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Michael Cavanaugh
★ Acting

Michael Cavanaugh

Born 1942 · New York City, New York, USA · Active 1951–2017

Michael Cavanaugh, an actor known for his work in the late 1970s and 1980s, brings a distinctive flair to the cult cinema landscape. He appears in Heroes (1977), where he navigates the complexities of post-Vietnam America, and The Lady in Red (1979), a film that intertwines romance and crime in a vibrant, gritty narrative. Cavanaugh's performances resonate within the realms of exploitation and grindhouse cinema, making him a noteworthy figure in the conversation surrounding these genres.

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Two to Tango

Two to Tango

1989
as Dean Boyle

A professional assassin who does not wish to continue as such receives an order from his employer (a mysterious "Company") to kill one last target in Buenos Aires. While completing this task, he falls in love with the lover of his future victim, to whom he proposes fleeing to Nepal together. But suddenly everything gets complicated. 

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Filmography

122 credits
2010s 3 credits
2017
Movie ★ 5.3
2016
Rules Don't Apply as Methodist Minister
Movie ★ 5.7
2010
Peep World as Brad Thompkins
Movie ★ 4.8
2000s 35 credits
2009
Movie ★ 5.3
2009
FlashForward as Warren Moore
TV ★ 7.0
2008
Eli Stone as D.A. Lowell Grayson
TV ★ 6.7
2007
Live! as Wilken
Movie ★ 5.5
2007
Who's Your Caddy? as John Marshall
Movie ★ 3.4
2006
Down the P.C.H. as Michael O'Hara
Movie ★ 4.3
2006
All the King's Men as Mr. Peyton
Movie ★ 5.8
2006
Shark as Judge Newman
TV ★ 6.7
2006
The Unit as Committee Chair Locke
TV ★ 7.4
2005
Medium as Defense Attorney
TV ★ 7.5
2005
Point Pleasant as Harland
TV ★ 6.8
2005
TV ★ 8.0
2005
Bones as Alan Corman
TV ★ 8.2
2005
TV ★ 8.0
2003
Holes as Judge Austin Gorg
Movie ★ 6.9
2003
Cold Case as David Poole
TV ★ 7.8
2003
TV ★ 8.3
2003
Las Vegas as Heyman
TV ★ 7.0
2002
Collateral Damage as Chairman Paul Devereaux
Movie ★ 5.8
2002
Stranded as Admiral Ferrell
Movie ★ 4.4
2002
Ablaze as Chief Sam Davis
Movie ★ 4.0
2002
Red Dragon as Forensic Dentist
Movie ★ 7.0
2002
Monk as Bobby Davenport
TV ★ 8.0
2002
Without a Trace as Richard Conlon
TV ★ 7.3
2001
Epoch as Williams
Movie ★ 4.7
2001
Poison as Ian McMillan
Movie ★ 4.6
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby as Brother John
Movie ★ 5.4
2001
Warden of Red Rock as Sen. Paul Townsend
Movie ★ 5.9
2001
Raptor as Colonel Vandamar
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
Movie ★ 6.5
2001
24 as Joseph O' Laughlin
TV ★ 7.8
2001
The Agency as Mr. Barnes
TV ★ 6.7
2000
Militia as Col. Jim Donaman
Movie ★ 4.4
2000
Movie ★ 5.4
2000
Boston Public as Judge Boilings
TV ★ 7.6
1990s 34 credits
1999
The Haunting as Dr. Malcolm Keogh
Movie ★ 5.5
1999
In Dreams as Judge (voice)
Movie ★ 5.5
1999
TV ★ 7.1
1999
The West Wing as Pharmaceutical Executive
