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Michael McKean

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 17, 1947 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting
2025Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesDavid St. Hubbins
2023The DiplomatPresident William Rayburn
2023The DiplomatPresident William Rayburn (archive footage)
2022Jerry & Marge Go LargeHoward
2022Weird: The Al Yankovic StorySleazy MC
2022Who Done It: The Clue DocumentarySelf
2021Playing GodFrank
2021My Little Pony: A New GenerationArgyle (voice)
2021RugratsGrandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessSelf
2020Pink Skies AheadRichard
2020The Happy Days of Garry MarshallSelf
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampSelf
2020BreedersMichael
2019DaddioPaul
2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersNarrator (voice)
2019Good OmensSergeant Shadwell
2016The MeddlerMark
201650 Years of Star TrekSelf
2016Talking SaulSelf - Guest
2016BillionsMelville Revere
2016The Good PlaceDoug Forcett
2015Better Call SaulChuck McGill
2015Food: Fact or Fiction?Himself
2015Grace and FrankieJack
201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor
2014The 7DUncle Humidor (voice)
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
201310 Rules for Sleeping AroundJeffrey Fields
2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsDr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2013Drunk HistoryCarl Laemmle
2013Family TreeKeith Chadwick
2012The WordsNelson Wylie
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2012VeepGovernor Ballentine
2011Off the MapEd Greenman
2011ThunderCatsVultaire (voice)
2011HomelandJeffrey Turner
2011Happy EndingsBig Dave
2010Pure Country 2: The GiftAngel Joseph
2010Glory DazeStu
2009Whatever WorksJoe - Boris' Friend #3
2009Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic PlaceDavid St. Hubbins
2009Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry ShearerSelf
2009Spinal Tap: Back from the DeadDavid St. Hubbins
2009CastleVictor Baron
2008Adventures of PowerHarlan
2008Childrens HospitalDeath
2007JoshuaChester
2007The GrandSteve Lavisch
2007The Thick of ItGlen Glahm
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenKalgoron (voice)
2006Open Wide: Tooth School InsideDr. Flossman (voice)
2006For Your ConsiderationLane Iverson
2006The Year Without a Santa ClausSnow Miser
2006Relative StrangersKen Hyman
2006Help Me Help You
2006The Unit
2005The ProducersPrison Trustee
2005The AristocratsSelf
2005Arnie the DoughnutNarrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
2005Candor City HospitalPatient
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelf
2005Hopeless Pictures
2005American Dad!Emperor Zing (voice)
2004The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music EditionDavid St. Hubbins
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
2004Boston LegalDwight Biddle
2003And Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfWilliam Christy Cabanne
2003A Mighty WindJerry Palter
2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-DCaptain Van Legge
2003Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)Self
2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!David St. Hubbins
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002The GuruDwain
2002Auto FocusVideo Executive
2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IISarousch (voice)
2002Slap Her... She's FrenchMonsieur Duke
2002100 Mile RuleHoward
2001My First MisterBob
2001Never AgainAlex The Transvestite
2001Teddy Bears' PicnicPorterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
2001Dr. Dolittle 2Bird (voice)
2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third StreetMr. Bream (voice)
2001AliasAtticus Liddell
2001SmallvillePerry White
2001The Zeta Project
2001The Lone Gunmen
2001Primetime GlickAdrien Van Voorhees
2001Justice LeagueThe Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
2001OswaldLouie (voice)
2000Little NickyChief of Police
2000Best in ShowStefan Vanderhoof
2000BeautifulLance DeSalvo
2000Catching Up with Marty DiBergiDavid St. Hubbins
2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawEvelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
2000Strip Mall
2000The Huntress
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMatt Tessler
2000As Told by GingerBobby Lightfoot (voice)
2000ClerksProfessor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
1999True CrimeRéverend Shillerman
1999Snowden's ChristmasDrummer (voice)
1999Kill the ManMr. Livingston
1999Mystery, AlaskaMr. Walsh
1999Teaching Mrs. TinglePrincipal Potter
1999Batman BeyondIan Peek (voice)
1999Family GuyPengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
1999ProvidenceSherman Smith
1999The Early ShowDavid St. Hubbins
1999Where Are They Now?Self
1999Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1999Family GuyPawtucket Pat (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKurt Sandow
1999SpongeBob SquarePants
1999SpongeBob SquarePantsCaptain Frostymug (voice)
1998Small SoldiersInsaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
1998The PassWillie L.
