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name: "Robert MacNaughton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-macnaughton"
fi1m_id: "robert-macnaughton"
imdb_id: "nm0534085"
tmdb_id: 9978
wikidata_id: "Q1368550"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:31:23.980822+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert MacNaughton

## Identity

Robert MacNaughton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-macnaughton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-macnaughton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0534085
- **TMDB ID:** 9978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1368550
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_MacNaughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9978

Actor. Born 19 December 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 December 1966, New York City, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_MacNaughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9978

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md) (91)

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## Biography

Robert MacNaughton is an American actor born on 19 December 1966 in New York City. He is best known for playing Michael, Elliott's older brother, in *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982). For the role he received a Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

MacNaughton also starred as Adam Farmer in the 1983 film *I Am the Cheese*. He worked extensively in theatre, originating the role of Buddy Layman in *The Diviners* with the Circle Repertory Company and appearing in productions including *Henry V* at the New York Shakespeare Festival and *Master Harold...and the Boys*.

His television credits include episodes of *Newhart* and *Amen*, and the HBO film *Vietnam War Story*. He appeared in two further films in 2015: *Laugh Killer Laugh* and *Frankenstein vs. The Mummy*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), Fi1m 91, as Michael — [page](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Laugh Killer Laugh* (2015), as Creative Writing Teacher
- *Frankenstein vs. The Mummy* (2015), as Isaac
- *Orlando In Uzbekistan* (2010), Director
- *Visitors* (1987), as Clayton
- *A Place to Call Home* (1987), as Michael
- *Amen* (1986), series, as Michael
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Clayton
- *CBS Schoolbreak Special* (1984), series, as Craig Parsons
- *I Am the Cheese* (1983), as Adam Farmer
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Andy
- *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), as Michael — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md)
- *The Electric Grandmother* (1982), as Tom
- *Angel City* (1980), as Bennie Teeter

## Gallery

- ![Robert MacNaughton](https://film.one/media/person/59862/gallery-f16a80180813.jpg) Robert MacNaughton — John Manard for Super Festivals/GalaxyCon from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Robert_MacNaughton_%2853331117797%29.jpg/1280px-Robert_MacNaughton_%2853331117797%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Robert MacNaughton](https://film.one/media/person/59862/gallery-d464635f492a.jpg) Robert MacNaughton — Image via TMDB

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