TV ★ 8.3
1998
Black Thunder as Barnes
Movie ★ 4.3
1997
Crash Dive as Captain Lange
Movie ★ 5.1
1997
Operation Cobra as Victor Grayson
Movie ★ 4.8
1997
Strategic Command as Vice President Charles Baker
Movie ★ 5.0
1997
The Practice as Primate Center Director
TV ★ 7.7
1997
C-16: FBI as Dennis Grassi
TV ★ 7.3
1996
Night Hunter as Roy Ward
Movie ★ 4.8
1996
Pacific Blue as Curtis Bilson
TV ★ 5.4
1995
Eye of the Stalker as Judge Warren Curtis
Movie ★ 7.8
1995
Illegal in Blue as Lt. Lyle
Movie ★ 3.9
1994
Movie ★ 4.4
1994
Movie ★ 9.0
1994
ER as Suzanne's Dad
TV ★ 7.8
1994
Vanishing Son as Marcek
TV ★ 6.8
1993
Donato and Daughter as Vinnie Stellino
Movie ★ 5.7
1993
TV ★ 7.6
1993
TV ★ 6.9
1993
The X-Files as Sheriff Jack Withers
TV ★ 8.4
1992
Movie ★ 3.7
1992
Renegade as Police Sgt. Ben Clancy
TV ★ 6.7
1992
Angel Street as Doherty
TV ★ 7.0
1991
Marilyn and Me as Walter Winchell
Movie ★ 6.6
1991
Movie ★ 7.0
1991
Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patterson / Andre du Pres
TV ★ 7.8
1991
Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patterson
TV ★ 7.8
1991
Dark Shadows as Andre du Pres
TV ★ 7.8
1990
Movie ★ 4.0
1990
People Like Us as Michael Jordan
Movie ★ 5.8
1990
Kid as Walters
Movie ★ 6.0
1980s 36 credits
1989
Two to Tango as Dean Boyle
Movie ★ 3.0
1988
Street of Dreams as Lt. Marcus
Movie ★ 5.0
1988
Movie ★ 5.3
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Robert DeSoto
TV ★ 8.4
1987
TV ★ 8.1
1986
Second Serve as Gene Scott
Movie ★ 5.3
1986
L.A. Law as Paul Richardson
TV ★ 7.1
1986
Matlock as Al Brown / Marvin Latham
TV ★ 7.1
1986
Starman as George Fox
TV ★ 7.0
1986
TV ★ 8.0
1985
Final Jeopardy as Garage Attendant
Movie ★ 6.3
1985
MacGyver as Michael Donahue / Viking
TV ★ 7.7
1985
Amazing Stories as James Lefferts
TV ★ 7.5
1985
TV ★ 6.2
1984
11th Victim as Steve
Movie ★ 4.0
1984
Airwolf as Patrick Stoner
TV ★ 7.6
1984
TV ★ 7.4
1984
Hunter as Capt. Lester Cain
TV ★ 7.1
1983
Movie ★ 9.7
1983
Movie ★ 5.8
1983
Night Partners as Roy Henderson
Movie ★ 7.5
1983
The A-Team as Joseph King
TV ★ 7.5
1982
Forced Vengeance as Stan Raimondi
Movie ★ 5.5
1982
Comeback as Manager
Movie ★ 10.0
1982
T. J. Hooker as Carl Hines
TV ★ 6.5
1982
TV ★ 7.0
1982
TV ★ 6.3
1982
Matt Houston as Byron Stevens
TV ★ 6.3
1981
Movie ★ 6.6
1980
Any Which Way You Can as Patrick Scarfe
Movie ★ 5.8
1980
Movie ★ 6.4
1980
Belle Starr as Jesse James
Movie ★ 5.2
1980
TV ★ 7.5
1980
A Rumor of War as Capt. Lake
TV ★ 8.0
1970s 12 credits
1979
The Lady in Red as Undercover Cop
Movie ★ 5.7
1979
Portrait of a Stripper as Steve Vector
Movie ★ 3.5
1979
TV ★ 6.0
1978
TV ★ 7.0
1977
The Gauntlet as Feyderspiel
Movie ★ 6.5
1977
Heroes as Peanuts
Movie ★ 6.2
1977
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
CHiPs as Tom Dempsey
TV ★ 6.9
1976
Movie ★ 6.7
1976
Charlie's Angels as Anthony Felber
TV ★ 6.7
1973
Kojak as Sonny Canavere
TV ★ 7.1
1950s 1 credit
1951
TV ★ 8.8
Crew Credits
1990s 1 credit
1998
Movie ★ 5.7