Michael Cyril Creighton

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.

Works

Blue Bloods

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

Release Date2010-09-24

Charactersd Jonathan

Episode Count1

Vote Count964

Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.

Release Date2011-01-09

Charactersd Spencer (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count1039

Person of Interest

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

Release Date2011-09-22

Charactersd Russell

Episode Count1

Vote Count1929

2 Broke Girls

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.

Release Date2011-09-19

Charactersd I

Episode Count1

Vote Count1649

Only Murders in the Building

Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.

Release Date2021-08-31

Charactersd Howard Morris

Episode Count41

Vote Count2074

30 Rock

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Release Date2006-10-11

Charactersd Salesman

Episode Count1

Vote Count750

The Good Fight

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.

Release Date2017-02-19

Charactersd Tab Bentley

Episode Count1

Vote Count323

Orange Is the New Black

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Release Date2013-07-11

Charactersd Store Manager

Episode Count1

Vote Count2708

Dexter: New Blood

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

Release Date2021-11-07

Charactersd Fred Jr.

Episode Count5

Vote Count1455

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.

Release Date2017-03-16

Charactersd Mel

Episode Count8

Vote Count891

American Horror Stories

An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

Release Date2021-07-15

Charactersd Martin

Episode Count1

Vote Count927

Home Again

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Release Date2017-09-07

Charactersd Brad

Vote Count1221

Paper Spiders

A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Release Date2021-05-07

Charactersd Mr. Wessler

Vote Count29

Sleeping with Other People

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

Release Date2015-06-26

Charactersd Attentive Waiter

Vote Count949

Spotlight

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Release Date2015-11-06

Charactersd Joe Crowley

Vote Count8574

American Fiction

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Release Date2023-11-10

Charactersd John Bosco

Vote Count1227

Game Night

Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

Release Date2018-02-15

Charactersd Bill

Vote Count6102

Dash & Lily

Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City.

Release Date2020-11-10

Charactersd Jeff the Elf

Episode Count3

Vote Count338

The Post

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Release Date2017-12-22

Charactersd Jake

Vote Count4792

Floating Carousel

A Gender Studies masters student, a messy philanderer, an in-denial Sugar Baby, an aspiring cabaret artist, and a professional cuddler collide in a web of dystopian dating scenarios in modern-day New York City.

Release Date2025-10-17

Charactersd Louis

AJ and the Queen

While traveling across the country in a run-down RV, drag queen Ruby Red discovers an unlikely sidekick in AJ: a tough-talking 10-year-old stowaway.

Release Date2020-01-10

Charactersd Christian

Episode Count1

Vote Count157

Seneca

A little story about making it big, natural disasters, and being a dad.

Release Date2019-10-04

Charactersd Mark

3rd Street Blackout

A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout

Release Date2015-06-13

Charactersd Gossipy Man

Vote Count5

Graves

Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves decides it’s finally time for her to pursue her own political ambitions.

Release Date2016-10-16

Charactersd Phoenix Wells

Episode Count3

Vote Count26

Horace and Pete

The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar.

Release Date2016-01-30

Charactersd Michael

Episode Count1

Vote Count147

Fits and Starts

A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.

Release Date2017-03-10

Charactersd Richard Pringle

Vote Count9

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

Johnny Rock is the aging lead singer of NYC's legendary early-'90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. The aging and broke bad-boy rocker gets another shot at fame as a songwriter for a brash and talented young singer who's a big fan of his early work.

Release Date2015-07-16

Charactersd Bobby Q

Episode Count1

Vote Count43

Very Mary-Kate

Very Mary-Kate

The unofficial celebrity biography of Mary-Kate Olsen, brought to spoiled rotten life by Elaine Carroll. Featuring Bodyguard, Fat Professor, and obscene wealth.

Release Date2010-01-31

Charactersd Photo Director

Episode Count2

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Release Date2018-10-19

Charactersd Harry

Vote Count1322

High Maintenance

A nameless cannabis delivery guy delivers his much-needed medication to stressed-out New Yorkers.

Release Date2012-11-09

Charactersd Patrick

Episode Count2

Vote Count34

The Outs

A web series centered around a broken couple, Jack and Mitchell. It depicts the events before, during, and after the break-up. An interesting turn of events follows in this romantic drama portrayed in a non-linear fashion.

Release Date2012-03-27

Charactersd Gordy

Episode Count3

Vote Count9

The Outside Story

After locking himself out of his apartment, an introverted, heartbroken editor finds himself on an epic journey up, down and around his block with life-altering ramifications.

Release Date2021-04-30

Charactersd Andre

Vote Count11

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

Release Date2024-04-26

Charactersd Karl

Vote Count27

The Dark End of the Street

Residents of a suburban community enjoy a night at home with their friends and family, while an ominous threat looms just outside their doors.

Release Date2020-03-07

Charactersd Isaac

Vote Count8

Coin Heist

When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.

Release Date2017-01-06

Charactersd Mr. Todd Rankin

Vote Count285

Jack in a Box

Jack in a Box

Jack was a mild-mannered young man with a BFA in acting and no life skills. He took a job at a theater box office because it didn't involve heavy lifting, wearing a blazer or using Excel. A few years and thousands of customers later, Jack finds himself less mild-mannered and less young than ever before. Watch Jack try to manage his anger while navigating an insular universe where everyone is even more unstable than he is. Like all caged animals, he is going to throw his sh*t at you sooner or later... but first he's going to eat a cupcake and take a phone call from his mom. Service with a smirk, that's all you can ask for.

Release Date2009-07-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Jack

Episode Count31

Untitled Short Film About White People

In an effort to rid herself of guilt for gentrifying the neighborhood, a WASPy young woman aggressively attempts to befriend the Indian woman who works at the bodega on her block.

Release Date2018-06-05

Charactersd Wellington

How to Follow Strangers

There is a true story of a woman who died in her apartment and it took people a year to find her body decomposing in a crisp Chanel suit. A young man becomes obsessed with this urban tragedy and disappears, wondering if anyone will notice. A young woman who shares his commuting schedule DOES notice. And when he resurfaces, she decides to follow him setting of a chain of events that bind them together...

Release Date2013-10-28

Charactersd Michael

Vote Count9

One Killer Question

The Only Murders in the Building aftershow that isn't afraid to tackle the hard question. One question. That's it. Featuring host Ali Stroker, the show's actors, a slew of celebrity superfans and one big murder to solve it just might be the only Only Murders In the Building aftershow you need to watch.

Release Date2022-06-28

Charactersd Self - Host

Episode Count10

Vote Count7

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 get it back. Along with his daughter, Santa, and a group of misfits, Vance will have to pull off the greatest heist of his life to save Christmas.

Handle With Care

In the wake of a short-lived marriage, a young man sells his unused wedding gifts online and learns valuable life lessons from the people he meets along the way.