Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C., Phil Grey on Damages, Caleb Cortlandt on All My Children, Eli David in NCIS, and Bob Schwartz on Yellowstone. He is also known for his starring roles in the films Flashdance (1983) and The Hidden (1987), and has appeared in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including the original production of Victor/Victoria. He is a Saturn Award and Daytime Emmy Award nominee.
In 1983, he had a starring role as Nick Hurley in the romantic drama Flashdance. Despite mixed reviews, the film was one of the highest-grossing films of 1983 and was nominated for several top awards, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Nouri has appeared in numerous television series and television films. He starred opposite Kyle MacLachlan in the horror film The Hidden. He starred on the short-lived series Bay City Blues and Downtown, and on the sitcom Love & War. Nouri also starred in the Broadway production of the musical Victor/Victoria as King Marchan opposite Julie Andrews. He appeared in three separate entries of Law & Order, each time in different roles. He had recurring roles on the series The O.C., Damages, NCIS, and Army Wives. Nouri returned to soap operas with a year-long stint on All My Children. More recently, he had a recurring role on the series Yellowstone for three seasons.
Nouri also had relationships with Dyan Cannon and Roma Downey.Chase, Chris (June 5, 1981). " Dyan Cannon has plenty to laugh about". The New York Times.Brouwer, Julian (November 10, 2002). " Besotted Roma moves in with married actor lover; COUPLE TO WED AFTER DIVORCE.". Sunday Mirror.
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus | Don Farber (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Gangster Wars | Lucky Luciano |
| 1983 | Flashdance | Nick Hurley |
| 1986 | The Imagemaker | Roger Blackwell |
| Boulder (voice) | ||
| 1987 | The Hidden | Detective Thomas Beck |
| 1988 | Thieves of Fortune | Comandante Juan Luis Ferreira |
| 1990 | Little Vegas | Frank de Carlo |
| Captain America | Lieutenant Colonel Louis | |
| Fatal Sky | Jeff Milker | |
| 1991 | The Psychic | Theodore "Ted" Steering |
| Total Exposure | Dave Murphy | |
| 1992 | Black Ice | Ben Shorr |
| 1993 | DaVinci's War | Thomas "China" Smith |
| American Yakuza | Dino Campanela | |
| No Escape, No Return | Dante | |
| 1994 | Fortunes of War | Father Aran |
| Inner Sanctum 2 | Bill Reed | |
| Lady In Waiting | Jimmy Scavetti | |
| 1995 | Hologram Man | Edward Jameson |
| To the Limit | Thomas "China" Smith | |
| 1996 | Overkill | Lloyd Wheeler |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | Dr. Spence |
| 2001 | Freddie | |
| Lovely & Amazing | Dr. Crane | |
| 2002 | Terminal Error | Brad Weston |
| 2003 | Klepto | Dr. Cohn |
| Vincent | ||
| 2004 | The Terminal | Max |
| 2005 | Searching for Bobby D | Angelo |
| Boynton Beach Club | Donald | |
| 2006 | Last Holiday | Congressman Stewart |
| Invincible | Leonard Tose | |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Chairman Bergen |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Miles Dubrow |
| 2015 | The Squeeze | Jimmy Diamonds |
| 2017 | Teleios | Nordham |
| Alex & the List | Rabbi Baskin | |
| Woman Walks Ahead | Karl Valentine | |
| 2018 | Con Man | Uncle Joe |
| 1974–1975 | Somerset | Tom Conway | Main cast |
| 1975 | Beacon Hill | Giorgio Bullock | Main cast; season 1 |
| 1975–1978 | Search for Tomorrow | Steve Kaslo | Main cast |
| 1977 | Contract on Cherry Street | Lou Savage | Television film |
| 1979 | The Curse of Dracula | Count Dracula | Main cast; season 1 |
| The Last Convertible | Jean RGR des Barres | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| 1980 | Nick and the Dobermans | Nick Macazie | Television film |
| Fun and Games | Greg | ||
| 1981 | The Gangster Chronicles | Lucky Luciano | Miniseries; 13 episodes |
| 1983 | Secrets of a Mother and Daughter | Alex Shepherd | Television film |
| 1983–1984 | Bay City Blues | Joe Rohner | Main cast; season 1 |
| 1984 | Spraggue | Michael Spraggue | Television film |
| 1985 | Star Fairies | Giant (voice) | |
| 1986 | Between Two Women | Harry Petherton | |
| James Moretti | |||
| 1986–1987 | Downtown | Detective John Forney | Main cast; season 1 |
| 1988 | Charlie Wedemeyer | Television film | |
| 1990 | Shattered Dreams | John Fedders | |
| 1991 | Changes | Peter Hallam | |
| 1992 | In the Arms of a Killer | Brian Venible | |
| Exclusive | Reed Pierce | ||
| The Sands of Time | Jaime Miro | ||
