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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Murray
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|03|19}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1976–present
| father = [[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]]
| mother = [[Hope Lange]]
| relatives = [[Alan J. Pakula]] (stepfather)
}}
 
'''Christopher Murray''' (born March 19, 1957) is an American actor. He is the son of actors [[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]] and [[Hope Lange]], as well as the stepson of film director [[Alan J. Pakula]], Lange's second husband.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/movies/22LANG.html |title=Hope Lange, Versatile Actress and Emmy Winner, Dies at 70 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 December 2003 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305160407/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/movies/22LANG.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |last=Polgreen |first=Lydia |author-link=Lydia Polgreen}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
Murray appeared in a number of notable films, beginning with Pakula's 1976 film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mavis |first=Paul |title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&pg=PA11 |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=31 May 2013 |page=11 |isbn=9781476604275}}</ref> He appeared in two other films directed by Pakula, ''[[See You in the Morning (film)|See You in the Morning]]'' (1989) and ''[[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]]'' (1993). He has also appeared in the films ''[[I Am the Cheese (film)|I Am the Cheese]]'' (1983), ''[[And God Created Woman (1988 film)|And God Created Woman]]'' (1988), ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' and ''[[Virtuosity]]'' (both 1995) and, ''[[Dante's Peak]]'' (1997).{{Citation, needed|date=Julyand 2021}}''[[Alien: Night Shift]]'' (2019).
 
