ACTOR
Michael Patrick Thornton
17 credits since 20032 coming up
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ABOUT MICHAEL
Michael Patrick Thornton is an American actor and theater director. He played the character of Dr. Gabriel Fife in the ABC drama series Private Practice. He is also known for his performances on Broadway including as Lennox in the Sam Gold revival of Macbeth, and Dr. Rank in the Jamie Lloyd revival of A Doll's House.
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On Cineora13 of 17 titles
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Being Heumannas Ed RobertsOut Nov 2026- The SpotDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 13
- Average IMDb
- 7.1
- Highest rated
- The Good DoctorIMDb 8.0
- Working since
- 2003
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Filmography
The 2020s
6 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
as John
as War Dog
as Lucky
Seriesas Trevor Turkel · 1 episode
Seriesas Father Sean · 3 episodes
Seriesas Dr. Fred Putney · 5 episodes
The 2010s
9 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
Seriesas Paul Gordon · 1 episode
Seriesas Jim Evans · 8 episodes
Seriesas Russ · 5 episodes
Seriesas Charlie Owens · 1 episode
Seriesas Clay Porter · 5 episodes
Seriesas Dr. John Rexroth · 1 episode
as Douglas
Seriesas Eli Kotite · 1 episode
The 2000s
2 titles · IMDb 7.3 on averageSeriesas Dr. Gabriel Fife · 14 episodes
Seriesas Jeremy Brighton · 1 episode
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