Donald Moffat
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon, ENGLAND
Latest News on Donald Moffat:
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Januscary Film Festival at the Harris Theater (Dec 20, 2021)
Award-Winning Actor and Director Donald Moffat Passes Away At Age 87 (Dec 20, 2018)
Photo Coverage: A PARTICLE OF DREAD Opening Night (Nov 24, 2014)
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Januscary Film Festival at the Harris Theater (Dec 20, 2021)
Award-Winning Actor and Director Donald Moffat Passes Away At Age 87 (Dec 20, 2018)
Photo Coverage: A PARTICLE OF DREAD Opening Night (Nov 24, 2014)
BIO
With over twenty Broadway credits to his name (and over 220 stage, film, and televisions credits overall) the gifted character actor shined in supporting roles in Broadway productions of classic plays, including Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, You Can't Take It With You, The Heiress, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, and Much Ado About Nothing.
Additional Broadway credits include Play Memory, Hamlet, Cock-A-Doodle Dandy, War and Peace, The Wild Duck, Right You Are If You Think You Are, The School for Scandal. The Affair. A Passage to India, Duel of Angels, The Tumbler, Much Ado About Nothing, Under Milk Wood, and a production of the play Father's Day, which he also directed.
He was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his work in Play Memory and for Outstanding Featured Actor in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. He won an Obie for Painting Churches. In 1998, he was nominated for a Gemini Award for his performance as attorney Joe Ruah in the CBC miniseries The Sleep Room.
His best-known film roles include turns as Lyndon B. Johnson in The Right Stuff, a corrupt U.S. President in Clear and Present Danger, and Garry, the station commander in The Thing.
His television work includes The Chisholms, The New Land, Logan's Run, The West Wing, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Tales of the City.
STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Movies
The Colonial Naturalist -- Mark Catesby
[ 1965 ] Mark Catesby
[ 1965 ] Mark Catesby
Rachel, Rachel
[ 1968 ] Niall Cameron
[ 1968 ] Niall Cameron
R.P.M.
[ 1970 ] Perry Howard
[ 1970 ] Perry Howard
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
[ 1972 ] Manning
[ 1972 ] Manning
Showdown
[ 1973 ] Art Williams
[ 1973 ] Art Williams
The Terminal Man
[ 1974 ] Dr. Arthur McPherson
[ 1974 ] Dr. Arthur McPherson
Earthquake
[ 1974 ] Dr. Harvey Johnson
[ 1974 ] Dr. Harvey Johnson
Land of No Return
[ 1977 ] Air Traffic Controller
[ 1977 ] Air Traffic Controller
Promises in the Dark
[ 1979 ] Dr. Walter McInerny
[ 1979 ] Dr. Walter McInerny
HealtH
[ 1980 ] Colonel Cody
[ 1980 ] Colonel Cody
On the Nickel
[ 1980 ] Sam
[ 1980 ] Sam
Popeye
[ 1980 ] The Taxman
[ 1980 ] The Taxman
Ritoru champion
[ 1981 ] Dr. Myron Shapiro
[ 1981 ] Dr. Myron Shapiro
The White Lions
[ 1981 ] Vreeland
[ 1981 ] Vreeland
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
[ 1982 ] Captain Vesey
[ 1982 ] Captain Vesey
The Thing
[ 1982 ] Garry
[ 1982 ] Garry
The Right Stuff
[ 1983 ] Lyndon B. Johnson
[ 1983 ] Lyndon B. Johnson
Alamo Bay
[ 1985 ] Wally
[ 1985 ] Wally
The Best of Times
[ 1986 ] The Colonel
[ 1986 ] The Colonel
Monster in the Closet
[ 1987 ] General Turnbull
[ 1987 ] General Turnbull
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
[ 1988 ] Chief Surgeon
[ 1988 ] Chief Surgeon
Far North
[ 1988 ] Uncle Dane
[ 1988 ] Uncle Dane
Music Box
[ 1989 ] Harry Talbot
[ 1989 ] Harry Talbot
The Bonfire of the Vanities
[ 1990 ] Mr. McCoy
[ 1990 ] Mr. McCoy
Regarding Henry
[ 1991 ] Charlie Cameron
[ 1991 ] Charlie Cameron
Class Action
[ 1991 ] Quinn
[ 1991 ] Quinn
HouseSitter
[ 1992 ] George Davis
[ 1992 ] George Davis
Love, Cheat & Steal
[ 1993 ] Frank Harrington
[ 1993 ] Frank Harrington
Trapped in Paradise
[ 1994 ] Clifford Anderson
[ 1994 ] Clifford Anderson
Clear and Present Danger
[ 1994 ] President Bennett
[ 1994 ] President Bennett
The Evening Star
