Christopher Murray

Christopher Murray

actor

Christopher Murray was born on Mar 19, 1957 in USA. Christopher Murray's big-screen debut came with All the President's Men directed by Alan J. Pakula in 1976, strarring Photo Aide. Christopher Murray is known for The Commission directed by Mark Sobel, Martin Landau stars as Sen. Richard Russell and Sam Waterston as J. Lee Rankin. The upcoming new tvshow Christopher Murray plays is Nova Vita - Season 1 which will be released on Jul 14, 2021.

A scion of Hollywood's Golden Age, and familiar to young audiences worldwide as Dean Rivers, the comically inept headmaster of Pacific Coast Academy, in Nickelodeon's Zoé (2005), Mr Murray has fashioned a respectable career in Film, Television and on Stage over the past four decades.Known for his distinct voice and laid back, wise guy attitude, he's co starred with several icons of the Entertainment Industry, including Sean Connery, Bette Davis, Alan Bates, Laurence Fishburne, Glenda Jackson, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, David Duchovny and Angela Lansbury.The son of two-time Emmy Award-winning film and television actress Hope Lange (Les Plaisirs de l'enfer (1957), Madame et son fantôme (1968), Milliardaire pour un jour (1961)) and Academy Award®-nominated leading man Don Murray (Arrêt d'autobus (1956), Tempête à Washington (1962)), Murray was raised in a show business family. His roots in the entertainment industry go back another generation, with his maternal grandfather, John George Lange, a conductor for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., maternal grandmother, Minette Buddecke, a New York stage actress, paternal grandmother, Ethel Murray (Cook), a Ziegfeld dancer, and paternal grandfather, Dennis Aloisius Murray, a noted Broadway stage manager and performer.Notable recent TV roles includes series such as Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), Aquarius (2015), Scandal (2012), Parks and Recreation (2009), Mad Men (2007), NCIS: Enquêtes spéciales (2003), Zoé (2005), Saving Grace (2007), À la Maison Blanche (1999), and Beverly Hills (1990), as well as made-for-television movies including Le coeur n'oublie pas (2007), Des rêves de lendemain (2004), and Route 9 (1998)Film credits include Mi$e à prix (2006) with Ben Affleck and Jeremy Piven, Le boss (2005) with Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson, Juste cause (1995) with Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne, L'affaire Pélican (1993) with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, Programmé pour tuer (1995) also with Washington and Russell Crowe and Le pic de Dante (1997) with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. His first film role was as a background actor in the Academy Award®-winning picture Les hommes du président (1976) with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.On stage, Murray has appeared in productions of "Jesus Christ, Superstar", "A Patriot For Me"", "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof", "The Best Man", "The Deal", "Romeo & Juliet", "King Lear" and "Mr. Roberts".

  • Birthday

    Mar 19, 1957
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA
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