Stephen Macht
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Robert Macht is an American television and film actor. Spotted by a Universal Studios talent scout while starring at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada in 1975, Macht was signed to a contract and by the mid 1970s had left teaching and was making frequent appearances in TV episodes and movies. In Raid on Entebbe, he portrayed Yoni Netanyahu, the Israeli officer killed in the rescue of hostages in Uganda. In 1978, he had a lead role in The Immigrants a syndicated miniseries about the rise of the son of Italian immigrants in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. The successful television movie American Dream led to a critically acclaimed short-lived series which cast Macht in the role of a family man who chucks the suburban life to set up home in the inner city of Chicago. The following season, he landed the role of Joe Cooper, on Knots Landing. Other notable roles included playing Nancy McKeon's father in Strange Voices. He was Benedict Arnold in the miniseries George Washington and played one of the survivors of an air crash in Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac. He spent three seasons on Cagney & Lacey. During his run on the show, he moved behind the cameras to make his directorial debut. In 1993, Macht played Krim Aldos in "The Siege", an early Season 2 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Macht had been Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but the role eventually went to Patrick Stewart in 1986. More recent credits have included A Friendship in Vienna; Memories of Midnight, and in Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception. Macht appeared in Babylon 5, One Life to Live, General Hospital, and Suits. Macht's work in feature films has been more sporadic, beginning with a turn as one of The Choirboys. He also had roles in Nightwing, The Mountain Men, Galaxina, The Last Winter, The Monster Squad, Stephen King's Graveyard Shift, Amityville: It's About Time, The Legend of Galgameth, and Watchers Reborn. Macht has also played Dr. Harris in three instalments of the Trancers series of films.
Born: May 1, 1942
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Clem Weatherby
as Henry Gerard
as Professor Henry Gerard
as Leland Ryan
as Bill Wellington
as Magistrate
as Hollis Percy
as Rabbi Fishman
as Paul Wolfowitz
as John Donadoni
as Dick Dawson
as Mr. Valone
as General Stillwell
as Captain Doyle
as Lem Johnson
as Abel Ganz
as Robert
as El El
as Gordon Armbrust
as Mr. Lott
as James Gribaldi
as Wade Lewis
as Kromanus
as Krislov
as Harris
as Harris
as Na'Far
as Alan Reece
as Buck Coburn
as Brandt
as General Krim
as Harris
as Alexei Voshin
as Jacob Sterling
as Ed
as Doctor Hamilton
as Warwick
as Tom
as Gordon Kemlich
as Joseph
as Franz Dournenvald
as Dave Glover
as Del
as Frank Walker
as Carl Cansino
as Attorney Jason Farrell
as Frank Stinson
as Lloyd Mentone
as Arthur Wainwright
as Dan Keppner
as General Benedict Arnold
as Joe Stiley
as Maluck
as Eddie
as Greg Dyson
as David Keeler
as Dr. Max Heller
as Danny Novak
as Phil Dugan
as Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna
as Sgt. Thor
as Heavy Eagle
as Joe Cooper
as Walker Chee
as Daniel Lavetta
as La Salle
as Peter Lane
as Max Schmeling
as Spencer Van Moot
as Lt. Col. 'Yonni' Netanyahu
as Paul Mantz
as Frank Hailey
as Dahlquist
as Detective Finley (uncredited)
as Max Fisk
as Joe Arrow
as Mulvaney
as David Kincaid