Michael McKean
Oct 17, 1947 - New York City, New York, USA
Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician, perhaps best known for Laverne & Shirley, Spinal Tap and Better Call Saul.
Credits
Cast
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| Movie | 1987 | Light of Day | Bu Montgomery | |
| Movie | 1988 | Earth Girls Are Easy | Woody | |
| Movie | 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | State Trooper | |
| Movie | 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | George Talbot | |
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 2008 | Adventures of Power | Harlan | |
| Movie | 1997 | That Darn Cat | Peter Randall | |
| Movie | 1979 | 1941 | Willy | |
| Movie | 2007 | Joshua | Chester | |
| Movie | 1998 | Small Soldiers | Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Nothing to Lose | Phillip "P.B." Barrow | |
| Movie | 1994 | Radioland Murders | Rick Rochester | |
| Movie | 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | William Christy Cabanne | |
| Movie | 1988 | Short Circuit 2 | Fred Ritter | |
| Movie | 2001 | My First Mister | Bob | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Guru | Dwain | |
| Movie | 1993 | Coneheads | Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner | |
| Movie | 1990 | Flashback | Hal Cresciman | |
| Movie | 2000 | Little Nicky | Chief of Police | |
| Movie | 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Jerry Palter | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Producers | Prison Trustee | |
| Movie | 1994 | Airheads | Milo Jackson | |
| Movie | 1983 | Imps* | Fritz #2 | |
| Movie | 2000 | Best in Show | Stefan Vanderhoof | |
| Movie | 2002 | Auto Focus | Video Executive | |
| Movie | 1980 | Used Cars | Eddie Winslow | |
| Movie | 2006 | Open Wide: Tooth School Inside | Dr. Flossman (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | For Your Consideration | Lane Iverson | |
| Movie | 1985 | Clue | Mr. Green | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Aristocrats | Self | |
| Movie | 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Andy Richardson | |
| Movie | 1982 | Young Doctors in Love | Dr. Simon August | |
| Movie | 1990 | Book of Love | Adult Jack Twiller | |
| Movie | 2009 | Whatever Works | Joe - Boris' Friend #3 | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Words | Nelson Wylie | |
| Movie | 1986 | Johnny Appleseed | Mac Macintosh | |
| Movie | 1986 | Davy Crockett | Mr. Wallace | |
| Movie | 1989 | Hider in the House | Phil Dreyer | |
| Movie | 2010 | Pure Country 2: The Gift | Angel Joseph | |
| Movie | 2001 | Never Again | Alex The Transvestite | |
| Movie | 1987 | Double Agent | Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder | |
| Movie | 2012 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 | Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 | Bartholomew Wolper (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Cracking Up | ||
| Movie | 1998 | The Pass | Willie L. | |
| Movie | 1992 | Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Sunshine Boys | Scott Grogan | |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton | |
| Movie | 1998 | Archibald the Rainbow Painter | J.P. Bigelow | |
| Movie | 2003 | Haunted Lighthouse 4-D | Captain Van Legge | |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 2022 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Howard | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Jungle Book's Jungle Cubs - Born to be Wild | (Voice) | |
| Movie | 2013 | 10 Rules for Sleeping Around | Jeffrey Fields | |
| Movie | 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | A Father's Homecoming | Michael Fields | |
| Movie | 1999 | True Crime | Réverend Shillerman | |
| Movie | 1998 | Final Justice | Merle Hammond | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Larry Dittmeyer | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Snow Miser | |
| Movie | 2009 | Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Hear 'n Aid Sessions | David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap] | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Sarousch (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Snowden's Christmas | (voice) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Arnie the Doughnut | Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Sleazy MC | |
| Movie | 1996 | Edie & Pen | Rick | |
| Movie | 1997 | Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Bill Case | |
| Movie | 1986 | Classified Love | Pete Newly | |
| Movie | 2022 | Who Done It: The Clue Documentary | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | No Strings Attached | Elliot Lewis | |
| Movie | 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 1991 | Murder in High Places | Pettibone | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Meddler | Mark | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Grand | Steve Lavisch | |
| Movie | 1987 | Daniel and the Towers | Wexler Hatch | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Big Picture | Emmet Sumner | |
| Movie | 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Bird (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Slap Her... She's French | Monsieur Duke | |
| Movie | 2014 | 21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | |
| Movie | 2000 | Beautiful | Lance DeSalvo | |
| Movie | 2005 | Candor City Hospital | Patient | |
| Movie | 1999 | Kill the Man | Mr. Livingston | |
| Movie | 1992 | Man Trouble | Eddy Revere | |
| Movie | 1994 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 2016 | 50 Years of Star Trek | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Thick Of It | Glen Glahm | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Mr. Walsh | |
| Movie | 1999 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Principal Potter | |
| Movie | 2007 | Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen | Kalgoron (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | 100 Mile Rule | Howard | |
| Movie | 2013 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock | |
| Movie | 1994 | Across the Moon | Frank | |
| Movie | 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock | |
| Movie | 1986 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Leslie (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter | |
| Movie | 2009 | Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | 2006 | Relative Strangers | Ken Hyman | |
| Movie | 1996 | Jack | Paulie | |
| Movie | 2019 | Daddio | Paul | |
| Movie | 2019 | Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1994 | MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice | Ozzie Evans | |
| Movie | 1981 | Likely Stories Vol. 1 | ||
| Movie | 2020 | Pink Skies Ahead | Richard | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | With Friends Like These | Dr. Maxwell Hersh | |
| Movie | 2021 | Playing God | Frank | |
| Movie | 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street | Mr. Bream (voice) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | More Than Friends | Terry Christopher | |
| Movie | 1997 | Still Breathing | New Mark | |
| Movie | 2021 | My Little Pony: A New Generation | Argyle (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | David St. Hubbins | |
| Movie | N/A | In Memoriam | ||
| Movie | 1998 | 101 Dalmatians Christmas | Jasper Badun | |
| Movie | 1991 | True Identity | ||
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ross McKay | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Jerry Rude (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Batman Beyond | Ian Peek (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Hey Arnold! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Bill Nolan | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Castle | Victor Baron | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Guy | Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice) | 4 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Dream On | Gibby Fiske | 25 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Weird Al Show | Miner | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Help Me Help You | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1999 | Providence | Sherman Smith | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Friends | Mr. Rastatter | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Alias | Atticus Liddell | 2 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | The Clown | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Boy Meets World | Jedediah Lawrence | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Unit | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1993 | The Nanny | Professor Noel Babcock PhD | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | Barry | 50 |
| TV Show | 1998 | LateLine | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2000 | Strip Mall | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1974 | Happy Days | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Jeopardy! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Lenny | 178 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The Early Show | David St. Hubbins | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | The X-Files | Morris Fletcher | 4 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Smallville | Perry White | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Zeta Project | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | 50's Joker (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2000 | The Huntress | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2004 | Boston Legal | Dwight Biddle | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Jungle Cubs | 34 | |
| TV Show | 1980 | Fridays | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Grand | Tom Smithson | 13 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Rugrats | Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice) | 85 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Primetime Glick | Adrien Van Voorhees | 30 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Hopeless Pictures | 8 | |
| TV Show | 2011 | Off the Map | Ed Greenman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | David St. Hubbins (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Glory Daze | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Diplomat | President William Rayburn | 5 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters | 26 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Justice League | The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Talking Saul | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Better Call Saul | Chuck McGill | 33 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Guy | Pawtucket Pat (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Death | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Drunk History | Carl Laemmle | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Oswald | Louie (voice) | 52 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Matt Tessler | 2 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Elias Grace | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | As Told by Ginger | Bobby Lightfoot (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Billions | Melville Revere | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kurt Sandow | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Road Rovers | Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The 7D | Uncle Humidor (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Food: Fact or Fiction? | Himself | 65 |
| TV Show | 1997 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Jasper Badun (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Dinah! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2020 | Breeders | Michael | 5 |
| TV Show | 2016 | The Good Place | Doug Forcett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Officer Bettleheim (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Guy in the Lab Coat (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Kyle (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Mr. Myman (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Ed (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Police Chief Parish (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Bryant (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Hank (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Ansel (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Dr. Herder (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Les (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Inspector (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Animaniacs | Spink (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Veep | Governor Ballentine | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Mac Macintosh | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Mr. Wallace | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | ThunderCats | Vultaire (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | American Dad! | Emperor Zing (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Homeland | Jeffrey Turner | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Jack | 6 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Happy Endings | Big Dave | 2 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Goodtime Girls | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Veronica's Closet | Dave Whitby | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Caroline in the City | Father Damian | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Professor Peens | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Clerks | Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Captain Frostymug (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Good Omens | Sergeant Shadwell | 5 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Family Tree | Keith Chadwick | 4 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Duckman | Bob Hiney (voice) | 1 |
Crew
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1989 | The Big Picture | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1994 | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Lyricist | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1990 | Dream On | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1991 | Morton & Hayes | Director | Directing |
