Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is a Tony and Emmy-winning American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, as well as a prominent jazz musician. He is known for his role as Ben Stone on the long running TV series Law & Order.
Michael Moriarty is the Deputy Superintendent for Property and Capital Markets in the New York State Insurance Department.http://www.ins.state.ny.us/press/2007/p0705081.htm
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 successful movies, like Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Last Detail, The (1973), 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" (1978) (mini) (a 1978 mini series), which also stars James Woods (I).
Michael Moriarty was born in Detroit, attended the University of Detroit High School and then matriculated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1963. His parents were Dr. George Moriarty, a Detroit police surgeon, and Eleanor Paul of North Dakota. Both attended the University of Minnesota where they met and married. Mr. Moriarty debuted on Broadway in "The Trial of The Catonsville Nine" in which he portrayed George Mische. Michael's biggest breakthrough was his portrayal on Broadway of Julian Weston in "Find Your Way Home" in 1974. He is, however, most widely acclaimed for his role in "Law & Order" (1990), Ben Stone.
