- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.36
- Peak run
- 1971’76
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Michael by the numbers
Average
6.36
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.45
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.89
rating spread
Career
47y
1967 to 2013
Total votes
1.01M
across every film
Best
7.8
Manhattan
Worst
5.5
Shocker
Newest first
Filmography
| 2013 | White House Down | Vice President Hammond | 6.3 | 251K |
| 2009 |  According to Greta | Joseph | 6.1 | 10,794 |
| 2006 |  Away from Her | Aubrey | 7.5 | 23,920 |
| 2001 | Tart | Mike Storm | 4.7 | 3,870 |
| 1996 | Kansas City | Henry Stilton | 6.3 | 5,985 |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Dr. Doover | 5.7 | 4,395 |
| 1992 |  Batman Returns | Mayor | 7.1 | 354K |
| 1992 | Folks! | Ed | 5.7 | 3,027 |
| 1989 |  Shocker | Lt. Don Parker | 5.5 | 19,571 |
| 1986 |  Salvador | Ambassador Thomas Kelly | 7.3 | 25,841 |
| 1985 | Mesmerized | Wilson | 4.7 | 1,163 |
| 1984 | Cloak & Dagger | Rice | 6.6 | 9,377 |
| 1982 |  The Year of Living Dangerously | Pete Curtis | 7.1 | 25,156 |
| 1981 | Strange Behavior | John Brady | 5.6 | 2,900 |
| 1979 |  Manhattan | Yale | 7.8 | 154K |
| 1978 | The Class of Miss MacMichael | Martin | · | 358 |
| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman | Martin Benton | 7.2 | 7,012 |
| 1977 | The Great Bank Hoax | Reverend Manigma | · | 338 |
| 1976 |  The Front | Alfred Miller | 7.3 | 10,458 |
| 1974 |  Phase IV | James R. Lesko | 6.4 | 11,092 |
Better together?
Michael Murphy's regulars
- Robert AltmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg▲+0.13
- Michael LaughlinDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.15 avg▼−0.64
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Michael Murphy
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.