Michael Cyril Creighton
Date of birth: 1979-01-01
Place of birth: Long Island, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michael C. Creighton, MCC, 麥可・西里爾・克瑞頓
Biography
Michael Cyril Creighton is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Howard Morris in Only Murders in the Building, Patrick in High Maintenance, Joe Crowley in Spotlight, and his Writers Guild of America Award-winning web series Jack in a Box. His mother and maternal grandparents raised Creighton on Long Island, New York. He works regularly in film, television and theatre, alternating between comedic and dramatic roles. Sarah Larson of The New Yorker says, "Creighton has a gift for expressing the tension between the desire to connect and the desire to protect oneself." On the stage, Creighton's credits include the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's The Amateurs at Vineyard Theater and the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss at Playwrights Horizons. For his portrayal of Kevin in Stage Kiss, he was named a "Face to Watch" by The New York Times and nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He has often worked with the Brooklyn-based theatre company The Debate Society, originating several roles. As a writer, in addition to creating and starring in the Writers Guild Award-winning web series Jack in a Box (2009–2012), he wrote and guest starred in an episode of the popular web series High Maintenance created by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair. The episode is called "Helen". He was a founding member of the New York Neo-Futurists and performed weekly in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Movie Credits
Sleeping with Other People
2015-06-26
Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers
American Fiction
2023-11-10
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to wri
3rd Street Blackout
2015-06-13
A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout
How to Follow Strangers
2013-10-28
There is a true story of a woman who died in her apartment and it took people a year to find her bod
Fits and Starts
2017-03-10
A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publishe
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
2024-04-26
A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM rela
Spotlight
2015-11-06
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-
Coin Heist
2017-01-06
When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 mi
Game Night
2018-02-15
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder
Home Again
2017-09-07
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to mo
The Post
2017-12-22
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher a
Untitled Short Film About White People
2018-06-05
In an effort to rid herself of guilt for gentrifying the neighborhood, a WASPy young woman aggressiv
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018-10-19
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen ou
The Outside Story
2021-04-30
After locking himself out of his apartment, an introverted, heartbroken editor finds himself on an e
The Dark End of the Street
2020-03-07
Residents of a suburban community enjoy a night at home with their friends and family, while an omin
Seneca
2019-10-04
A little story about making it big, natural disasters, and being a dad.
Paper Spiders
2021-05-07
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Handle With Care
In the wake of a short-lived marriage, a young man sells his unused wedding gifts online and learns
The Man with the Bag
After Santa’s magic bag is stolen, he turns to his naughty list to find Vance, a thief, to help him
Floating Carousel
2025-10-17
A Gender Studies masters student, a messy philanderer, an in-denial Sugar Baby, an aspiring cabaret
Fake ID
2003-01-01
A hilarious parody about a young man coming to terms with his heterosexuality in a gay world.