Robert MacNaughton


Robert MacNaughton is an American actor.
He is best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which he won a 1982 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
MacNaughton also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 1983 film I Am the Cheese, based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier.

Biography

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 Jr.'s The Diviners. MacNaughton performed with Kevin Kline in Henry V at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park. He played Hally in Athol Fugard's "Master Harold"...and the Boys for South Coast Repertory, and has also performed with 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.
MacNaughton retired from acting in 2002. He then worked as a mail carrier in Phoenix, Arizona, and Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2013, MacNaughton returned to acting, performing in two films, Kamal Ahmed's Laugh Killer Laugh and Damien Leone's Frankenstein vs. The Mummy.
MacNaughton has a son and three stepsons with his wife, actress Bianca Hunter.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980Angel CityBennie TeeterTelevision film
1981Big Bend CountryDave McGregorTelevision film
1982The Electric GrandmotherTomTelevision film
1984CBS Schoolbreak Special Craig ParsonsTelevision series, episode Hear Me Cry
1987A Place to Call HomeMichaelTelevision film
1987Screen TwoClaytonTelevision series, episode Visitors
1987NewhartAndyTelevision series, episode Here's to You, Mrs Loudon
1987AmenMichaelTelevision series, episode Deacon on the Line
1988Vietnam War StoryWagonerTelevision series, episode The Fragging

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