Stephen Macht
Actor

Stephen Macht Net Worth

Stephen Macht is an incredibly accomplished actor and director, having trained professionally at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, graduated from Dartmouth College, and earned a Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature from Indiana University. He has starred in plays, television movies, and feature films, and has recurred on various television shows. He has also taught at Smith College and Queens College in New York, and has directed theatre and television in Los Angeles. Macht is the father of actor Gabriel Macht and three other children, and has eight grandchildren. He is an Honorary Board Member of the Parkinson's Resource Organization, a spokesman for the Jewish National Fund, and a board member of The Center For Jewish Culture and Creativity. In 2013, he earned his M.A. in Jewish Studies and is an ordained Chaplain.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director
Birth Day May 01, 1942
Birth Place  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Age 81 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Gemini
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Suzanne Victoria Pulier (m. 1964)
Children 4, including Gabriel Macht

💰 Net worth: $700,000 (2024)

Stephen Macht, a versatile actor and director hailing from the United States, has amassed an estimated net worth of $700,000 in 2024. Throughout his career, Macht has showcased his undeniable talent and passion for the performing arts. He has appeared in various notable projects, captivating audiences with his exceptional performances. Macht has also directed several productions, displaying his creative prowess both in front of and behind the camera. With his significant achievements and contributions to the industry, Stephen Macht has undoubtedly made his mark on the world of entertainment.

Biography/Timeline

1963

After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1963 (where he roomed with Future actor Michael Moriarty), Macht attended Tufts University, receiving an M.A. in Drama in 1967. He later enrolled at Indiana University and obtained a Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature and Theatre History in 1970. Macht studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on the history of acting training there. He also trained with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

1964

Macht has been married to archivist/museum curator Suzanne Victoria Pulier since 1964. He has four children: Julie, Ari Serbin, actor Gabriel Macht and musician Jesse Macht. Macht is also an ordained chaplain. and his book, Moral Change: A Tragedy or A Return?: How Aristotle’s Tragic Reversal Illuminates Maimonides’ Teshuva was published on Amazon.com in October 2016.

1975

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.

1977

Macht's work in feature films has been more sporadic, beginning with a turn as one of The Choirboys (1977). He also had roles in Nightwing (1979), The Mountain Men (1980), Galaxina (1980), The Last Winter (1984), The Monster Squad (1987), Stephen King's Graveyard Shift (1990), Amityville: It's About Time (1992), The Legend of Galgameth (1996), and Watchers Reborn (1998). Macht has also played Dr. Harris in three instalments of the Trancers series of films.

1981

The successful television movie American Dream (ABC, 1981) 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, brother of Karen MacKenzie (Michele Lee), on Knots Landing (CBS, 1982–83). Other notable roles included playing Nancy McKeon's father in Strange Voices (NBC, 1987). He was Benedict Arnold in the miniseries George Washington (1984) and played one of the survivors of an air crash in Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (NBC, 1984). He spent three seasons (1985–88) as David Keeler, love interest to Cagney (Sharon Gless), on Cagney & Lacey (CBS). 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.

2007

More recent credits have included playing an Austrian Jew who must be baptized along with his wife and daughter in order to escape the Nazis in A Friendship in Vienna (1988 The Disney Channel); a Doctor helping Jane Seymour in the syndicated miniseries Sidney Sheldon's Memories of Midnight (1991), and as cult member Joan Van Ark's suffering husband in Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception (1994 NBC). Macht appeared in the 1995 third season Babylon 5 episode "A Day in the Strife" as the character 'Na'Far'. Na'Far was the new official Narn representative, replacing G'Kar, after the Centauri's invasion of the Narn homeworld. In 1996 he did a six-month stint on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live as Elliot Durban. From August 24, 2007 to February 13, 2009 he portrayed Trevor Lansing, attorney of organized crime boss Anthony Zacchara and father of attorney Ric Lansing, in the soap opera General Hospital for which Soap Opera Digest nominated him Best Villain of 2007. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, Macht guest starred opposite his son, actor Gabriel Macht, in Suits.

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