[ 1996 ] Hector Scott
[ 1996 ] Hector Scott
A Smile Like Yours
[ 1997 ] Dr. Felber
[ 1997 ] Dr. Felber
The Sleep Room
[ 1998 ] Joseph Rauh
[ 1998 ] Joseph Rauh
Cookie's Fortune
[ 1999 ] Jack Palmer
[ 1999 ] Jack Palmer
TV Shows
Bonanza
Thatcher, Judge MacIntyre
Thatcher, Judge MacIntyre
Buck James
Les Grant
Les Grant
Dallas
Brooks Oliver
Brooks Oliver
Family
Gene Carson, Philip Raskin
Gene Carson, Philip Raskin
Ironside
Daniel Keyes, Hartz
Daniel Keyes, Hartz
Logan's Run
Rem
Rem
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Martin Davis, Lester Burstyn
Dr. Martin Davis, Lester Burstyn
Awards and Nominations
Drama Desk Awards - 1984 - Outstanding Actor in a Play
Donald Moffat, Play Memory
Tony Awards - 1967 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Donald Moffat, Right You Are
Tony Awards - 1967 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Donald Moffat, The Wild Duck
Videos
News
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Januscary Film Festival at the Harris Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2021
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the Januscary Film Festival at the Harris Theater, six classic and new horror films come to the historic theater throughout the first week of January. Januscary kicks off with a FREE screening of John Carpenter's, The Thing on Saturday, January 1 at 8:00 p.m, a free ticket is required for entry.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2021
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the Januscary Film Festival at the Harris Theater, six classic and new horror films come to the historic theater throughout the first week of January. Januscary kicks off with a FREE screening of John Carpenter's, The Thing on Saturday, January 1 at 8:00 p.m, a free ticket is required for entry.
Award-Winning Actor and Director Donald Moffat Passes Away At Age 87
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2018
It was reported this evening that Donald Moffat, a veteran actor of stage and scren, passed away this week at age 87, due to complications from a recent stroke.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2018
It was reported this evening that Donald Moffat, a veteran actor of stage and scren, passed away this week at age 87, due to complications from a recent stroke.
Photo Coverage: A PARTICLE OF DREAD Opening Night
by Jennifer Broski - Nov 24, 2014
Signature Theatre's U.S. Premiere of A PARTICLE OF DREAD(OEDIPUS VARIATIONS) by Sam Shepard, directed by Nancy Meckler opened last night at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. The production will now play through Sunday, January 4, 2015.
by Jennifer Broski - Nov 24, 2014
Signature Theatre's U.S. Premiere of A PARTICLE OF DREAD(OEDIPUS VARIATIONS) by Sam Shepard, directed by Nancy Meckler opened last night at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. The production will now play through Sunday, January 4, 2015.
Adobe Theater's PAINTING CHURCHES Opens Today
by BWW News Desk - Jun 20, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced today's opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
by BWW News Desk - Jun 20, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced today's opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
Adobe Theater's PAINTING CHURCHES to Open 6/20
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 9, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced the June 20, 2014 opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 9, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced the June 20, 2014 opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
Adobe Theater to Present PAINTING CHURCHES, Begin. 6/20
by Tyler Peterson - May 12, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced the June 20, 2014 opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
by Tyler Peterson - May 12, 2014
Adobe Theater has announced the June 20, 2014 opening of Tina Howe's Painting Churches (Pulitzer Prize Finalist 1984), directed by Brian Hansen.
