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Birthday: Jan 22, 1945
Place of Birth: North Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Michael Cristofer

Michael Ivan Cristofer is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and an Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for the Broadway production of his play, The Shadow Box. Subsequent to New York, the play was produced in every major American city and worldwide from Europe to the Far East. Other plays include Breaking Up at Primary Stages; Ice at Manhattan Theatre Club; Black Angel at Circle Repertory Company; The Lady and the Clarinet starring Stockard Channing, produced by the Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theater, Off-Broadway and on the London Fringe, and Amazing Grace starring Marsha Mason which received the American Theater Critics Award as the best play produced in the United States during the 1996-97 season. His film work includes the screenplays for The Shadow Box directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy nomination), Falling in Love, The Witches of Eastwick, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Breaking Up, and Casanova starring Heath Ledger. His directing credits include Gia starring Angelina Jolie, which was nominated for five Emmys and for which he won a Director’s Guild Award. He then directed Body Shots and Original Sin. For eight years he worked as artistic advisor and finally co-artistic director of River Arts Repertory in Woodstock, New York, a company which produced new plays by writers such as Richard Nelson, Mac Wellman, Len Jenkin, Eric Overmeyer and many others. Also at River Arts, he wrote stage adaptations of the films Love Me or Leave Me and the legendary Casablanca, and directed Joanne Woodward in his own adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. His most recent work for the theater, The Whore and Mr. Moore, is in workshop at the Actor’s Studio where he is a member. He's had recurring roles as Truxton Spangler on AMC's Rubicon, as Jerry Rand on Smash, and as Phillip Price on Mr. Robot. His film roles include The Other Woman, Emoticon and The Adderall Diaries.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Die Hard: With a Vengeance Jarvis 1995
Knuckle Curley Delafield 1975
An Enemy of the People Hovstad 1978
5 Flights Up Larry 2014
The Little Drummer Girl Tayeh 1984
Crime Club Frank Swoboda 1975
The Entertainer Frank Rice 1976
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln Robert Lincoln 1976
Emoticon Walter Nevins 2014
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder Alessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer) 1974
The Adderall Diaries Paul Hora 2016
Chronic John 2015
Year by the Sea Robin 2016
The Other Woman Sheldon Greenleaf 2010
The Girl in the Book Dad 2015
Last Supper Raymond 2018
Series Cast Year
The Rookies Charlie Phillips 1972
Kojak Michael Viggers Jr. 1973
Mr. Robot Phillip Price (voice) 2015
Gunsmoke Ben Shindrow 1955
Doctors' Hospital Dr. Taback 1975
The Andros Targets Ron Comack 1977
American Horror Story Harrison Renard 2011
Elementary Isaac Pike 2012
Mr. Robot Phillip Price 2015
Mr. Robot Self - Phillip Price 2015
The Magician Dave Webster 1973
Ray Donovan Danny O'Connor 2013
Rubicon Truxton Spangler 2010
Lincoln John Nicolay 1974
Ray Donovan Priest 2013
Suits Paul 2011
Fallout Elder Cleric Quintus 2024
Smash Jerry Rand 2012
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