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Home/People/Robert MacNaughton
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Born
Dec 19, 1966
Age 59
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

11
Movies
3
TV Shows
1
Directed
IMDb Profile

Robert MacNaughton

Acting

Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert MacNaughton (born December 19, 1966) 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 1983 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Robert also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert MacNaughton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Laugh Killer Laugh poster

Laugh Killer Laugh

as Creative Writing Teacher
2015
Frankenstein vs. The Mummy poster

Frankenstein vs. The Mummy

as Isaac
2015
The 'E.T.' Journals poster

The 'E.T.' Journals

as Self
2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special poster

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

as Self
2002
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' poster

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

as Self
1996
Visitors poster

Visitors

as Clayton
1987
A Place to Call Home poster

A Place to Call Home

as Michael
1987
I Am The Cheese poster

I Am The Cheese

as Adam Farmer
1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial poster

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Michael
1982
The Electric Grandmother poster

The Electric Grandmother

as Tom
1982
Angel City poster

Angel City

as Bennie Teeter
1980