislative leaders at the time, Senate then-President Richard Codey and Assembly then-Speaker Joseph Roberts.
Murphy, an attorney since 1975, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Seton Hall University School of Law. He serves as the Chairman of the Garden State Preservation Trust, to which he was appointed by former Governor Codey, and is also the immediate Past Chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Policy Center of New Jersey. He routinely appears as a guest commentator on various programs, including CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and on MSNBC, Fox News, New Jersey Network, and News 12 New Jersey.
