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Cliff Moylan(I)

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Cliff Moylan
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Cliff Moylan was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts to an Irish father from County Clare and an Irish-American mother from County Detroit. He is best known for his portrayal of real life hero Sergeant John MacLellan in the Peter Berg directed film Patriots Day.

Cliff has worked with acclaimed directors Peter Berg, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Jodie Foster and Steven Zaillian as well as Benny and Josh Safdie. He has also exchanged on-screen dialogue with John Turturro, Laura Linney, Jon Voight, Damian Lewis, Giancarlo Esposito, Liev Schreiber and JK Simmons.
BornAugust 17, 1975
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    Known for

    Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
    FBI
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Detective Pete Alva
    Patriots Day (2016)
    Patriots Day
    7.3
    • Sergeant John MacLellan
    • 2016
    Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
    Power Book III: Raising Kanan
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Detective Walton
    David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
    Billions
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Shrieve

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Brownsville Bred (2025)
      Brownsville Bred
      6.2
      • Officer Amara
      • 2025
    • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
      FBI
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Detective Pete Alva
      • 2025
    • Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
      Power Book III: Raising Kanan
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Detective Walton
      • 2025
    • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
      Ray Donovan: The Movie
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Milos
      • 2022
    • Daryl Edwards, Matt Long, Luna Blaise, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Holly Taylor, Melissa Roxburgh, Parveen Kaur, and Ty Doran in Manifest (2018)
      Manifest
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Desk Guard
      • 2020
    • Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
      The Irishman
      7.8
      • Pro Rally Teamster #2
      • 2019
    • Tales of the City (2019)
      Tales of the City
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Steve
      • 2019
    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Shrieve
      • 2019
    • Penn Badgley, Shay Mitchell, Kathryn Gallagher, Elizabeth Lail, and Nicole Kang in You (2018)
      You
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Gas Company Man
      • 2018
    • Sarah Jessica Parker in Here and Now (2018)
      Here and Now
      4.5
      • Joey
      • 2018
    • Giovanni Ribisi in Sneaky Pete (2015)
      Sneaky Pete
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Eli
      • 2018
    • Dola Rashad in Bikini Moon (2017)
      Bikini Moon
      6.5
      • Marc
      • 2017
    • Robert Pattinson and Benny Safdie in Good Time (2017)
      Good Time
      7.3
      • NYPD Officer Patrick (as Cliff Moyland)
      • 2017
    • Brit Marling in The OA (2016)
      The OA
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Hornby
      • 2016
    • Patriots Day (2016)
      Patriots Day
      7.3
      • Sergeant John MacLellan
      • 2016

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    SAG-AFTRA

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    Patriots Day Clip
    Patriots Day Clip
    Demo Reel 4:30
    Patriots Day Clip

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Cliff Moyland
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • August 17, 1975
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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      A student of Kathleen Turner and Chazz Palminteri.

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