Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born May 1, 1942
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.
MovieTrancers: The Whole Dethly Affair
2025
as Harris
MovieCharlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
as Self
MovieWolfman's Got Nards
2018
as Self
MovieAtlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
as Clem Weatherby
TVSuits
2011
as Henry Gerard
TVFemme Fatales
2011
as Leland Ryan
TVCastle
2009
as Bill Wellington
MovieThe Legend of Bloody Mary
2008
as Magistrate
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Hollis Percy
TVThe Wedding Bells
2007
as Rabbi Fishman
MovieDC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003
as Paul Wolfowitz
TVBoomtown
2002
as John Donadoni
MovieOutside the Law
2002
as Dick Dawson
TVBoston Public
2000
as Mr. Valone
TVGideon's Crossing
2000
MovieAgent Red
2000
as General Stillwell
TVThe Others
2000
MovieFinal Voyage
1999
as Captain Doyle
TVJack & Jill
1999
as Dr. Jonas Zane
Swallows
1999
MovieWatchers Reborn
1998
as Lem Johnson
MovieOne Hot Summer Night
1998
as Abel Ganz
MovieTouch Me
1997
as Robert
MovieGalgameth
1997
as El El
TVThe Practice
1997
as Gordon Armbrust
TVMillennium
1996
as Mr. Lott
TVJAG
1995
as James Gribaldi
MovieSiringo
1995
as Wade Lewis
TVSliders
1995
as Kromanus
A Mother's Deception
1994
as Harry McGill
MovieTrancers 5: Sudden Deth
1994
as Harris
MovieTrancers 4: Jack of Swords
1994
as Harris
TVBabylon 5
1994
as Na'Far
TVViper
1994
as Alan Reece
MovieMoment of Truth: A Child Too Many
1993
as Bill Davis
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Buck Coburn
TVKung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Brandt
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as General Krim
MovieTrancers III
1992
as Harris
TVHighlander: The Series
1992
as Alexei Voshin
MovieAmityville 1992: It's About Time
1992
as Jacob Sterling
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Ed
TVMemories of Midnight
1991
as Doctor Hamilton
MovieGraveyard Shift
1990
as Warwick
MovieFear Stalk
1989
as Tom
MovieBlind Witness
1989
as Gordon Kemlich
MovieMy Boyfriend's Back
1989
as Joseph
No Blame
1988
as Carl
MovieA Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Franz Dournenvald
MovieStrange Voices
1987
as Dave Glover
MovieThe Monster Squad
1987
as Del
MovieThe Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
as Frank Walker
TVBlacke's Magic
1986
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Carl Cansino
Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
1984
as Bob Anastas
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Attorney Jason Farrell
TVGeorge Washington
1984
as General Benedict Arnold
MovieFlight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
as Joe Stiley
MovieSamson and Delilah
1984
as Maluck
MovieThe Last Winter
1984
as Eddie
MovieA Caribbean Mystery
1983
as Greg Dyson
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
TVHotel
1982
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
MovieKilljoy
1981
as Dr. Max Heller
MovieAmerican Dream
1981
as Danny Novak
American Dream
1981
TVHill Street Blues
1981
MovieEnola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
as Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna
MovieGalaxina
1980
as Sgt. Thor
MovieThe Mountain Men
1980
as Heavy Eagle
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Joe Cooper
MovieNightwing
1979
as Walker Chee
MovieThe Immigrants
1978
as Daniel Lavetta
TVThe Immigrants
1978
as Daniel Lavetta
MovieHunters of the Reef
1978
as La Salle
MovieRing of Passion
1978
as Max Schmeling
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Spencer Van Moot
TVBig Hawaii
1977
TVKingston: Confidential
1977
MovieRaid on Entebbe
1976
as Lt. Col. 'Yonni' Netanyahu
MovieAmelia Earhart
1976
as Paul Mantz
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Frank Hailey
MovieThe Tenth Level
1976
as Dahlquist
MovieThe Super Cops
1974
as Detective Finley (uncredited)
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Joe
TVKojak
1973
as Max Fisk
MovieThe Deadly Visitor
1973
as Mulvaney
TVColumbo
1971
as David Kincaid
