Robert MacNaughton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Robert MacNaughton born December 19 1966 is an American actor best known for his role as Elliotts brother Michael in ET the ExtraTerrestrial for which he won a 1983 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Robert also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the film I Am the Cheese based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier Born in New York City MacNaughton primarily worked in the theater both before and after ET performing with the Circle Repertory Company where he originated the role of Buddy Layman in Jim Leonards The Diviners MacNaughton performed with Kevin Kline in Henry V at the New York Shakespeare Festival played Hally in Athol Fugards Master Harold He worked at South Coast Repertory the Long Wharf Theater and Seattle Repertory among many others His TV appearances include Dennis Potters Visitors for the BBC Vietnam War Story for HBO Newhart and Amen among other TV movies Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert MacNaughton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia