Acting
Michael McKean
Born 17 October 1947 in New York City, New York, USA
227 credits
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 211
- TBAThe Cackling of the DodosFilm
- TBASpinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final FinaleFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 2026Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of AmericaSeriesMichael Finney
- 2026In MemoriamFilm
- 2025Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 2023The DiplomatSeriesPresident William Rayburn, President William Rayburn (archive footage)
- 2022Jerry & Marge Go LargeFilmHoward
- 2022Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryFilmSleazy MC
- 2022Who Done It: The Clue DocumentaryFilmSelf
- 2021RugratsSeriesGrandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
- 2021My Little Pony: A New GenerationFilmArgyle (voice)
- 2021Playing GodFilmFrank
- 2020BreedersSeriesMichael
- 2020Pink Skies AheadFilmRichard
- 2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSeriesSelf
- 2020The Happy Days of Garry MarshallFilmSelf
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessFilmSelf
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampFilmSelf
- 2019Good OmensSeriesSergeant Shadwell
- 2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2019DaddioFilmPaul
- 2016BillionsSeriesMelville Revere
- 2016The Good PlaceSeriesDoug Forcett
- 2016The MeddlerFilmMark
- 201650 Years of Star TrekFilmSelf
- 2016Talking SaulSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2015Better Call SaulSeriesChuck McGill
- 2015Grace and FrankieSeriesJack
- 2015Food: Fact or Fiction?SeriesHimself
- 2015Better Call SaulFilmChuck McGill
- 2014The 7DSeriesUncle Humidor (voice)
- 201421 Years: Richard LinklaterFilmSelf - Actor
- 2013Drunk HistorySeriesCarl Laemmle
- 2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2FilmBartholomew Wolper (voice)
- 2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsFilmDr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
- 2013Family TreeSeriesKeith Chadwick
- 201310 Rules for Sleeping AroundFilmJeffrey Fields
- 2012VeepSeriesGovernor Ballentine
- 2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1FilmDr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
- 2012The WordsFilmNelson Wylie
- 2011HomelandSeriesJeffrey Turner
- 2011Happy EndingsSeriesBig Dave
- 2011ThunderCatsSeriesVultaire (voice)
- 2011Off the MapSeriesEd Greenman
- 2010Pure Country 2: The GiftFilmAngel Joseph
- 2010Glory DazeSeriesStu
- 2009CastleSeriesVictor Baron
- 2009Whatever WorksFilmJoe - Boris' Friend #3
- 2009Spinal Tap: Back from the DeadFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 2009Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry ShearerFilmSelf
- 2009Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic PlaceFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 2008Childrens HospitalSeriesDeath
- 2008Adventures of PowerFilmHarlan
- 2007JoshuaFilmChester
- 2007The GrandFilmSteve Lavisch
- 2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenFilmKalgoron (voice)
- 2007The Thick of ItFilmGlen Glahm
- 2006The UnitSeriesDr. Donald Metz
- 2006For Your ConsiderationFilmLane Iverson
- 2006Relative StrangersFilmKen Hyman
- 2006The Year Without a Santa ClausFilmSnow Miser
- 2006Help Me Help YouSeries
- 2006Open Wide: Tooth School InsideFilmDr. Flossman (voice)
- 2005American Dad!SeriesEmperor Zing (voice)
- 2005The ProducersFilmPrison Trustee
- 2005The AristocratsFilmSelf
- 2005CatscratchSeriesGroink (voice)
- 2005Hopeless PicturesSeries
- 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundFilmSelf
- 2005Arnie the DoughnutFilmNarrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
- 2005Candor City HospitalFilmPatient
- 2004Boston LegalSeriesDwight Biddle
- 2004The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music EditionFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 2003A Mighty WindFilmJerry Palter
- 2003And Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfFilmWilliam Christy Cabanne
- 2003Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)FilmSelf
- 2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-DFilmCaptain Van Legge
- 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationFilmSelf
- 2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIFilmSarousch (voice)
- 2002The GuruFilmDwain
- 2002Auto FocusFilmVideo Executive
- 2002Slap Her... She's FrenchFilmMonsieur Duke
- 2002100 Mile RuleFilmHoward
- 2001SmallvilleSeriesPerry White
- 2001Justice LeagueSeriesThe Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
- 2001AliasSeriesAtticus Liddell
- 2001Dr. Dolittle 2FilmBird (voice)
- 2001The Lone GunmenSeries
- 2001The Zeta ProjectSeries
- 2001OswaldSeriesLouie (voice)
- 2001Primetime GlickSeriesAdrien Van Voorhees
- 2001My First MisterFilmBob
- 2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third StreetFilmMr. Bream (voice)
- 2001Never AgainFilmAlex The Transvestite
- 2001Teddy Bears' PicnicFilmPorterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
- 2001Adam Sandler Goes to HellFilmSelf
- 2000Curb Your EnthusiasmSeriesMatt Tessler
- 2000As Told by GingerSeriesBobby Lightfoot (voice)
- 2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawSeriesEvelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
- 2000Little NickyFilmChief of Police
- 2000Best in ShowFilmStefan Vanderhoof
- 2000ClerksSeriesProfessor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
- 2000BeautifulFilmLance DeSalvo
- 2000The HuntressSeries
- 2000Strip MallSeries
- 2000Catching Up with Marty DiBergiFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeriesKurt Sandow
- 1999Family GuySeriesPawtucket Pat (voice), Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
- 1999Batman BeyondSeriesIan Peek (voice)
- 1999SpongeBob SquarePantsSeriesCaptain Frostymug (voice), Lonnie (voice)
- 1999True CrimeFilmRĂ©verend Shillerman
- 1999Teaching Mrs. TingleFilmPrincipal Potter
- 1999Mystery, AlaskaFilmMr. Walsh
- 1999ProvidenceSeriesSherman Smith
- 1999Where Are They Now?SeriesSelf
- 1999Kill the ManFilmMr. Livingston
- 1999Snowden's ChristmasFilmDrummer (voice)
- 1999Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKeanSeries
- 1998Small SoldiersFilmInsaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
- 1998The PassFilmWillie L.
