Michael Cristofer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-01-22 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

North Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Michael Cristofer

Biography

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, O...

Acting

1975

Knuckle

as Curley Delafield

2014

5 Flights Up

as Larry

1975

Crime Club

as Frank Swoboda

1976

The Entertainer

as Frank Rice

1976

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

as Robert Lincoln

2014

Emoticon

as Walter Nevins

1974

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

as Alessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer)

2016

2015

Chronic

as John

2016

2010

The Other Woman

as Sheldon Greenleaf

2018

Last Supper

as Raymond

Production

1993

Mr. Jones

as Screenplay

2001

Original Sin

as Director

2001

Original Sin

as Screenplay

1987

1997

Breaking Up

as Screenplay

1999

Body Shots

as Director

1998

Gia

as Director

1980

The Shadow Box

as Screenplay

1982

Candida

as Director

2005

Casanova

as Story

2017

Chuck

as Writer

2009

1984

2020

1998

Gia

as Writer

2024

The Great Lillian Hall

as Executive Producer

2020

The Night Clerk

as Director

2024

1992

The Witches of Eastwick

as Original Film Writer

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