He has also guest starred in a number of notable television series that include, ''[[Knots Landing]]'', ''[[China Beach]]'', ''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'', ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]'' and ''[[Mad Men]]''. From 2005 to 2008, Murray had a recurring role as Dean Rivers on the [[Nickelodeon]] series ''[[Zoey 101]]'', appearing on the show throughout its four-season run.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.danschneider.com/shows/zoey-101/cast-and-characters/dean-rivers/ |title=Dean Rivers |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=danschneider.com |publisher=[[Schneider's Bakery]] |first=Dan |last=Schneider |author-link=Dan Schneider (TV producer)}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
| Photo Aide
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[I Am the Cheese (film)|I Am the Cheese]]''
| Eric Peterson
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[And God Created Woman (1988 film)|And God Created Woman]]''
| Harold
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[See You in the Morning (film)|See You in the Morning]]''
| Group Therapy Patient
|
|-
| 1991
| data-sort-value="Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster, The" | ''The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster''
| Williams
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| data-sort-value="Pelican Brief, The" | ''[[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]]''
| Rupert
|
|-
| ''[[Fatal Instinct]]''
|1993
| Investigator #1
|''[[Fatal Instinct]]''
| Uncredited
|Investigator #1
|Uncredited
|-
| ''Spree''
|1993
| Walt
|''Spree''
|Walt
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''[[Clifford (film)|Clifford]]''
| Bartender
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Cowboy Way, The" | ''[[The Cowboy Way (film)|The Cowboy Way]]''
|1994
| Water Cop
|data-sort-value="Cowboy Way, The" | ''[[The Cowboy Way (film)|The Cowboy Way]]''
|Water Cop
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]''
| Detective T.J. Wilcox
|
|-
| ''[[Virtuosity]]''
|1995
| Matthew Grimes
|''[[Virtuosity]]''
|Matthew Grimes
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Dante's Peak]]''
| Pilot
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Nice Guys Sleep Alone]]''
| Robert
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| data-sort-value="Commission, The" | ''The Commission''
| Agent Cortlandt Cunningham
|
|-
| ''[[Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood]]''
|2003
| Whitaker
|''[[Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood]]''
|Whitaker
|
|-
| 2005
| data-sort-value="Man, The" | ''[[The Man (2005 film)|The Man]]''
| Homeless Man
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Smokin' Aces]]''
| Sergeant / Chief
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Chris & Don]]''
| {{N/a}}
| Documentary
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Crossing Over (film)|Crossing Over]]''
| Special Agent Ludwig
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''Clubhouse''
| Clarke Wilcox
|
|-
| ''Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience''
|2013
| Cecil Peart
|''Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience''
| Documentary
|Cecil Peart
|Documentary
|-
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Final Wish, The" | ''[[The Final Wish]]''
| Yates
|
|-
| 2019
|2020
| data-sort-value="11thNight GreenShift, TheAlien" | ''[[TheAlien: 11thNight GreenShift]]''
| Springer
|Robert Cutler
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| data-sort-value="11th Green, The" | ''[[The 11th Green]]''
| Robert Cutler
|
|-
| ''[[Proximity (2020 film)|Proximity]]''
|2020
| Quaid Ottinger
|''[[Proximity (2020 film)|Proximity]]''
|Quaid Ottinger
|
|}
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=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
| Les
| Episode: "Home is for Healing"
|-
| data-sort-value="Doctors, The" | ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|1980
| Ed
|data-sort-value="Doctors, The" | ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|Ed
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[Family Reunion (film)|Family Reunion]]''
| Arthur Lyman
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| data-sort-value="Patricia Neal Story, The" | ''The Patricia Neal Story''
|1981
| Rod
|data-sort-value="Patricia Neal Story, The" | ''The Patricia Neal Story''
|Rod
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Mister Roberts (1984 film)|Mister Roberts]]''
| Shore Patrolman
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''[[Our Family Honor]]''
| Television reporter
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| ''[[Misfits of Science]]''
|1985
| Syl
|''[[Misfits of Science]]''
| Episode: "Sort of Looking for Gina"
|Syl
|Episode: "Sort of Looking for Gina"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]''
| Comancho
| Episode: "Promises to Keep"
|-
| 1987–1989
| ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
| Art / Ben
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| Lt. Smith
| Episode dated 1 June 1990
|-
| ''[[China Beach]]''
|1990
| Navy Surgeon
|''[[China Beach]]''
| Episode: "One Small Step"
|Navy Surgeon
|Episode: "One Small Step"
|-
| 1990, 1991
| data-sort-value="Flash, The" | ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]''
| Williams / Highway Patrolman
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''She Woke Up''
| Reporter #1
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''Grass Roots''
|1992
| Buchanan
|''Grass Roots''
|Buchanan
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Phil Coile
| Episode: "Love's Deadly Desire"
|-
| 1994
| ''Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart''
| Mike Royston
| Television film
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Courthouse (TV series)|Courthouse]]''
| Detective Eric Ford
| Episode: "Injustice for All"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
| Colonel Gordon
| Episode: "High Ground"
|-
| ''[[Norma Jean & Marilyn]]''
|1996
| Erwin "Doc" Goddard
|''[[Norma Jean & Marilyn]]''
| Television film
|Erwin "Doc" Goddard
|Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| ''[[Michael Hayes (TV series)|Michael Hayes]]''
| Special Agent Rick Flowers
| Episode: "Gotterdammerung"
|-
| ''Route 9''
|1998
| Cowboy
|''Route 9''
| Television film
|Cowboy
|Television film
|-
| ''[[Buddy Faro]]''
|1998
| Emmit Kornhaven
|''[[Buddy Faro]]''
| Episode: "Call Me Cody Smith"
|Emmit Kornhaven
|Episode: "Call Me Cody Smith"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''
| Dylan's Boss
| Episode: "I'm Married"
|-
| ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]''
|1999
| Detective Bill Ballard
|''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]''
| Episode: "The Bloody Hand"
|Detective Bill Ballard
|Episode: "The Bloody Hand"
|-
| ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]''
|1999
| Tom
|''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]''
| Episode: "Old Ghosts"
|Tom
|Episode: "Old Ghosts"
|-
| 2001
| data-sort-value="West Wing, The" | ''[[The West Wing]]''
| Tony Phillips
| Episode: "[[Two Cathedrals]]"
|-
| 2001, 2003
| ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
| Fire Chief Bill / Officer #1
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
| Dockerty
| Episode: "Day 2: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m."
|-
| data-sort-value="Agency, The" | ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]''
|2002
| Inspector David Brennan
|data-sort-value="Agency, The" | ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]''
| Episode: "Elite Meat to Eat"
|Inspector David Brennan
|Episode: "Elite Meat to Eat"
|-
| 2003
| ''Hunter''
| Blackie Tulanian
| Episode: "Vaya Sin Dios"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''
| Uniformed Officer
| Episode: "Devil May Care"
|-
| data-sort-value="Place Called Home, A" | ''A Place Called Home''
|2004
| Sheriff
|data-sort-value="Place Called Home, A" | ''A Place Called Home''
| Television film
|Sheriff
|Television film
|-
| 2005–2007
| ''[[Zoey 101]]''
| Dean Rivers
| 17 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Sacrifices of the Heart]]''
| Kevin Doyle
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[Mad Men]]''
| Phil Mathewson
| Episode: "[[A Night to Remember (Mad Men)|A Night to Remember]]"
|-
| ''Generation Gap''
|2008
| Sheriff Brown
|''Generation Gap''
| Television film
|Sheriff Brown
|Television film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Saving Grace (TV series)|Saving Grace]]''
| Leroy Johnson
| Episode: "Am I Going to Lose Her?"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''
| Nick Newport Sr.
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Touch (American TV series)|Touch]]''
| Montreal Doctor
| Episode: "Entanglement"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Scandal (TV series)|Scandal]]''
| Dr. Murray Levine
| Episode: "We Do Not Touch the First Ladies"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| Joseph Mallard
| Episode: "Spinning Wheel"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| Mr. Geoffrey Northcliff
| Episode: "The Blame Game"
|-
| ''[[Aquarius (American TV series)|Aquarius]]''
|2016
| Captain Perry
|''[[Aquarius (American TV series)|Aquarius]]''
| 5 episodes
|Captain Perry
|5 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks]]''
| Officer Olson
| Episode: "Part 1"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Bosch (TV series)|Bosch]]''
| Allen Tuckfeld
| Episode: "Missed Connections"
|-
| data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | ''[[The Rookie (TV series)|The Rookie]]''
|2018
| Old Cop
|data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | ''[[The Rookie (TV series)|The Rookie]]''
| Episode: "The Hawke"
|Old Cop
|Episode: "The Hawke"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[American Horror Story: 1984]]''
| Sheriff
| Episode: "[[Mr. Jingles (American Horror Story)|Mr. Jingles]]"
|-
| ''[[Adam Ruins Everything]]''
|2019
| Rusty Butz
|''[[Adam Ruins Everything]]''
| Episode: "Adam Ruins a Plate of Nachos"
|Rusty Butz
|Episode: "Adam Ruins a Plate of Nachos"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| ''[[Them (TV series)|Them]]''
| Murray
| Episode: "Covenant I."
|-
| ''Nova Vita''
|2021
| Judge Putnam
|''Nova Vita''
| 10 episodes
|Judge Putnam
|10 episodes
|}
 
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