- 1998LateLineSeries
- 1998With Friends Like TheseFilmMaxwell Hersh
- 1998Final JusticeFilmMerle Hammond
- 1998Archibald the Rainbow PainterFilmJ.P. Bigelow
- 1998101 Dalmatians ChristmasFilmJasper Badun
- 1997The New Batman AdventuresSeries50's Joker (voice)
- 1997101 Dalmatians: The SeriesSeriesJasper Badun (voice)
- 1997Nothing to LoseFilmPhillip "P.B." Barrow
- 1997Casper: A Spirited BeginningFilmBill Case
- 1997That Darn CatFilmPeter Randall
- 1997Veronica's ClosetSeriesDave Whitby
- 1997Still BreathingFilmNew Mark
- 1997The Weird Al ShowSeriesMiner
- 1997No Strings AttachedFilmElliot Lewis
- 1996Hey Arnold!Series
- 1996JackFilmPaulie
- 1996Jungle CubsSeries
- 1996Tracey Takes On...SeriesBarry
- 1996Road RoversSeriesDr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
- 1996The Sunshine BoysFilmScott Grogan
- 1996Edie & PenFilmRick
- 1996Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be WildFilm(Voice)
- 1995Star Trek: VoyagerSeriesThe Clown
- 1995Pinky and the BrainSeriesToll Collector (voice)
- 1995Mr. Show with Bob and DavidSeriesProfessor Peens
- 1995Caroline in the CitySeriesFather Damian
- 1995The Brady Bunch MovieFilmMr. Larry Dittmeyer
- 1994FriendsSeriesMr. Rastatter
- 1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSeries
- 1994DuckmanSeriesBob Hiney (voice)
- 1994AirheadsFilmMilo Jackson
- 1994Radioland MurdersFilmRick Rochester
- 1994Across the MoonFilmFrank
- 1994MacShayne: Final Roll of the DiceFilmOzzie Evans
- 1993The X-FilesSeriesMorris Fletcher
- 1993The NannySeriesNoel Babcock
- 1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanSeriesDr. Fabian Leek
- 1993AnimaniacsSeriesJake (voice), Neivel Nosenest (voice), Spink (voice)
- 1993Boy Meets WorldSeriesJedediah Lawrence
- 1993ConeheadsFilmGorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
- 1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManFilmGeorge Talbot
- 1992Man TroubleFilmEddy Revere
- 1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutFilmDavid St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
- 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 1991DinosaursSeriesAnsel (voice), Bryant (voice), Dr. Herder (voice), Ed (voice), Guy in the Lab Coat (voice), Hank (voice), Inspector (voice), Kyle (voice), Les (voice), Mr. Myman (voice), Officer Bettleheim (voice), Police Chief Parish (voice)
- 1991True IdentityFilmHarvey Cooper
- 1991Murder in High PlacesFilmPettibone
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30FilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 1991SessionsSeriesDan Carver
- 1990Law & OrderSeriesBill Nolan, Elias Grace
- 1990Dream OnSeriesGibby Fiske
- 1990FlashbackFilmHal Cresciman
- 1990Book of LoveFilmAdult Jack Twiller
- 1990GrandSeriesTom Smithson
- 1989The SimpsonsSeriesDavid St. Hubbins (voice), Jerry Rude (voice)
- 1989The Big PictureFilmEmmet Sumner
- 1989Hider in the HouseFilmPhil Dreyer
- 1988Short Circuit 2FilmFred Ritter
- 1988Earth Girls Are EasyFilmWoody
- 1988Portrait of a White MarriageFilmReverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
- 1988A Father's HomecomingFilmMichael Fields
- 1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesFilmState Trooper
- 1987Light of DayFilmBu Montgomery
- 1987Double AgentFilmJason Starr / Warren Starbinder
- 1987Daniel and the TowersFilmWexler Hatch
- 1986Jumpin' Jack FlashFilmLeslie (uncredited)
- 1986The History of White People in America: Volume IIFilmRev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
- 1986Classified LoveFilmPete Newly
- 1986Davy CrockettFilmMr. Wallace
- 1986Johnny AppleseedFilmMac Macintosh
- 1986The Hear 'n Aid SessionsFilmDavid St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
- 1985ClueFilmMr. Green
- 1985D.A.R.Y.L.FilmAndy Richardson
- 1985Tall Tales & LegendsSeriesMac Macintosh, Mr. Wallace
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesRoss McKay
- 1984This Is Spinal TapFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 1983Imps*FilmFritz #2
- 1982Young Doctors in LoveFilmDr. Simon August
- 1981Spinal Tap: The Final TourFilmDavid St. Hubbins
- 1981Likely Stories Vol. 1Film
- 1980Used CarsFilmEddie Winslow
- 1980FridaysSeriesSelf - Guest Host
- 1980Goodtime GirlsSeries
- 19791941FilmWilly
- 1979The T.V. ShowFilm
- 1978More Than FriendsFilmTerry Christopher
- 1977Cracking UpFilm
- 1976Laverne & ShirleySeriesLenny
- 1974Happy DaysSeries
- 1974Dinah!SeriesSelf
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
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