Steve Kahan (born 1939) is a retired American character actor.

Career

Kahan has appeared in many films, most prominently those of director

Richard Donner Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker whose notable works included some of the most financially-successful films during the New Hollywood era. According to film historian ...

, his late cousin. His best-known film role is in the ''

Lethal Weapon ''Lethal Weapon'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, D ...

'' film franchise as Capt. Ed Murphy. His first feature film role was in Donner's '' Superman'' (1978) as Armus, a detective tracking

Lex Luthor Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lex Luthor originally appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (cover dated: April ...

's activity. The character was named after

Burton Armus Burton Armus (born December 11, 1934 in New York City, New York) is an American police officer, actor, writer and television producer. Armus' Hollywood career began when, while he was still serving as an NYPD detective assigned to the 48th Squad in ...

, a technical advisor who worked on the TV show ''

Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon'' series, ...

'' with Donner. Kahan's last acting role was in 2006.

Filmography

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* 1939 births Living people American male film actors American television films Male actors from New York (state) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-screen-actor-stub