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( January 2017 ) Michael Moriarty ( 1941 - 04 - 05 ) April 5, 1941 ( age 77 ) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Residence Maple Ridge, British Columbia Alma mater Dartmouth College London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Occupation Actor, musician Years active 1971 -- present Spouse ( s ) Francoise Martinet ( m. 1966 ; div. 1978 ) Anne Hamilton Martin ( m. 1978 ; div. 1997 ) Suzana Cabrita ( m. 1998 ; div. 1999 ) Margaret Brychka ( m. 1999 ) Michael Moriarty ( born April 5, 1941 ) is an American - Canadian stage and screen actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series Holocaust, and he played Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone for the first four seasons ( 1990 -- 1994 ) on the television show Law & Order. Moriarty is also known for his roles in films such as Bang the Drum Slowly, Who 'll Stop the Rain, Q : The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, Pale Rider, Troll, Courage Under Fire, and Shiloh. Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 3 Musical career 4 Politics 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Television 7 References 8 External links Early life Michael Moriarty was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 5, 1941. He is the son of Elinor ( née Paul ) and George Moriarty, a surgeon. His grandfather George Moriarty was a third baseman, umpire, and manager in the major leagues for nearly 40 years. Moriarty attended middle school at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills before transferring to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School for high school. He then matriculated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1963, where he was a theatre college major. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree, he left for London, England, where he enrolled in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, after receiving a Fulbright Scholarship. Acting career Before gaining fame in films, Moriarty worked for several years as an actor at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. In 1973, Moriarty was cast as the egocentric Henry Wiggen in Bang the Drum Slowly, a film about the unlikely friendship between two baseball teammates -- the second being Robert De Niro, a slow - thinking catcher who becomes terminally ill. In the same year, Moriarty starred in a TV movie adaptation of Tennessee Williams ' The Glass Menagerie with Katharine Hepburn. Coincidentally, the film also featured Sam Waterston, who later replaced Moriarty as the Executive Assistant District Attorney on Law & Order. Moriarty 's role in The Glass Menagerie ( as `` Jim, '' the Gentleman Caller ; Waterston played the son `` Tom '' ) won him an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor of the Year. In 1974, Moriarty starred as rookie detective Bo Lockley in the acclaimed gritty police drama Report to the Commissioner. Moriarty won a Tony Award in 1974 for his performance in the play Find Your Way Home. His career on the screen was slow to develop, while his theatre career was flourishing. He starred as a German SS officer in the television miniseries Holocaust, which earned him another Emmy. Through the 1980s, Moriarty starred in such Larry Cohen movies as Q, The Stuff, It 's Alive III : Island of the Alive, and A Return to Salem 's Lot ( much later, he appeared in Cohen 's Masters of Horror episode `` Pick Me Up '' ), as well as Clint Eastwood 's Pale Rider and The Hanoi Hilton. In 1986, he starred in the fantasy science fiction movie Troll, playing the role of Harry Potter Sr. ( unrelated to the 2001 Harry Potter series. ) In 1989, Michael Moriarty starred in the HBO production Tailspin : Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy, which dramatized the Soviet Union 's shoot - down of Korean Air Lines flight 007 in 1983. He portrayed U.S. Air Force Major Hank Daniels, who was largely ignored if not ridiculed for showing how the ill - fated airliner had strayed off course into airspace known by the Soviets to be used by U.S. Air Force electronic surveillance planes as they approached Soviet airspace. From 1990 to 1994, Moriarty starred as Ben Stone on Law & Order. He left the show in 1994, alleging that his departure was a result of his threatening a lawsuit against then - Attorney General Janet Reno, who had cited Law & Order as offensively violent. Moriarty criticized Reno 's comment, and claimed that not only did she want to censor shows like Law & Order but also such fare as Murder, She Wrote. He later accused Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf of not taking his concerns seriously, and claimed that Wolf and other network executives were `` caving in '' to Reno 's `` demands '' on the issue of TV violence. On