Robert MacNaughton
Actor, Film actor
1966 –
Who is Robert MacNaughton?
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor, best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which he won a 1982 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Robert also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 1983 film I Am the Cheese, based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier.
Born in New York City, MacNaughton primarily worked in the theater, both before and after E.T., performing with the Circle Repertory Company, where he originated the role of Buddy Layman in Jim Leonard's The Diviners. MacNaughton performed with Kevin Kline in Henry V at the New York Shakespeare Festival; played Hally in Athol Fugard's Master Harold. He worked at South Coast Repertory, the Long Wharf Theater, and Seattle Repertory, among many others. His TV appearances include Dennis Potter's Visitors for the BBC, Vietnam War Story for HBO, Newhart, and Amen, among other TV movies. Robert recently came out of retirement to perform in two films, Kamal Ahmed's "Laugh Killer Laugh" and Damien Leone's "Frankenstein vs. The Mummy," both due out in 2014.
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- Born
- May 7, 1966
New York City - Spouses
- Jennifer Butler
(2002/09/01 - ) - Bianca Hunter
(2012/07/02 - )
- Jennifer Butler
- Children
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Mail handler, United States Postal Service
- Lived in
- New York City
- Phoenix
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on July 23, 2013
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