1998Archibald the Rainbow PainterJ.P. Bigelow
1998Final JusticeMerle Hammond
1998With Friends Like TheseMaxwell Hersh
1998101 Dalmatians ChristmasJasper Badun
1998LateLine
1997That Darn CatPeter Randall
1997Nothing to LosePhillip "P.B." Barrow
1997Casper: A Spirited BeginningBill Case
1997No Strings AttachedElliot Lewis
1997Still BreathingNew Mark
1997The Weird Al ShowMiner
1997The ViewSelf
1997The New Batman Adventures50's Joker (voice)
1997101 Dalmatians SeriesJasper Badun (voice)
1997Veronica's ClosetDave Whitby
1996The Sunshine BoysScott Grogan
1996Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild(Voice)
1996Edie & PenRick
1996JackPaulie
1996Hey Arnold!
1996Tracey Takes On...Barry
1996Jungle Cubs
1996Road RoversDr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
1995The Brady Bunch MovieMr. Larry Dittmeyer
1995Star Trek: VoyagerThe Clown
1995Caroline in the CityFather Damian
1995Mr. Show with Bob and DavidProfessor Peens
1995Pinky and the BrainToll Collector (voice)
1994Radioland MurdersRick Rochester
1994AirheadsMilo Jackson
1994Across the MoonFrank
1994MacShayne: Final Roll of the DiceOzzie Evans
1994FriendsMr. Rastatter
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994DuckmanBob Hiney (voice)
1993ConeheadsGorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
1993Boy Meets WorldJedediah Lawrence
1993The NannyProfessor Noel Babcock PhD
1993The X-FilesMorris Fletcher
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanDr. Fabian Leek
1993AnimaniacsSpink (voice)
1993AnimaniacsJake (voice)
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManGeorge Talbot
1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaDavid St. Hubbins
1992Man TroubleEddy Revere
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutDavid St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
1991Amnesty International's Big 30David St. Hubbins
1991Murder in High PlacesPettibone
1991True IdentityHarvey Cooper
1991DinosaursOfficer Bettleheim (voice)
1991DinosaursGuy in the Lab Coat (voice)
1991DinosaursKyle (voice)
1991DinosaursMr. Myman (voice)
1991DinosaursEd (voice)
1991DinosaursPolice Chief Parish (voice)
1991DinosaursBryant (voice)
1991DinosaursHank (voice)
1991DinosaursAnsel (voice)
1991DinosaursDr. Herder (voice)
1991DinosaursLes (voice)
1991DinosaursInspector (voice)
1991SessionsDan Carver
1990FlashbackHal Cresciman
1990Book of LoveAdult Jack Twiller
1990Law & OrderBill Nolan
1990Dream OnGibby Fiske
1990GrandTom Smithson
1990Law & OrderElias Grace
1989Hider in the HousePhil Dreyer
1989The Big PictureEmmet Sumner
1989The SimpsonsJerry Rude (voice)
1989The SimpsonsDavid St. Hubbins (voice)
1988Earth Girls Are EasyWoody
1988Short Circuit 2Fred Ritter
1988A Father's HomecomingMichael Fields
1988Portrait of a White MarriageReverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1987Light of DayBu Montgomery
1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesState Trooper
1987Double AgentJason Starr / Warren Starbinder
1987Daniel and the TowersWexler Hatch
1986Johnny AppleseedMac Macintosh
1986Davy CrockettMr. Wallace
1986The Hear 'n Aid SessionsDavid St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
1986Classified LovePete Newly
1986The History of White People in America: Volume IIRev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1986Jumpin' Jack FlashLeslie (uncredited)
1985ClueMr. Green
1985D.A.R.Y.L.Andy Richardson
1985Tall Tales & LegendsMac Macintosh
1985Tall Tales & LegendsMr. Wallace
1984This Is Spinal TapDavid St. Hubbins
1984Murder, She WroteRoss McKay
1984Jeopardy!Self
1983Imps*Fritz #2
1982Young Doctors in LoveDr. Simon August
1981Spinal Tap: The Final TourDavid St. Hubbins
1981Likely Stories Vol. 1
1980Used CarsEddie Winslow
1980FridaysSelf - Guest Host
1980Goodtime Girls
19791941Willy
1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelf
1978More Than FriendsTerry Christopher
1977Cracking Up
1976Laverne & ShirleyLenny
1975JawsCrowd Voices (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Saturday Night LiveDavid St. Hubbins (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night LiveAnnouncer (voice) (uncredited)
1974Happy Days
1974Dinah!Self
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1953The OscarsSelf
-In Memoriam
-Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final FinaleDavid St. Hubbins
Production
2025Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesProducer
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutProducer
Directing
1991Morton & HayesDirector
1990Dream OnDirector
1976Laverne & ShirleyDirector
Writing
2025Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesWriter
2025Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesCharacters
1997Waiting for GuffmanLyricist
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutWriter
1989The Big PictureScreenplay
1984This Is Spinal TapWriter
1975Saturday Night LiveWriter