September 20, 1994 on The Howard Stern Show, he made an offer to NBC, claiming that he would return to his role on the show if Dick Wolf was fired. Moriarty published a full - page advertisement in a Hollywood trade magazine, calling upon fellow artists to stand up with him against attempts to censor TV show content. He subsequently wrote and published The Gift of Stern Angels, his account of this time in his life. The character of Ben Stone has yet to reappear on the franchise. The February 7, 2018, episode of Law & Order : Special Victims Unit opens with Sam Waterston 's character of Jack McCoy delivering a eulogy at Ben Stone 's funeral. Wolf and others working on Law & Order tell a different story, however. On November 18, 1993, Moriarty and Wolf, along with other television executives, met with Reno to dissuade her from supporting any law that would censor the show. Wolf said that Moriarty overreacted to any effect the law was likely to have on the show. Law & Order producers claim they were forced to remove Moriarty from the series because of `` erratic behavior '', an example of which reportedly happened during the filming of the episode `` Breeder '' when, according to the episode 's director, Arthur Forney, Moriarty was unable to deliver his lines with a straight face. Series and network officials deny any connection between his departure and Janet Reno. Wolf also denies that the show has become less violent, graphic or controversial since 1994. Moriarty acted in The Last Detail, Courage Under Fire, Along Came a Spider, Shiloh, Emily of New Moon and James Dean, for which he won his third Emmy. In 2007 he debuted his first feature - length film as screenwriter and performed the role of a man who thinks he is Adolf Hitler in Hitler Meets Christ. Musical career In addition to his acting career, Moriarty is a semi-professional jazz pianist and singer, as well as a classical composer. He has recorded three jazz albums ( though the first, Reaching Out, went unreleased ). He has performed live regularly in both New York and Vancouver with a jazz trio and quintet. In a 1990 concert review, New York Times reviewer Stephen Holden called Moriarty `` a jazz pianist of considerable skill, an oddball singer with more than one vocal personality, and a writer of eccentric, jivey jazz songs. '' Politics Moriarty is politically active, describing himself as a `` centrist '', and sometimes as a `` realist ''. Moriarty announced his intention to run for the presidency in 2008 in an interview in the November 2005 issue of Northwest Jazz Profile, but he never formally declared his candidacy. He later endorsed fellow former Law & Order actor Fred Thompson for the presidency during the 2008 Republican primaries, as well as Carly Fiorina during the 2016 primary election cycle. He has been a frequent contributor of numerous political columns to the ESR ( Enter Stage Right ) online Journal of Conservatism. Personal life Shortly after leaving Law & Order, Moriarty moved to Canada, declaring himself a political exile. He lived for a time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was granted Canadian citizenship, and Toronto, Ontario before settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. Moriarty lives in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, where he still acts, writes and plays music. On the blog Enter Stage Right Moriarty writes that he was a `` very bad drunk '', but that as of February 1, 2004, he had been sober for three years. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1971 My Old Man 's Place Trubee Pell 1972 Hickey & Boggs Ballard 1973 Bang the Drum Slowly Henry ' Author ' Wiggen 1973 A Summer Without Boys Abe Battle Television movie 1973 The Last Detail Marine O.D. 1973 The Glass Menagerie Jim O'Connor Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue Herbert G. Rucker Report to the Commissioner Bo Lockley 1977 The Deadliest Season Gerry Miller Television movie, featuring Meryl Streep in her first movie role. 1978 Who 'll Stop the Rain John Converse 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk Wilbur Wright Television movie 1979 Too Far to Go Richard Maple Television movie 1981 Reborn ( es ) Mark 1982 The Sound of Murder Charles Norberry 1982 Q Jimmy Quinn 1982 Blood Link Keith Mannings 1985 Odd Birds Brother T.S. Murphy 1985 Pale Rider Hull Barret 1985 The Stuff David ' Mo ' Rutherford 1986 Troll Harry Potter, Sr. The Hanoi Hilton Williamson It 's Alive III : Island of the Alive Jarvis A Return to Salem 's Lot Joe Weber 1988 Windmills of the Gods President Paul Ellison Television movie 1988 Frank Nitti : The Enforcer Hugh Kelly Television movie 1989 The Secret of the Ice Cave Manny Wise 1989 Dark Tower Dennis Randall 1989 Tailspin : Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy U.S.A.F. Major Hank Daniels HBO Movie