Michael Cavanaugh is an American actor. Cavanaugh was born in New York City, and has performed in more than one hundred films since 1976. His television guest-credits include The West Wing, Joe Bash, Starman, Hunter, Monk and 24.

Starman is an American science fiction television series starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes which continues the story from the 1984 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC from September 19, 1986, to May 2, 1987.