SOUND OFF: TALES OF THE CITY 20th Anniversary On DVD
by Pat Cerasaro - Sep 5, 2013
Featuring one of the most compelling casts of characters ever depicted in a miniseries made for TV, by some of the most ideally cast actors ever assembled for an adaptation of any kind, TALES OF THE CITY arrives on DVD just in time for the twentieth anniversary of the controversial cultural touchstone first airing on PBS to jeers, cheers and many, many tears.
by Pat Cerasaro - Sep 5, 2013
Featuring one of the most compelling casts of characters ever depicted in a miniseries made for TV, by some of the most ideally cast actors ever assembled for an adaptation of any kind, TALES OF THE CITY arrives on DVD just in time for the twentieth anniversary of the controversial cultural touchstone first airing on PBS to jeers, cheers and many, many tears.
TV: Sneak Peek of Keen Company's PAINTING CHURCHES
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 5, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) will present John Cunningham, Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs Performances began February 14, with Opening Night set for March 6. Check out performance highlights below!
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 5, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) will present John Cunningham, Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs Performances began February 14, with Opening Night set for March 6. Check out performance highlights below!
Photo Flash: First Look at PAINTING CHURCHES at Keen Company
by Harmony Wheeler - Feb 17, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) presents John Cunningham, Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs. Performances now through April 22nd, with Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 6th (7pm). Keen Company has released production photos. Check out the photos below!
by Harmony Wheeler - Feb 17, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) presents John Cunningham, Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs. Performances now through April 22nd, with Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 6th (7pm). Keen Company has released production photos. Check out the photos below!
Painting Churches Performances Begin at Keen Company
by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
John Cunningham Joins Cast of PAINTING CHURCHES
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 17, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that John Cunningham would join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs. Mr. Cunningham replaces the previously announced Richard Easton, who had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict. Performances will begin February 14, with Opening Night set for March 6.
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 17, 2012
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that John Cunningham would join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs. Mr. Cunningham replaces the previously announced Richard Easton, who had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict. Performances will begin February 14, with Opening Night set for March 6.
Kate Turnbull Completes Cast of Painting Churches
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 22, 2011
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 22, 2011
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kate Turnbull would join Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton for Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
Kathleen Chalfant, Richard Easton to Lead Keen Company's PAINTING HOUSES
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 31, 2011
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton would lead the cast of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 31, 2011
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Damon Chua, Executive Director) today announced that Kathleen Chalfant and Richard Easton would lead the cast of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Keen Artistic Director Carl Forsman directs.
Richard Thomas, S. Epatha Merkerson, et al. Set for Public Theatre's NEW WORKS NOW
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 9, 2011
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) announces casting for the second week of the popular reading series, NEW WORK NOW!, running thru Sunday, September 18 in The Public's Martinson Theater (425 Lafayette Street). Casting for the free readings includes Donald Moffat, Richard Thomas, Michael Cristofer, Veanne Cox, Peter Francis James, Bill Heck, and S. Epatha Merkerson. All readings are free and open to the public and may be reserved by contacting the box office at (212) 967-7555.
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 9, 2011
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) announces casting for the second week of the popular reading series, NEW WORK NOW!, running thru Sunday, September 18 in The Public's Martinson Theater (425 Lafayette Street). Casting for the free readings includes Donald Moffat, Richard Thomas, Michael Cristofer, Veanne Cox, Peter Francis James, Bill Heck, and S. Epatha Merkerson. All readings are free and open to the public and may be reserved by contacting the box office at (212) 967-7555.
NJ Rep Presents The World Premiere of TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR, 12/10 - 1/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 3, 2009
The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk into a War. December 10, 2009 through January 10, 2010.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 3, 2009
The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk into a War. December 10, 2009 through January 10, 2010.
NJ Rep Presents World Premiere of TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR, 12/10 - 1/10
by Jessica Lewis - Nov 12, 2009
The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk into a War. December 10, 2009 through January 10, 2010.
by Jessica Lewis - Nov 12, 2009
The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk into a War. December 10, 2009 through January 10, 2010.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has Donald Moffat been in?
Donald Moffat has appeared on Broadway in 19 shows.
How many West End shows has Donald Moffat been in?
Donald Moffat has not appeared in the West End.
What awards has Donald Moffat been nominated for?
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Play Memory, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Right You Are and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Wild Duck.
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