| The Final Contract | David Sloane | ||
| 1992–1995 | Love & War | Kip Zakaris | Main cast; Seasons 1-3 |
| 1994 | Eyes of Terror | Lieutenant David Zaccariah | Television film |
| 1995 | Between Love & Honor | Joe Gallo | |
| Burke's Law | Judd Timmons | Episode: "Who Killed the Tennis Ace?" | |
| Victor/Victoria | King Marchand | Television film | |
| 1997 | Law & Order | Dr. Michael Cosgrove | Episode: "Harvest" |
| 1998 | This Matter of Marriage | Adam Barr | Television film |
| Style & Substance | Jeff Dennis | Episode: "Chelsea's First Date" | |
| Early Edition | Stanley Hollenbeck | Episode: "Nest Egg" | |
| 1999 | Porfirio Rubirosa | Television film | |
| Dallas Warner | Episode: "A Single Life" | ||
| 2000–2003 | Touched by an Angel | Greg Sawyer / Carl Northum | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Second Honeymoon | Phillip | Television film |
| Gideon's Crossing | Cardiologist | 2 episodes | |
| 61* | Joe DiMaggio | Television film | |
| 2003 | The District | FBI Agent Spencer | Episode: "Sacrifices" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Simon Freed | Episode: "Beach House" |
| 2003–2007 | Law and Order Criminal Intent | Henry Webster / Elder Roberts | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The Practice | Dwight Haber | Episode: "Avenging Angels" |
| The West Wing | Senator Roy Turner | Episode: "Slow News Day" | |
| Cold Case | Kyle Silver | Episode: "Maternal Instincts" | |
| Medical Investigation | Wes Douglas | Episode: "You're Not Alone" | |
| The Young and the Restless | Elliot Hampton | 17 episodes | |
| Syrran / Arev | Episode: "" | ||
| 2004–2007 | The O.C. | Dr. Neil Roberts | Guest; season 1-2, main cast; season 3, recurring; season 4 |
| 2006 | South Beach | Warren Stella | Episode: "Who Do You Trust" |
| Denney Lancaster | Episode: "People with Money" | ||
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Milo Peterman | 3 episodes |
| Without a Trace | Byron Carlton | Episode: "Run" | |
| 2007–2011 | Damages | Phil Grey | Recurring cast; season 1-4 |
| 2008 | Privileged | Miles Franklin | Episode: "All About Love, Actually" |
| 2008–2013 | NCIS | Mossad Director Eli David | Recurring cast; season 6-10 |
| 2009 | Crash | Wesley Thigpen | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Legend of the Seeker | Frederick Amnell | Episode: "Bound" |
| 2009–2010 | Army Wives | General Ludwig | Recurring cast; season 4 |
| 2010–2011 | All My Children | Caleb Cortlandt | Main cast |
| 2011 | House | Thad Barton | Episode: "Risky Business" |
| 2012 | Dark Desire | Phil | Television film |
| 2013 | Body of Proof | Daniel Russo | Episode: "Mob Mentality" |
| Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Galen Anderson | Television film | |
| Major Crimes | Congressman Steven Keller | Episode: "Risk Assessment" | |
| 2014 | The Exes | James Malcolm | Episode "The Old Man & the Holly |
| Taken Away | Senator Worthington | Television film | |
| 2015 | The Slap | Thanassis | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| Chicago P.D. | Carlo Tafani | Episode: "Never Forget I Love You" | |
| 2016 | Blue Bloods | Nick Constantine | Episode "Town Without Pity" |
| Heartbeat | Gérard Panttiere | Episode: "Match Game" | |
| 2017 | Bob Guccione | Episode: "Publish or Perish" | |
| 2018 | Norman Blachford | 2 episodes | |
| Great Performances | Himself | Episode: "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" with Pacific Symphony" | |
| 2018–2020 | Yellowstone | Bob Schwartz | Recurring cast; season 1-3 |
| 2019 | Devils | Jeremy Stonehouse | Recurring |
| 2019 | Jason Campbell | Guest Star | |
| 2020 | Hawaii Five-0 | Oscar Hirsch | Episode: "He puhe'e miki" |
| 2022 | The Watcher | Roger Kaplan | Recurring |
| 2025 | The Pitt | Nathaniel Montrose | 2 episodes |
| 1968-70 | Forty Carats | Pat/Peter Latham (replacement) | Morosco Theatre | Also assistant stage manager |
| 1977 | Nefertiti | Hapi | Blackstone Theatre | |
| 1982 | Booth | Edwin Booth | South Street Theatre | |
| 1995-97 | Victor/Victoria | King Marchan | Marquis Theatre | |
| 2000 | Call Me Madam | Cosmo Constantine | Ralph Freud Playhouse | Reprise! Los Angeles |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Emile de Beque | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | |
| 2001-02 | National tour | |||
| 2003 | Camille Claudel | Auguste Rodin | Terris Theatre | Goodspeed Musicals |
| 2004 | Can-Can | Aristide Forestier | New York City Center | Encores! |
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