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name: "Michael Cyril Creighton"
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born: "1 January 1979"
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# Michael Cyril Creighton

Actor. Born 1 January 1979 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1979, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Michael C. Creighton, MCC, 麥可・西里爾・克瑞頓

## Biography

Michael Cyril Creighton is an American actor. He was born in 1979 on Long Island, New York, and raised there by his mother and maternal grandparents. He graduated from Emerson College in 2001.

Creighton is best known for playing Howard Morris in the series *Only Murders in the Building* (2021–), Joe Crowley in *Spotlight* (2015), and Patrick in *High Maintenance* (2016–2019). Other film roles include appearances in *The Post* (2017), *Game Night* (2018), *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018) and *American Fiction* (2023). He created and starred in the web series *Jack in a Box* (2009–2012), which won a Writers Guild of America Award.

On stage, he originated roles in productions including the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's *The Amateurs* at the Vineyard Theater and the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's *Stage Kiss* at Playwrights Horizons, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. He has worked frequently with the Brooklyn-based company The Debate Society and was a founding member of the New York Neo-Futurists.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, michaelcyrilcreighton.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *American Fiction* (2023), Fi1m 73, as John Bosco — [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Howard Morris — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Spotlight* (2015), Fi1m 85, as Joe Crowley — [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)

## Also known for

- *Game Night* (2018), Bill
- *The Post* (2017), Jake
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), I
- *Dexter: New Blood* (2021), Fred Jr.
- *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), Harry
- *Home Again* (2017), Brad
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), Spencer (voice)
- *Billions* (2016), Martin Yancy

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