Michael McKean
Born: 1947-10-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Spinal Tap II: The End Continues as David St. Hubbins
2023
- The Diplomat as President William Rayburn
2022
- Jerry & Marge Go Large as Howard
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Sleazy MC
- Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self
- Making of Better Call Saul: Finale as Self
2021
- Playing God as Frank
- Rugrats as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
- My Little Pony: A New Generation as Argyle (voice)
2020
- Breeders as Michael
- Pink Skies Ahead as Richard
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
- Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
2019
- Good Omens as Sergeant Shadwell
- Daddio as Paul
- Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers as Narrator (voice)
2016
- Billions as Melville Revere
- The Good Place as Doug Forcett
- The Meddler as Mark
- 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- Talking Saul as Self - Guest
2015
- Better Call Saul as Chuck McGill
- Grace and Frankie as Jack
- Food: Fact or Fiction? as Himself
2014
- The 7D as Uncle Humidor (voice)
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2013
- Drunk History as Carl Laemmle
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
- 10 Rules for Sleeping Around as Jeffrey Fields
- Family Tree as Keith Chadwick
2012
- Veep as Governor Ballentine
- The Words as Nelson Wylie
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2011
- Homeland as Jeffrey Turner
- Happy Endings as Big Dave
- ThunderCats as Vultaire (voice)
- Off the Map as Ed Greenman
2010
- Pure Country 2: The Gift as Angel Joseph
- Glory Daze
2009
- Castle as Victor Baron
- Whatever Works as Joe - Boris' Friend #3
- Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as Self
- Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead as David St. Hubbins
- Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place as David St. Hubbins
2008
- Childrens Hospital as Death
- Adventures of Power as Harlan
2007
- The Grand as Steve Lavisch
- Joshua as Chester
- Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen as Kalgoron (voice)
- The Thick of It as Glen Glahm
2006
- The Unit
- Relative Strangers as Ken Hyman
- The Year Without a Santa Claus as Snow Miser
- For Your Consideration as Lane Iverson
- Help Me Help You
- Open Wide: Tooth School Inside as Dr. Flossman (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Emperor Zing (voice)
- The Aristocrats as Self
- The Producers as Prison Trustee
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- Hopeless Pictures
- Candor City Hospital as Patient
- Arnie the Doughnut as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
2004
- Boston Legal as Dwight Biddle
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition as David St. Hubbins
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as David St. Hubbins
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as William Christy Cabanne
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) as Self
- Haunted Lighthouse 4-D as Captain Van Legge
- A Mighty Wind as Jerry Palter
2002
- The Guru as Dwain
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II as Sarousch (voice)
- Slap Her... She's French as Monsieur Duke
- 100 Mile Rule as Howard
- Auto Focus as Video Executive
2001
- Smallville as Perry White
- Justice League as The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
- The Zeta Project
- Never Again as Alex The Transvestite
- Dr. Dolittle 2 as Bird (voice)
- The Lone Gunmen
- Alias as Atticus Liddell
- Primetime Glick as Adrien Van Voorhees
- Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street as Mr. Bream (voice)
- My First Mister as Bob
- Oswald as Louie (voice)
- Teddy Bears' Picnic as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Matt Tessler
- Little Nicky as Chief of Police
- As Told by Ginger as Bobby Lightfoot (voice)
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
- Beautiful as Lance DeSalvo
- Clerks as Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
- The Huntress
- Best in Show as Stefan Vanderhoof
- Strip Mall
- Catching Up with Marty DiBergi as David St. Hubbins
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kurt Sandow
- Family Guy as Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
- Batman Beyond as Ian Peek (voice)
- Providence as Sherman Smith
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- Mystery, Alaska as Mr. Walsh
- True Crime as Réverend Shillerman
- Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Principal Potter
- The Early Show as David St. Hubbins
- Kill the Man as Mr. Livingston
- Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
- Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1998
- The Pass as Willie L.
- Small Soldiers as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
- LateLine
- With Friends Like These as Dr. Maxwell Hersh
- Archibald the Rainbow Painter as J.P. Bigelow
- 101 Dalmatians Christmas as Jasper Badun
- Final Justice as Merle Hammond
1997
- The View as Self
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series as Jasper Badun (voice)
- The New Batman Adventures as 50's Joker (voice)
- Still Breathing as New Mark
- Veronica's Closet as Dave Whitby
- Casper: A Spirited Beginning as Bill Case
- Nothing to Lose as Phillip "P.B." Barrow
- That Darn Cat as Peter Randall
- The Weird Al Show as Miner
- No Strings Attached as Elliot Lewis
1996
- Hey Arnold!
- Jack as Paulie
- Edie & Pen as Rick
- Tracey Takes On... as Barry
- Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild as (Voice)
- Waiting for Guffman ... (Lyricist)
- The Sunshine Boys as Scott Grogan
- Jungle Cubs
- Road Rovers as Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as The Clown
- Caroline in the City as Father Damian
- Mr. Show with Bob and David as Professor Peens
- The Brady Bunch Movie as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
1994
- Friends as Mr. Rastatter
- Duckman as Bob Hiney (voice)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- Airheads as Milo Jackson
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman ... (Original Music Composer)
- Across the Moon as Frank
- MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice as Ozzie Evans
- Radioland Murders as Rick Rochester
- Spinal Tap: The Final Tour as David St. Hubbins
1993
- The X-Files as Morris Fletcher
- The Nanny as Professor Noel Babcock PhD
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Dr. Fabian Leek
- Animaniacs as Spink (voice)
- Boy Meets World as Jedediah Lawrence
- Coneheads as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
1992
- Man Trouble as Eddy Revere
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man as George Talbot
- Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as David St. Hubbins
- A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
1991
- Dinosaurs as Officer Bettleheim (voice)
- True Identity
- Murder in High Places as Pettibone
- Amnesty International's Big 30 as David St. Hubbins
- Morton & Hayes ... (Director)
1990
- Law & Order as Bill Nolan
- Flashback as Hal Cresciman
- Dream On as Gibby Fiske
- Grand as Tom Smithson
- Book of Love as Adult Jack Twiller
1989
- The Simpsons as Jerry Rude (voice)
- The Big Picture as Emmet Sumner
- Hider in the House as Phil Dreyer
1988
- Short Circuit 2 as Fred Ritter
- Earth Girls Are Easy as Woody
- Portrait of a White Marriage as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
- A Father's Homecoming as Michael Fields
1987
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles as State Trooper
- Double Agent as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder
- Light of Day as Bu Montgomery
- Daniel and the Towers as Wexler Hatch
1986
- Classified Love as Pete Newly
- Johnny Appleseed as Mac Macintosh
- Davy Crockett as Mr. Wallace
- The Hear 'n Aid Sessions as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
- The History of White People in America: Volume II as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
- Jumpin' Jack Flash as Leslie (uncredited)
1985
- Clue as Mr. Green
- D.A.R.Y.L. as Andy Richardson
- Tall Tales & Legends as Mac Macintosh
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Ross McKay
- Jeopardy! as Self
- This Is Spinal Tap as David St. Hubbins
1983
- Imps* as Fritz #2
1982
- Young Doctors in Love as Dr. Simon August
1980
- Used Cars as Eddie Winslow
- Fridays as Self
- Goodtime Girls
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1941 as Willy
1978
- More Than Friends as Terry Christopher
1977
1976
- Laverne & Shirley as Lenny
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1974
- Happy Days
- Dinah! as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self