# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-murphy-q492789
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:45:02.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-murphy-q492789"
name: "Michael Murphy"
slug: "michael-murphy-q492789"
description: "Michael George Murphy 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. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve productions directed by Altman in a period spanning from 1963 to 2004, including his leading titular role in the HBO cable miniseries Tanner '88."
tagline: "American film and television actor (1938-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MichaelMurphy06TIFF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.83
  momentum:             3.234928527035427
  historical:           18.733628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614526/"
    handle:    "nm0614526"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "マイケル・マーフィー (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مائیکل مرفی (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Murphy (dramatan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Murphy"
    title: "Michael Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мајкл Марфи"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Michael Murphy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump