Robert MacNaughton
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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
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Acting
Movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Michael
1982
Movie
Frankenstein vs. The Mummy
as Isaac
2015
TV
Newhart
as Andy
1982
Movie
Laugh Killer Laugh
as Creative Writing Teacher
2015
TV
Amen
as Michael
1986
Movie
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1996
Movie
The Electric Grandmother
as Tom
1982
Movie
I Am the Cheese
as Adam Farmer
1983
TV
Screen Two
as Clayton
1985
Movie
Angel City
as Bennie Teeter
1980
A Place to Call Home
as Michael
1987
TV
CBS Schoolbreak Special
as Craig Parsons
1984
Movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Movie
Visitors
as Clayton
1987
Movie
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
2012