Full Fathom Five McKenzie Born Too Soon Fox Butterfield Television movie 1995 Children of the Dust John Maxwell Television movie 1995 Broken Silence Mulligan Chicago International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor Courage Under Fire General Hershberg Crime of the Century Governor Harold Hoffman Television movie Shiloh Ray Preston 1997 The Arrow President Dwight D. Eisenhower Television movie 1998 Earthquake in New York Captain Paul Stenning 1999 The Art of Murder Cole Sheridan 1999 Shiloh 2 : Shiloh Season Ray Preston 2000 Woman Wanted Richard Goddard 2000 Children of My Heart Rodrique Eymard Television movie 2001 House of Luk Mr. Kidd 2001 James Dean Winton Dean Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 2001 Along Came a Spider Senator Hank Rose 2003 Cold Blooded Mark Solomon 2005 Fugitives Run Callohan 2005 Neverwas Dick 2006 12 Hours to Live Donald Saunders Television movie 2006 Deadly Skies General Dutton Television movie 2006 Santa Baby T.J. Hamilton ABC Family Television movie 2007 Hitler Meets Christ Hitler 2012 The Yellow Wallpaper Mr. Isaac Hendricks 2018 The Sons of Summer Spectator Pre-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 Holocaust Eric Dorf 4 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Television Series Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 1986 Cagney & Lacey Patrick Lowell Episode : `` Act of Conscience '' 1986 Hotel Brad Carlton Episode : `` Heroes '' The Equalizer Dr. Peter Kapik Episode : `` Encounter in a Closed Room '' 1988 The Twilight Zone Warren Cribbons Episode : `` 20 / 20 Vision '' 1989 The Equalizer Wayne ' Seti ' Virgil Episode : `` Starfire '' Nominated -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series 1990 -- 1994 Law & Order Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone 88 episodes Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Television Series Drama Nominated -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ( 1991 -- 94 ) 1995 Children of the Dust John Maxwell 2 episodes Miniseries 1997 -- 1999 PSI Factor : Chronicles of the Paranormal Michael Kelly 10 episodes 1997 Dead Man 's Gun John Pike Episode : `` Death Warrant '' 1998 Poltergeist : The Legacy Major Robert ' Johnathan ' Boyle Episode : `` Father to Son '' 1998 Touched by an Angel Dr. Charles Crayton Episode : `` Seek and Ye Shall Find '' 1998 Emily of New Moon Douglas Starr 3 episodes 1999 Strange World Unknown Episode : `` Pilot '' 2000 The Adventures of Jules Verne Dr. Draco Episode : `` The Eyes of Lazzaro '' 2000 The Outer Limits Solicitor - General Wallace Gannon Episode : `` Final Appeal '' 2001 Mentors William Randolph Hearst Episode : `` Citizen Cates '' 2002 Stephen King 's Dead Zone Reverend Eugene ' Gene ' Purdy Episode : `` Unaired Pilot '' 2002 Taken Colonel Thomas Campbell Episode : `` Beyond the Sky '' 2002 Just Cause Dr. Hamilton Whitney Episode : `` Death 's Detail '' The 4400 Orson Bailey Episode : `` Pilot '' 2006 Masters of Horror Jim Wheeler Episode : `` Pick Me Up '' References Jump up ^ `` Michael Moriarty - I am Jack Ryan ''. Mmuuuhp.com. 2009 - 07 - 04. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Michael Moriarty Biography ( 1941 - ) ''. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Moriarty, Michael ( May 15, 2006 ) With Churchillian defiance ``, www.enterstageright.com. Jump up ^ Colon, Alicia ( November 24, 2009 ). `` A Conversation With Former Law & Order Star Michael Moriarty ''. Irish Examiner USA. Retrieved October 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Internet Movie Database awards page for Moriarty Jump up ^ Moriarty, Michael ( 1997 ). The Gift of Stern Angels. Exile Editions. ISBN 1 - 55096 - 183 - 7. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Courrier, Kevin ; Susan Green ( November 20, 1999 ). Law & Order : The Unofficial Companion. Renaissance Books. pp. 136, 140. ISBN 1 - 58063 - 108 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Review / Cabaret ; Singer, Actor And Pianist Rolled Into One ''. The New York Times. February 15, 1990. Retrieved May 12, 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Realists ''. American-partisan.com. 2001 - 08 - 27. Archived from the original on 2010 - 12 - 04. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Moriarty : ' I 'm running for president in 2008 ' ''. Jump up ^ Actor Michael Moriarty Endorses Fellow Law & Order Star for President by Jim Kouri, CPP Archived 2011 - 05 - 27 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` The Thousand Year Peace : Chapter Seven : '' Off The Rose `` ''. Enter Stage Right. 2015 - 12 - 07. Archived from the original on 2016 - 08 - 02. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 07. Jump up ^ Moriarty, Michael ( May 29, 2006 ) `` RU486 or against it ? 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