About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1945-01-22
Place of birth:
North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Website:
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Michael Cristofer

Overview

Michael Ivan Cristofer is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and an Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for the Broadway production of his play, The Shadow Box. Subsequent to New York, the play was produced in every major American city and worldwide from Europe to the Far East.

Other plays include Breaking Up at Primary Stages; Ice at Manhattan Theatre Club; Black Angel at Circle Repertory Company; The Lady and the Clarinet starring Stockard Channing, produced by the Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theater, Off-Broadway and on the London Fringe, and Amazing Grace starring Marsha Mason which received the American Theater Critics Award as the best play produced in the United States during the 1996-97 season.

His film work includes the screenplays for The Shadow Box directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy nomination), Falling in Love, The Witches of Eastwick, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Breaking Up, and Casanova starring Heath Ledger. His directing credits include Gia starring Angelina Jolie, which was nominated for five Emmys and for which he won a Director’s Guild Award. He then directed Body Shots and Original Sin.

For eight years he worked as artistic advisor and finally co-artistic director of River Arts Repertory in Woodstock, New York, a company which produced new plays by writers such as Richard Nelson, Mac Wellman, Len Jenkin, Eric Overmeyer and many others. Also at River Arts, he wrote stage adaptations of the films Love Me or Leave Me and the legendary Casablanca, and directed Joanne Woodward in his own adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. His most recent work for the theater, The Whore and Mr. Moore, is in workshop at the Actor’s Studio where he is a member.

He's had recurring roles as Truxton Spangler on AMC's Rubicon, as Jerry Rand on Smash, and as Phillip Price on Mr. Robot. His film roles include The Other Woman, Emoticon and The Adderall Diaries.

Known for

Acting
2019 Mr. Robot: "whoami" and "Hello, Elliot" Actor Phillip Price 61
Fair
2018 Last Supper Actor Raymond 59
Average
2016 Year by the Sea Actor Robin 59
Average
2016 The Adderall Diaries Actor Paul Hora 57
Average
2015 Chronic Actor John 58
Average
2015 The Girl in the Book Actor Dad 58
Average
2014 Emoticon Actor Walter Nevins 58
Average
2014 5 Flights Up Actor Larry 59
Average
2010 The Other Woman Actor Sheldon Greenleaf 60
Fair
1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance Actor Jarvis 71
Good
1984 The Little Drummer Girl Actor Tayeh 58
Average
1978 An Enemy of the People Actor Hovstad 59
Average
1976 The Last of Mrs. Lincoln Actor Robert Lincoln N/A
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1976 The Entertainer Actor Frank Rice 58
Average
1975 Knuckle Actor Curley Delafield N/A
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1975 Crime Club Actor Frank Swoboda N/A
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1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder Actor Alessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer) 58
Average
1974 Lincoln Actor John Nicolay N/A
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Directing
2024 The Great Lillian Hall Directing Director 58
Average
2020 The Night Clerk Directing Director 61
Fair
2001 Original Sin Directing Director 60
Fair
1999 Body Shots Directing Director 57
Average
1998 Gia Directing Director 66
Fair
1982 Candida Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2023 The Metropolitan Opera: Champion Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2020 The Night Clerk Writing Writer 61
Fair
2017 Chuck Writing Writer 59
Average
2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Writing Writer 58
Average
2005 Casanova Writing Story 62
Fair
2001 Original Sin Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1998 Gia Writing Writer 66
Fair
1997 Breaking Up Writing Screenplay 57
Average
1993 Mr. Jones Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1992 The Witches of Eastwick Writing Original Film Writer 58
Average
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Writing Screenplay 57
Average
1987 The Witches of Eastwick Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1984 Falling in Love Writing Writer 62
Fair
1980 The Shadow Box Writing Screenplay 58
Average

Production
2024 The Great Lillian Hall Production Executive Producer 58
Average