As one of Hollywood's tallest actors standing at 6' 4", he will always be noticed. Michael Moriarty is one of the great character T.V. actors of all time. He was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1941. Moriarty was to move to London, England where he built up a name as a great stage actor. It was also here he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts as a Fullbright Scholar and as a student of Stella Adler. Michael Moriarty also had early employment selling encyclopedias and tyres. Moriarty from 1971 was to star in a number of sucessful movies, like 'Bang the drum slowly' and 'The Last Detail', but his biggest success was to follow when he won a Golden Globe for his performance as the cruel, old, vicious Erik Dorf in 'Holocaust' (a 1978 mini series) which also stars Jim Woods.


Was once on the editorial board for New York Quarterly. He has also published a number of poems in this journal. Arrested for assault after slapping his girlfriend/manager Margaret Brychka after a fight in a Vancouver bar. [November 2000] In the 1990s, attempted to enter Canadian politics by forming his own political party. Loves Jerome Kern songs. Won Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Find Your Way Home." Frequently cast in Larry Cohen's films. While he has won a number of Emmy Awards, he never won for his role on "Law & Order" (1990). Irish-American.