Robert MacNaughton (born December 19, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', for which he won a 1982 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. MacNaughton also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 1983 film '' I Am the Cheese'', based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier.

Biography

MacNaughton primarily worked in the

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, both before and after '' E.T.'', performing with the Circle Repertory Company, where he originated the role of Buddy Layman in Jim Leonard Jr.'s '' The Diviners''. MacNaughton performed with Kevin Kline in '' Henry V'' at the New York Shakespeare Festival in

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. He played Hally in

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's '' "Master Harold"...and the Boys'' for South Coast Repertory, and has also performed with the Long Wharf Theater and Seattle Repertory, among many others. His television appearances include Dennis Potter's ''Visitors'' for the

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, '' Vietnam War Story'' for

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, '' Newhart'', and '' Amen'', among other television films. MacNaughton retired from acting in 2002. He then worked as a mail handler at the bulk facilities in

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, and

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. In 2013, MacNaughton returned to acting, performing in two films, Kamal Ahmed's ''Laugh Killer Laugh'' (co-starring his wife, Bianca Hunter) and Damien Leone's '' Frankenstein vs. The Mummy''. MacNaughton is married to actress Bianca Hunter.

Filmography

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* Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors 1966 births {{US-film-actor-1960s-stub